Gardiner Street, Durban Railway Station and first Town Hall

Gardiner Street, Durban, with double-decker trams, rickshas, horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians. Background left, the Railway Station, right the old Town Hall (built 1885), later the Post Office. Dead Man's Tree, where funeral notices - white edged with black - were posted is seen at right on pavement in front of old Town Hall.

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Souvenir Saturday: Australian visitors to Natal ca 1915

Australian soldiers and ricksha during World War I at Durban. The Bluff

 in the background

Jinrickshaw, Natal late 19th early 20th c

This mode of transport, popular in Natal, is given its full name on the mount of this photo: jinrickshaw. At that stage they weren't simply tourist attractions but a useful conveyance for getting around Durban.