- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.1-B1.1.3
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Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
At assignment desk clerk's rubber stamp dictates mine where man will work.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
At assignment desk clerk's rubber stamp dictates mine where man will work.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Barracks-like buildings are divided into starkly simple rooms with bunk space for twenty men. There are no closets or cupboards, so clothes and boots hang all over.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Miner sleeps on concrete slab, must supply own bedding.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
They leave with more than they brought with them: bicycles, foot lockers filled with junk clothing, blankets, other things bought at concession stores.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Johannesburg, Golden city, built by African labor and wealth of gold extracted from the earth.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
As old group leaves, new one arrives, driven to mines by failing crops. Man with cane is signing on again despite wooden leg, result of mine accident.
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform during late afternoon rush hour.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
With no room inside train, some ride between cars.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
A woman carries a baby on her back.