A free translation into Dutch, written in two copy books, of 'The early history of the Zulu-Kafir race of South Eastern Africa' by Sir Theophilus Shepstone, published in the Journal of the Society of Arts 29 Jan. 1875.
Portuguese engineer and Governor-General of Mozambique
'Notes on the Portuguese Swazi boundary'. The notes record in dialogue form an interview between Machado and the Swazi King, with T. Shepstone as interpreter.
The photographs of Joseph and David Barnett cover the early years of Johannesburg, its buildings and streets; gold mining, mainly on the Witwatersrand, but also as far as Barberton; events like the Jameson Raid in 1895, the Matabele Rebellion in 1896, the Queen Victoria Jubilee in 1897, and the South African War (Anglo Boer War) in 1899-1902; as well as personalities like Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger.