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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:

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View of train on the narrow gauge (2 feet) railway between P.[ort] Elizabeth and Humansdorp, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/12
Scope and Contents

194 x 124 mm. A view looking along the narrow track towards an oncoming steam locomotive drawing freight trucks. Humansdorp lies about 50 miles west of Port Elizabeth near St. Francis Bay.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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View of Vryheid town, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/82
Scope and Contents

300 x 85 mm. panoramic view of the town just visible behind fields and farms.

Dates: 1901
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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View on the Crocodile River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/23
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of Africans seated near the banks of the Limpopo with woodland in the background. Exact location unknown, probably near the junction of the Lotsane and the Limpopo.

Dates: 1890
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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View on the Crocodile River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/24
Scope and Contents

A view looking along the Limpopo, probably near the junction with the Lotsane River with shallow boulder-strewn water in the foreground and thick forest on either bank.

Dates: 1890
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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View on the Crocodile River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/25
Scope and Contents

A view looking across the curving Limpopo towards sandbanks on the farther side. Exact location unknown, probably near the junction of the Lotsane and the Limpopo.

Dates: 1890
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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'View on the Malopo [Molopo] River looking east 1877, a long way below the falls', 1877

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1877
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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View on the Orange River, Aliwal North , S. Africa, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/76
Scope and Contents

199 x 153 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined Orange River near Aliwal North, with hills in the distance.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/33
Scope and Contents

139 x 97 mm. A similar view to Y3059V/27, taken at the same location.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/25
Scope and Contents

191 x 133 mm. A view looking along the bank of a river towards a jetty, boathouse and a clubhouse.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/26
Scope and Contents

191 x 133 mm. A view looking along a winding river with a small sailing boat moored in the foreground.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/27
Scope and Contents

191 x 133 mm. A view looking along a river with small wooden houses on the further bank. Possibly taken at Redhouse, a village about nine miles inland from Algoa Bay.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/29
Scope and Contents

190 x 133 mm. A view looking along a winding river with a small sailing boat on the further bank.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View on Zwartkops River, 1865 - 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/30
Scope and Contents

194 x 131 mm. A similar view to Y3059V/29.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
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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View showing the raliway line in Alicedale Poort, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/14
Scope and Contents

208 x 148 mm. A view looking along a steeply sided valley, with the railway following the course of the Bushman's River on the valley floor. Alicedale is situated about 25 miles west of Grahamstown.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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[View similar to 21 and 23], 1969-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/61
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 1969-01
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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View towards the North End, Port Elizabeth, 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/15
Scope and Contents

188 x 133 mm. A view looking towards the northern end of Port Elizabeth with the sea on the right and the outer suburbs of the town on the left. The railway line skirts the foreshore. In the left foreground is the Port Elizabeth Iron and Brass Foundry with the chimney of the gas works beyond. Photograph reproduced in Redgrave (p 136) and there dated 1878.

Dates: 1878
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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Views in Cape Town

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059T
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose snapshots measuring approximately 100 x 80 mm. with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs by Henry Rudland.

Dates: 1915
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Cape Town and Vicinity, 1857-1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A
Scope and Contents A collection of albumen prints (numbers 50-77 being stereoscopic cards) of various sizes. All the prints are mounted on card and most have captions by C.J. Busk. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many also have additional annotations by his son Charles W. Busk (mostly relating to the changes apparent in the scenes photographed when Charles W. Busk was in South Africa in 1914). ...
Dates: 1857 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Cape Town, circa 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305I
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 100 x 75 mm, with handwritten captions and the signature 'Photo by P.G. Scott' on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The prints show views of streets and buildings in Cape Town with a number of photographs of exhibits in the South African Museum (22-28) and three prints of Durban and East London (29-31).

Dates: 1902
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria, circa 1890-1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305G
Scope and Contents

A collection of miscellaneous loose prints. The photographs are of various sizes and are either captioned on the print or have handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1890 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Johannesburg

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055E
Scope and Contents

Two loose prints with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1902
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Johannesburg

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055G
Scope and Contents

A collection of small postcards measuring 83 x 58 mm., captioned in letterpress on the reverse. Photographs by Art Co. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1950
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Lourenço Marques [i.e. Maputo]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468S
Scope and Contents A collection of thirty-two loose prints, measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. and mounted on card. The majority of which are captioned and signed by the photographer. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Showing views in and around Lourenço Marques at the turn of the century, including street scenes, individual buildings and dances. At this period, the town was just starting the economic...
Dates: 1895 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Port Elizabeth

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N
Scope and Contents

Collection of loose prints measuring approximately 105 x 80 mm., with extensive typewritten captions on a separate sheet. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. The captions from the album have been removed, and the longer descriptive extracts taken from the typewritten sheet (dated April 10 1898) are inserted with the photographs.

Dates: 1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Views in Port Elizabeth

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V
Scope and Contents

An album containing prints measuring approximately 190 x 130 mm without original captions. Most of the identifications were made with the aid of J.J. Redgrave's 'Port Elizabeth in bygone days,' (1947). Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1865 - 1878
Conditions Governing Access: 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).