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Hi all and many thanks for the access to the sight. Im in the midst of putting together a family tree for my partner. Her great great grandfather was in cape town in 1899 for at least 2 years, he was from Texas of German heritage. Anyways we came across the attached picture in his belongings, not sure if its a personal pic or postcard, and wondered if it shed light on what he was doing in Cape town. His name is Charles Phillip Menger and i cant find any record of him fighting there.

Labled as "Boer Commando passing through Johannesberg"

So probably not a photo he took himself, more likely a souvenir?

There's some writing in the bottom right-hand corner, which could indicate that it was taken by a professional photographer. Depends what it says.

That is the copywrite owner Alamy, Bernice. Also owned by Getty Images & Granger Images. I think that the image is probably a souvenir of the war.
As a research tool, I find TinEye useful . Just load your image onto the site & you get a list of where the image has been used on bilions of websites & copywrite ownership.
tineye.com/search/b3db77add7028da6edeef9...re&order=desc&page=1

It's on the original. Looks like "BOER COMMANDO" to me.


74 IMAGES OF JOHANNESBURG BUILDINGS
The photographic prints of Johannesburg buildings from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, are in most parts duplicates. They have been sorted in alphabetical order according to the names of the buildings. Explanations of the images and context were provided by The Star.

C16 Curtis & Co. building, 68 Commissioner Street, south-east corner of Sauer Street

www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/?invento...tions&c=A3311/R/9038