South African Boys' Clothes: Van Der Wal Family (1916)


Figure 1.-- We note members of the Afrikanner Van Der Wal family, probably a grandmother with three grandchildren and an African boy associated with the family. We are not sure about the relationship of the black boy go the family. Notice that he us dressed differently.

We note members of the Afrikanner Van Der Wal family, probably a grandmother with three grandchildren. We do not have any inbformation on the family. We suspect tghat they were likely a farm family. An African boy associated with the family is included in the portrait. We are not sure about the relationship of the black boy go the family. Notice that he us dressed differently. He might be the son of workers on the family farm. Or something may have happened to his parents. Perhaps out South African readers can provide some insights on this. He looks like he may be of mixed parentage. In the developing South African Apatheid system, there was a separate category for people of mixed white-colored ancestry--Coloreds. This photo was taken in Lydenburg, a town in Mpumalanga on April 8, 1916.







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