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Roe, W, fl1880 (photographer)

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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An ostrich farm, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/33
Scope and Contents

219 x 166 mm. Showing a troop of ostriches on C.D. Charlwood's farm at Graaff Reinet, with a figure seated in a ponycart in the foreground. By 1891 Graff Reinet was the sixth largest producer of ostrich feathers in the colony, although the trade has now completely disappeared from the area. The print is signed 'Roe W Phor.'

Dates: 1899 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Graaff Reinet, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/16
Scope and Contents

The print is signed and dated with the year by the photographer.

Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Graaff Reinet from the mountain top, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/30
Scope and Contents

382 x 282 mm. A view looking eastwards over the neatly laid out streets of Graaff Reinet, with the Sundays River curving round the town and Spandau Kop in the background. The three most prominent strets seen here, running east-west, are Somerset Street, Middel Street and West Street. The print is signed 'W. Roe Photo' and has the following caption, written in calligraphy: 'Graaf Reinet, from the mountain top.'

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Club, Graaff Reinet, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/32
Scope and Contents

321 x 185 mm. A view from the street showing the single storey flat roofed building, with two groups of men watching the photographer from the stoep, roofed in decorative ironwork. With Spandau Kop in the background. The Graaff Reinet club was established in 1876; the building seen here in Church Square which still serves as the clubs's premises, was built in 1881.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Valley of Desolation, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/31
Scope and Contents

385 x 291 mm. Showing the spectacular eroded rock formations in th Valley of Desolation near Graaff Reinet. The print is signed 'W. Roe, Photer, Gr. Rt', and has the following caption, written in calligraphy: 'The Valley of Desolation.'

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Transvaal gold fields - waterfall 'Mac Mac', 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/93
Scope and Contents

This photograph appears to be mirrored. The negative from which this print has been made had the signature of W. Roe etched on the bottom left hand corner; now it appears in reverse.

Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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Eastern Cape, Province of (province) 5
Graaff-Reinet (inhabited place) 4
Transvaal (general region) 1
Valley of Desolation National Monument (monument) 1