Collett family photograph taken by W W Lidbetter on the occasion of the Golden Wedding of John and Mary Collett at Grass Ridge, 1904. Copy made by Lawford, East London 1970.
British Troops Crossing the Orange River. Sir George Cathcart took the field against the Basutos in Dec 1852 crossed the Orange River with a well equipped force of 2500 trained men and encamped at Platberg on the Caledon River. Painted by James Maurice Primrose.
Transcript: "A Coloured labourer was partially disabled at his work. The firm employing him allowed him £100 in compensation for his injury and entrusted the amount to Mr. Mason to use for the man as he saw fit. He brought a plot of land on the Flats and on it had a small house, consisting of three rooms and a kitchen, built to serve the family as a home such as they would never otherwise had, and it was their own."
Typed on back of photo: "A Coloured labourer was partially disabled at his work. The firm employing him allowed him £100 in compensation for his injury and entrusted the amount to Mr. Mason to use for the man as he saw fit. He brought a plot of land on the Flats and on it had a small house, consisting of three rooms and a kitchen, built to serve the family as a home such as they would never otherwise had, and it was their own."