204 x 152 mm. An indistinct view showing the shoot at the end of a shaft.

209 x 151 mm. A technically poor and out of focus view showing a miner seated beside a rockface loosened be an explosive charge.

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’.

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.

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'.

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

A general view of the newly completed Somerset Hospital at Green Point, with part of Table Mountain visible in the background.

Modern copy. A formal group portrait of 25 uniformed N.C.O.s posed in front of a tent probably at Mafeking in May 1890. Figures identified in the album are Hill, Stoward, Friday Wallace, Deepdale, Ogilvie, Jim Finncare, Binkley, Arthur Eyre, Spreckley and Rice Hamilton.

A view looking down on the North Jetty with a railway locomotive and trucks in the foreground, and wharves and the bay beyond.

Photograph by Sapsco Real Photo.

196 x 134 mm. Showing the unhitched stage-coach standing in front of the P.M. Fincham's store and the Standard Restaurant, with three young Africans posed near the shafts of the vehicle.

Collection of loose monochrome gravure postcards of Potchefstroom. Originally part of the Fisher collection. Captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.

Collection of loose monochrome gravure postcards of Potchefstroom. Originally part of the Fisher collection. Captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.

A three-part series of black and white images on card designed to provide teachers with material to illustrate history lessons. The series includes a wide range of pictures, portraits and photographs. Titles and captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The items are undated, but probably originate from between the 1960s and 1980s.

The caption reads, 'The first boat that floated on its waters. The left hand shore is the Cape Colony, the right is the great Southern Desert, 1872. The Islands in front are where Sir Walter Currie shelled out the bushmen about 1870-1'. The term Bushmen is a historic term used to describe a group of Khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherers who lived in the Kalahari Desert.

73 x 51 mm. Showing a group of musicians with a ring of spectators in the background. These are presumably Chopi tribesmen from Portuguese East Africa come to South Africa to work in the mines.

199 x 146 mm. Showing a roadway beside a river in the park in Pietermaritzburg, with an African rickshaw driver standing in the foreground.

Contains photographs relating to:
1. Naivasha, Longonot, Osirian, Gilgil, Nanyuki, Mombasa.
2. S.S. ‘Watussi’, London-Mombasa, Oct 1935.
3. M.V. ‘Bloemfontein Castle’; S.S ‘Mantola’, 1950.
4. Vickers Vimy and Fairey III D aircraft, Nairobi, 1930’s.
5. Villagisation, post Mau Mau, Kikuyu, mid 1950’s.

192 x 135 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking across the Bay of Natal, with ships at anchor in the foreground.

192 x 125 mm. A view looking across a lawn and flowerbed towards the substantial stone built club premises.

75 x 100 mm. A view looking across Adderley Street towards the Post Office.

152 x 202 mm. A view looking down into the big hole at the Premier Diamond Mine twenty three miles east of Pretoria. It was here that the Cullinan Diamond, later presented to Edward VII for inclusion in the Crown Jewels, was found in 1905.