South Africa (nation)
Found in 3513 Collections and/or Records:
The 1820 Memorial Settlers Association Tower at Port Elizabeth, taken from the Pier. Note the two flags, 1928-06-21
Print at RCMS 353/2/29
The 1820 Memorial Settlers Association Tower at Port Elizabeth, taken from the Pier. Note the two flags, 1928-06-21
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 1913 strike, 1960 - 1983
The 1922 strike, 1960 - 1983
The Anglo-Boer War, 1969
Jackdaw No. C68 concerning the Boer War, 1899-1902.
'The Apes Poort and the Magaliesburg Mountains beyond. Exercising the troops in the Pretoria Garrison, 15th February 1881', 15 Feb. 1881
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.
The Archdeacon, 1901 - 1902
60 x 100 mm. Full-length seated photograph of Francis Balfour (1846-1924), then Archdeacon of Bloemfontein and later Assistant Bishop of the Diocese. He was at the Mission station at Thaba 'Nchu at Easter 1902 when Amy Wilson visited it.
[The 'Armadale Castle'], 1900 - 1910
242 x 190 mm. Showing the 'Armadale Castle' steaming into harbour. Location unidentified but possibly Durban.
The Artillery – C Troop, 1890
Modern copy. Showing part of ‘C’ Troop with field pieces and Maxim guns standing in front of a group of granite boulders. Jack Roach stands right of centre and H. Law at the far right of the print. Photograph probably taken at Mafeking, May 1890.
The Artillery – C Troop, 1890
An informal portrait showing a group of men from ‘C’ Troop with field pieces in the background. Jack Roach lies on the ground at the left of the print with Gunner Law standing right of centre in the foreground. An unidentified figure in the modern copy has two crosses marked beside his head. Photograph probably taken at Mafeking, May 1890.
The Back Court, 1930
Collection of loose monochrome postcards of the Koopmans de Wet House in Cape Town. The house, originally lived in by Mrs Marie Koopmans de Wet, is a museum of South African national antiques.
The Bar and Bluff, Port Natal [i.e. Durban], 1879 - 1880
315 x 133 mm. Two prints joined. A view from the South Beach looking across the narrow entrance of the Bay of Natal towards the Bluff. With steamers and sailing ships lying outside the harbour bar.
The Baths, Montagu, Cape, 1925
190 x 138 mm. Showing the buildings attached to the mineral water springs at Montagu with a group of patients and nurses posed in the forecourt in front of the buildings.
The Bay, Port Natal [i.e. Durban], 1879 - 1880
206 x 139 mm. A view looking down on ships at anchor at The Point in the Bay of Natal with warehouses and jetties on the shore, sandbanks beyond and part of the town of Durban in the background.
The Beach, Muizenberg, C.P., 1920
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
The Beach, St James, C.P., 1920
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
The beautiful south coast of Natal [KwaZulu-Natal]. Amanzimtoti, 1925
202 x 152 mm. A view looking onto the sandy beach at Amanzimtoti (Zulu for 'sweet waters'), a holiday resort eighteen miles south west of Durban.
The beautiful south coast of Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Isipingo, 1925
203 x 152 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside.
The Bend, Vaal River, 1888
191 x 124 mm. Showing a herd of long-horned cattle on the bank of the Vaal River.
The Berg Valley, from Drakenstein, 1860
165 x 95 mm. Photograph of the painting by T.W. Bowler.
The black rhinoceros (Zululand), 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.' All photographs by C Akerman except no. 73, which is by 'F. Teschner'.
The Bluff, Durban, 1880 - 1889
186 x 141 mm. Showing a steamer and a tug in the Bay of Natal, with the Bluff in the background.
The Bluff, Durban. This is just across the Harbour mouth, 1928-06-30
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 boilers supplying steam for electric light plant, rock shaft and winding engine, man-cage and Cornish pump, 1891
208 x 146 mm. Showing the four large boilers housed in a brick and corrugated-iron shed.
The Boy at the Snake Park, Port Elizabeth, handling Cobra, 1928-06-21
Print at RCMS 353/2/32.