National Army Museum

‘Yorkshires signaling from New Zealand Hill (so bravely held after their Commanders had fallen, Jan 14th) to Rensburg, S.A’., 1900

photograph, stereoscopic, photograph

Accession Number

NAM.1998-01-135-4

Description

Stereoscopic card captioned: Yorkshires signaling from New Zealand Hill (so bravely held after their Commanders had fallen, Jan 14th) to Rensburg, S.A. From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, ‘South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1'. Published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1900 (c). Heliograph team signalling. Caption is translated in French, German, Spanish, Russian on the back of the card. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)

Units

Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

People

Underwood and Underwood

Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the front of the card: ‘ Yorkshire signaling from New Zealand Hill (so bravely held after their Commanders had fallen, / Jan 14th) to Rensburg, S. A. Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.’ Inscribed on the back of the card: ‘Yorkshires signaling from New Zealand Hill (so bravely held after their Commanders had fallen, Jan 14th) to Rensburg, S. A.’ Inscribed to the left of the card: ‘Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York. London. Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas.’ Inscribed to the right of the card: ‘Works and SUN SCULPTURE TRADE MARK Studios / Arlington. R. J. Littleton. R. H. Washington. D. C.’

Associated collection