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  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.
  • Boer War: Red Cross ambulance cars at Pretoria station for the wounded Boers. Reproduction after a sketch by G. Soper after Leoff.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical and other interest in the City of London, and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
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    Franco-Prussian War: the use of railway carriages as hospitals. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

    De Kartow, Paul, 1834-1897. | Reference: 21827i
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    The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.

    | Date: 1905
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    A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?).

    | Date: 1853 | Reference: 473339i
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    A mother and daughter, standing beside a railway wagon, at a halt.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 537267i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    Boer War: arrival of a Boer Red Cross train with the wounded at Pretoria. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after a photograph.

    Haenen, F. de (Frédéric de), 1853-1928. | Reference: 22351i
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