Tolstoy Images

Gandhi and Kallenbach at the founding of Tolstoy Farm, 1910. They stayed in a tent while building the first structures. Depicted in the photo are

Early settlers at Tolstoy Farm, 1910. The co-founders of this community, Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach, are seated in the center of the middle row

Panorama of Tolstoy Farm at its beginning in 1910. The farmland was purchased by Hermann Kallenbach, who loaned it to Gandhi (who at that time

The farmhouse that Hermann Kallenbach and Gandhi built at Tolstoy Farm (no longer extant).

A feature about Hermann Kallenbach as the patron and co-founder of Tolstoy Farm, printed in the Indian Opinion newspaper in 1912. Kallenbach is

Gopal Krishna Gokhale visits Tolstoy Farm, 1912. Gokhale was Gandhi's political mentor, who came to visit from India to learn more about the

Gandhi with the Passive Resisters Football Club in Johannesburg, 1913. Gandhi founded football (soccer) clubs in Durban, Pretoria, and

Gandhi and coresidents leading the Great March, 1913. In November of 1913, Gandhi and coresidents from Tolstoy Farm and Phoenix Settlement led 2,

Gandhi and the residents of Tolstoy Farm leading the Great March, 1913.

A gathering to honor Gandhi and his family and his coresidents who were leaving South Africa for India in 1914. Gandhi had lived and worked in

Letter from Gandhi to Count Leo Tolstoy, April 1910. Gandhi and Tolstoy exchanged a series of letters with one another in 1909-1910. Gandhi and

Envelope for Gandhi's letter to Count Leo Tolstoy, dated April 1910.

The plaque at Tolstoy Farm, in commemoration of the historic site. It notes, among other things, that "Tolstoy Farm was rededicated on May 30,

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The steps and foundation slab are all that remain of the historic house where Gandhi, Kallenbach, and others once lived at Tolstoy Farm.

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The Tolstoy Farm site and museum. The museum building construction was complete, but the exhibition was not yet finished and open to the public

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The entry to the historic Tolstoy Farm site and new museum.

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The bust of Gandhi at Tolstoy Farm. It was added to the site in 2019, commissioned by the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organisation in South Africa

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The bust of Nelson Mandela at Tolstoy Farm. It was added to the site in 2019, commissioned by the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organisation in South

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White stones spelling "Gandhi Tolstoy Farm" to mark the historic site of Tolstoy Farm.

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The new museum building at Tolstoy Farm, under construction when this photo was taken in 2023.

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