Person: KRUGER, Paul (1825-1904)

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Stephanus Johannes Paulus KRUGER

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

politician and statesman, subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

10 October 1825

born at

Bulhoek, Cape Province, South Africa

14 July 1904

78

died at

Clarens, Vaud, Switzerland

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Kruger Appealing to the Burghers

slide image -- President Kruger

slide image -- 'No more close quarters,' sez he

slide image -- 'No more close quarters,' sez he

slide image -- Dot was luffly musick

slide image -- Dot was luffly musick

slide image -- A bit of an ole --

slide image -- A bit of an ole --

slide image -- Down in my bomproof shelter

slide image -- 'Boer marksmen to Kruger: 'Will you have a shot at them, Uncle Paul?''

slide image -- 'Boer marksmen to Kruger: 'Will you have a shot at them, Uncle Paul?''

slide image -- 'It's a long time since I tried but that's got him!'

slide image -- 'Do you like this style?

slide image -- 'Do you like this style?

slide image -- Or this?

slide image -- Or this?

slide image -- 'When I was young --

slide image -- 'When I was young --

slide image -- We knew how to shoot

slide image -- We knew how to shoot

slide image -- Even do it on our heads

slide image -- Even do it on our heads

slide image -- With a little more practice I shall get my old form back

slide image -- With a little more practice I shall get my old form back

slide image -- Paul Kruger

slide image -- President Kruger, Portrait from Raad Saal

slide image -- President Kruger, Portrait from Raad Saal

slide image -- Ex-President Kruger

slide image -- Ex-President Kruger

Slide set references

image appears in: Bill Adams ordered south (story: manufacturer unknown, 16 slides, 1899-1900)

image appears in: The Boer War of 1900: chapter IV -- Cronje and Bloemfontein (lecture: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1900)

image appears in: Celebrities from direct negatives (portrait: York & Son, 146 slides, in/before 1913)

minor subject of: [Kruger showing off his shooting skill] (comic: manufacturer unknown, at least 8 slides, c.1900)

image appears in: [Kruger showing off his shooting skill] (comic: manufacturer unknown, at least 8 slides, c.1900)

minor subject of: Kruger's great blunder (comic: Bamforth & Co., 4 slides, 1901)

image appears in: [Lecture on colonial South Africa] (lecture: privately assembled, 24 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: The Transvaal War: series 1 (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: The Transvaal and the war (lecture: Newton & Co., 362 slides, 1899)

Lucerna ID 6004001

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 January 2013

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