Category: Southern Rhodesia

Hotel Cecil was located in Bulawayo and provided 39 rooms for accommodation. During the 1920’s, the proprietor was W Scott-Rodger. Scott-Rodger had over forty years experience in catering and hotel service. For many of those years he operated in connection with the dining saloons of the railways, and was manger…

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Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). They are typically found in dry, hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the landscape and reveal the…

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  James A Mitchell was an architectual and monument mason located in Bulawayo. The business was originally started by John Sheriff. Sheriff arrived in South Africa in 1897 and began working as a stone mason to support himself. Coming from Churches of Christ in New Zealand, in 1898 he began…

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Pompeian Manufacturing Company Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  A Haddow was located on First Street, Salisbury. The business was a mechanical and electrical engineer and agent. They were the official agent for the Imperial Typewriter Co Ltd and contracted to the Southern Rhodesia government.

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  The Salisbury Club, Salisbury, was opened 20 May 1893. The club was a gentleman’s club based on the Pall Mall clubs of London. The club was mostly frequented by businessmen, civil servants, and European politicians as well as senior members of the Rhodesian forces. It was not easy to…

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Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa. It is home to a large numbers of wildlife and the local Tonga people. Stamps & Postal Products 1953 Definitive Series – 2/6d Kariba Gorge References Wikipedia: Kariba Gorge

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E Oxley & Co were located on Stanley Avenue, Salisbury. The business was established in 1894 and specialised in oil, colour, paint, glass and artist supplies.

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A A F Philip & Co Ltd B Bothwell & Co Bulawayo Board of Executors and Trust Company Limited   C Central Cotton Ginneries (Southern Rhodesia) Ltd D E F Fraser & Chalmers (S.A.) Ltd (Bulawayo) G Gloria Cycle Works G North & Son Ltd Grand Hotel (T McMurray &…

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The Main Falls is where most of the water passes over the Victoria Falls. Postcards 1964 – Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd (Type IIID) 1964 – R A Bourlay (Bardwell – Type II) References Siyabona Africa

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