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A corner of a plot-holder's voorkamer. From left to right, top to bottom: the then South African flag, portrait of a deceased brother-in-law, certificate from the National Party in recognition of fund-raising achievements, nail-clippers, and a party-line telephone. Near Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng), 1962

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Songs on Christmas Day and a flagon of Tassies, Koksoord, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Making a coffin for the body of a neighbor's servant whose family could not afford one, Bootha Plots, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Kleinbaas with Klonkie, Bootha Plots, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Klonkie with Kleinbaas, Botha Plots, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

A railway shunter who dreamed of a garden without concrete or bricks, watered by this dam, Koksoord, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

A plot-holder, his wife, and their eldest son at lunch, Wheatlands, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Sitting at the kitchen door, he said, affectionately, to the child, "Ja, wat maak jy hier jou swart vuilgoed" (Yes, what are you doing here you black rubbish), Wheatlands, Randfontein, September 1962

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Bringing in the harvest, Koksoord Plots, Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Child with a replica of a Zulu hut at the Voortrekker Monument, on the Day of the Covenant, Pretoria

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Two men building a dam on the farm Drogedal, or Droedal, in the Marico Bushveld, near Nietverdiend, Transvaal

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Senior members of the National Party listen to speeches during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the National Party, De Wildt, Transvaal, October 1964

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

A farmer in Krisjan Geel's store at Zwingili in the Marico Bushveld, Transvaal

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

The egg-and-spoon race at the Boereshort Nietverdiend, Marico Bushveld [Transvaal (North-West Province)]

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Flip du Toit on the stoep of his farm workshop at Abjaterskop, Marico Bushveld, Transvaal (North-West Province)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Flip du Toit on the stoep of his farm workshop at Abjaterskop, Marico Bushveld, Transvaal (North-West Province)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

An abandoned farmhouse and the encroaching haak-en-steek. Years of drought and overgrazing had destroyed the grass where "once it grew so high that sitting on a mule cart, one could hardly see the back of an ox." Now the farmer had gone to the city and a company had bought the place, Nietverdiend, Western Transvaal

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

An abandoned farmhouse and encroaching haak-en-steek, Marico Bushveld, Transvaal (North-West Province)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Mrs. L. C. Rall, widow and farmer, in her cattle-kraal at Nietverdiend in the Marico Bushveld

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

The cammando of National Party stalwarts which escorted prime minister and National Party leader Hendrik Verwoerd and his wife, Betsie, to the party's 50th anniversary celebrations at de Wildt, Transvaal

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

A farmer's son with his nursemaid, Heimweeberg, Nietverdiend

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Afternoon tea being served to two men repairing a car on a pavement in Fairview, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Farmers at a cattle auction, Vryburg, Cape Province

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Officers of the Voortrekker youth movement, at the Republic Day Festival, Pretoria, Transvaal (Gauteng)

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

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