Ravenscroft, Thomas Daniel (photographer)

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Dates

Existence: 1851 - 1948

Biography

Thomas Daniel (T.D.) Ravenscroft had a studio at Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. According to the Ravenscroft family website (www.ravenscroft.za.net) he started taking photographs in the late 1800s. During the first decade of the 20th century he was commissioned by the Cape Government to take photographs of all towns in Southern Africa, including Rhodesia. He later opened a photographic studio in Riebeek Street, Malmesbury, producing postcards. In the 1930s he moved to Hermanuspieterusfontein (now called Hermanus) where he opened a studio. He died there in 1948.

Sources:

Bensusan, A.D. (1963), '19th century photographers in South Africa'. 'Africana notes and news'. Volume 15, number 6, pp.219-252.

Rollo Ravenscroft to RCS librarian, email dated 13 June 2007, confirming that TD Ravenscroft was his great grand father, the photographer, Thomas Daniel Ravenscroft of Rondebosch.

RolloRavencroft's Photostream on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/ravenscroftza/ (accessed on 10 April 2013) Ravenscroft family website: www.ravenscroft.za.net (accessed 10 April 2013)

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Photographs of Mochudi

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549E

Scope and Contents Three photographs of the town, now part of Botswana, and one perhaps taken in its environs, by the South African photographer Thomas Daniel (T.D.) Ravenscroft. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation.Ravenscroft began working as a photographer in the late 1880s and established a studio at Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. All four photographs are...

Dates: 1900 - 1909

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