South Africa (nation)
Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:
The Jetty, Port Elizabeth, 1865
190 x 132 mm. Showing a section of the jetty at the seaward end with boats hanging over the water from the pier and lighters and sailing vessels moored in the harbour beyond.
The Kimberley Mines, 1880
A printed book illustrated by photographic prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The book resulted from a journey from Cape Town via Kimberley and the Transvaal to the Victoria Falls and back to Port Elizabeth.
The korrigum hartebeast (East Africa), 1920 - 1929
Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.'
The lesser kudu antelope (British East Africa), 1920 - 1929
Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.'
[The 'Lion Gates' entrance to the University of Cape Town], 1920 - 1930
Entrance to the grounds, leading to the Hiddingh Hall Library building.
The Luipaads Vlei Gold Mine at Johannesburg. Note the huge cyanide dumps, 1928-07-04
Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.
The main street of Port Elizabeth, 1866
A newscutting dated in pencil 1866 comprised of an article on Port Elizabeth and an engraving.
The Main Street - Port Elizabeth, 1861
A view looking along Main Street from Market Square, similar to Y305SV/6, but without the obelisk which was only erected in 1863. Photograph by J.E. Briton.
The Martin Melck House, Cape Town, 1970
The caption reads 'The Martin Melck House, Cape Town, was built in 1782. This photograph of it was taken at the beginning of the 20th century'.
The Memorial at Bloemfontein to Women & Children who died in the Internment Camps during the Boer War, 1929-06-24
Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.
The Merchants' plate, 1861
Showing the electro-plate candelabrum with a horseman at the base, presented by the merchants of Cape Town to the races of 1861.
The Mine - A group of miners underground, 1891
203 x 150 mm. Showing a group of miners posed against a rockface underground, with one African worker seated at the front of the group.
‘The mine dump from which the police sniped at the women and kids', 1950 - 1970
205 x 152 mm.
The Mine - Flat Sheet on 700 level, bottom of incline shaft (underground), 1891
208 x 151 mm. Showing two miners standing at the ‘Flat Sheet’ where blue ground is transferred from the trucks to the Incline Shaft for transportation to the surface.
The Mine - Flat Sheet on 800 level, bottom of rock shaft (underground), 1891
208 x 147 mm. Showing trolleys and track at the lowest flat sheet in the De Beers mine.
The Mine - Ladder way on 600 level, showing ‘Blueground’ (underground), 1891
207 x 149 mm. Showing a slippery series of steps in a tunnel on the 600 foot level, with a blurred figure standing in the right foreground.
The Mine - Ladderway on 700 level. Timbered (underground), 1891
199 x 148 mm. Showing a timbered passageway and a short ladder leading up to another level of the mine.
The Mine - Native miners drilling underground, 1891
209 x 153 mm. A poor photograph showing African miners working at the rockface.
The Mine - Open works, escape shaft, 1891
144 x 202 mm. Showing the headgear of the winch-operated escape shaft, with discarded trolleys and pit props lying around in the background. This machinery can be seen in the background of Y3059C/11.
The Mine - Open works, overhanging main reef, 1891
154 x 208 mm. Showing surface excavations at the De Beers Mine, with an overhanging cliff above the workings.
The Mine - Open works, showing searching house in the distance, 1891
152 x 208 mm. A view looking along the excavated surface reef, with mine buildings on the level land in the background.
The Mine - Shoot for bringing ‘ground’ from a higher level (underground), 1891
204 x 152 mm. An indistinct view showing the shoot at the end of a shaft.
The Mine: The ‘Blueground’ after blasting (underground), 1891
209 x 151 mm. A technically poor and out of focus view showing a miner seated beside a rockface loosened be an explosive charge.
The Mine - Trucking ‘ground’ to Flat Sheet (underground), 1891
208 x 153 mm. Showing two metal trolleys loaded with excavated ‘ground’ in a tunnel in the mine. A caption on the print itself reads ‘D.B.M.Co. Junction of two tunnels at No IV Level, 700 ft’.
The Mission premises at the Kuruman Station, 1842
An illustration 'printed in oil colours by G. Baxter' and published by J. Snow. The original work was produced in 1842, and was used as the frontispiece of Robert Moffat's 'Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa' (London, 1846). This is probably one of a series of prints of the picture that were sold to raise funds for the mission.