A group portrait of White African farmers on board the Highland Brae, with a man in the foreground holding a Nelson Line pamphlet

Date:
1914
Reference:
BL22775
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The SS Highland Brae was a steam powered merchant ship built in 1910 for Nelson Line, specialists in the carriage of refrigerated cargoes. During the First World War, the ship was scuttled in January 1915 after capture by the German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Early 20th Century Watercraft, People Posed, Cultural Diversity, Water Transport