Postcards: Robert MacLehose & Co. – Rhodes-Livingstone Museum
Robert MacLehose & Co.
Rhodes-Livingstone Museum
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | The Victoria Falls from the air. | |
| N/A | Victoria Falls from Livingstone Island. |
Category: Postcards
Postcards: B D & P – Type IA
B D & P
Type IA
This type has the photographer’s name on right of divider. No DBN next to printer name.
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Aerial View, Victoria Falls. | 08/05/1962 |
Postcards: SAPRA Studios – RM Series
SAPRA Studios
RM Series
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- RM/2
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- RM/12
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| RM/2 | Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi. | |
| RM/12 | View from Zomba Plateau. |
Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type V
John Walter Soper
Type V
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Unique Photo of Main Fall Taken Hanging from Rope 150 feet down. | 27/12/1968 |
Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type IVA
John Walter Soper
Type IVA
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Dining Room, Victoria Falls Hotel... | |
| N/A | Launch on Zambesi River, Victoria Falls... | |
| N/A | Waterbuck Ram, Wankie Game Reserve... |
Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type IV
John Walter Soper
Type IV
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Eastern End, Victoria Falls. (Soper). |
Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type IIIA
John Walter Soper
Type IIIA
The inscription on the front of this type includes J. W. Soper.
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Unique Photo of Main Fall Taken Hanging from Rope 150 feet Down. | |
| N/A | Vegetable Ivory Palm, Victoria Falls. | |
| N/A | Victoria Falls Showing Part of Rain Forest. |
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Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type III
John Walter Soper
Type III
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Still Waters, the Haunt of the Hippos... | |
| N/A | Two Young Monkeys, Victoria Falls... | |
| N/A | Victoria Falls & Bridge, Rhodesia... | |
| N/A | Victoria Falls Bridge, Victoria Falls, Rhodesia... |
Postcards: John Walter Soper – Type II
John Walter Soper
Type II
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | "Victoria Falls" - Southern Rhodesia. | 07/03/1951 |
John Walter Soper
John Walter Soper
1876-1953
John Walter-Soper (popularly known as Jack Soper) was a Londoner born in October 1876, came to Southern Rhodesia via South Africa and settled in Victoria Falls in 1905 where he got his first job as a toll collector at the Victoria Falls Bridge.
In 1906, the toll on the bridge was abolished and he resorted to being the guard at the scenic bridge. In 1908, his friend, Mr Watson took him to Australia considering that he would brighten his life prospects.
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- 07.12.1918
Alas, in 1909 he was back in Victoria Falls and started developing interest in trapping wild animals and domesticating them; baboons, leopards and crocodiles mainly. He was an expert in crocodile habits which saw him dubbed the ‘Crocodile King’. In 1910, he opened a curio shop within the Railway Reserve next to Clark’s Curios.
Soper, together with another resident, is recorded as among the first to descend into the bottom of the Falls chasm down the front face of the Falls, at Livingstone Island. He was a close friend of Ted Spencer. He died in 1953.
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References
- National Archives of Zimbabwe Newsletter Vol.2 Issue 3
- www.tothevictoriafalls.com