Photo's of Elisabeth Bay and Kolmans in the 1920"s

[SandyB]

Too true Diana ,, you lucky  to have that history ...  Kolmanskop and early days diamond 'royalty "

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Princess Di to you my friend  202 

[SandyB]

Ja ok  ok  princess ..    I bow  curtsy  .. kowtow .. anything you  want ...   

[Leon Sumter]

Clint
Can you also check out where picture  30.jpg was taken from in e.bay. Seems to be a swimming pool? or dam of some sorts down at the jetty or somewhere.

[Clint Ebstein]

will do

[Clint Ebstein]

Hi Leon had a quick look at the area photos, things don`t add up will have to check the old plant photo etc. might take some time

[Leon Sumter]

Thanks Clint.
There are quite a few more clues in that old photograph, such as the steep gradient of the ground to the rear and right and the roof eave of the house to its left. I am trying to figure what building that is to the rear on the right. Its too small to be the rec club.
Yes do this in your own time, I'm just so curious to solve this mystery.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

A couple more......
Daddy Georg you can translate the first 3 pics.  Hope its not love letters to another mans wife or something like that.

Translation, dont worry Diana all above board

The top writing

Explains about the picture

Photograph taken from the sea. The small one of the large Buidings is the locomotive hangar.
The large build. is the diamond washing
The small shacks - are one man pontocks, we called it the chinese quartes

The arrow indicates where i lived

Next Writing

The picture dit not open for me
Top says falsh light photo made at night

Here it is now

A Flash Light Picture taken at night in the forgerie workshop
Next to me my Benjamin ( jungest) The other boy 18 years old, it is not my son he is from a collegue

my second son is still scared of the machines

You can cut me out of the picture cause i am staring to much


Next one

On the tunnel with a fellow ship passenger that is also landed at CDM

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

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[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

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[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

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[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

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[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

@ Diana
Nice pictures
I put the translation in the post with the written messages

Can not open them all.....very small

[SandyB]

Good pics ...

[Michael Alexander]

Once again, I am blown away by the pics...Clint...is'nt the shortcut up from the Orange to Ai-Ais along the Konkiep River? I see the one station in the pics says Konkiep!!!!!