Photograph titled: "The Strike. Black Friday on Market Square"
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“Photograph titled: "The Strike. Black Friday on Market Square"”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/9486
- Description
- Photograph titled: "The Strike. Black Friday on Market Square". The caption below the photograph reads: "The huge crowd that thronged the Square and insisted on defying the authorities by holding a meeting. Black Friday, as it became known, took place in Johannesburg on 9 March 1922.
- Subject
- Rand Rebellion -- South Africa -- History -- Photographs
- Johannesburg (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs
- Strikes and lockouts -- Gold mining -- South Africa -- History -- Photographs
- Witwatersrand (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs
- Revolutions -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/37089
- Date Issued
- 1922-03-09
- Provenance
- Gold Fields Collection
- Type
- Image
- Genre
- Newspaper article
- Extent
- Newspaper cutting: 1 photo (mounted) 14.5 x 25 cm,jpg
- Format
- jpg
- Language
- English
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- PIC/A 2715_113
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Item sets
- Gold Fields : Rand Rebellion 1922
- Hierarchies
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Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd.
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- Gold Fields : British scenes (14 items)
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- Gold Fields : Mines and family views (13 items)
- Gold Fields : Miscellaneous Images (2 items)
- Gold Fields : Photographs of South Africa (1 item)
- Gold Fields : Rand Rebellion 1922 (21 items)
- Gold Fields : South Africa: Souvenir Album (1898) (53 items)
- Gold Fields : South African Views (61 items)
- Gold Fields : South African War Collection (1899-1902)
“Photograph titled: "The Strike. Black Friday on Market Square"”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/9486
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