South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:
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Vervet monkey, Letabe, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/155
Scope and Contents
From the File:
John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates:
1967-08
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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Victoria Bay, George, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/91
Scope and Contents
158 x 114 mm. Showing a beach and a headland at Victoria Bay, about five miles south of the town of George.
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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Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company. Power Station at Vereeniging, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/171
Scope and Contents
190 x 139 mm. Showing the power station buildings with pylons at the left.
Dates:
1925
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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Victoria Hotel. Cradock, 1928-06-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/35
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
1928-06-22
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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Victory blanket, Leribe, Basutoland, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/22
Dates:
1948
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 at a bend in the road in Bain's Kloof, 1867-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/38
Scope and Contents
290 x 243 mm. 65 miles from Cape Town, January 1867. Showing rocky outcrops in the Pass with part of the road visible in the background. Starting at Wellington and following the course of the Wit River, the pass was opened up in 1854, when a road built by the Colonial Engineer Andrew Geddes Bain was completed. A note in C.W. Busk's hand adds: 'The railway ended at Wellington at this time, but was in the course of construction between there and Worcester; does not go through this pass,...
Dates:
1867-01
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 at Montisoas Kraal, Mafeking, 1890-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/9
Scope and Contents
Original print and modern copy. A view looking towards the thatched huts of Montshiwa’s Kraal, surrounded by a stone perimeter. A group of African boys stand in the foreground. Montshiwa (c. 1814-1896) was Chief of the Ratshidi branch of the Rolong people. He made his capital at Mafeking when he succeeded his father in 1849.
Dates:
1890-05
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 at Montisoas Kraal, Mafeking, 1890-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/10
Scope and Contents
A view of Montshiwa’s Kraal looking across open boulder- strewn ground towards the settlement of thatched huts. Two African youths in European clothes stand in the foreground.
Dates:
1890-05
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 at Montisoas Kraal, Mafeking, 1890-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/11
Scope and Contents
Modern copy. A view looking across open ground towards the thatched huts of Montshiwa’s Kraal. A group of Africans and Europeans and a covered wagon stand in the foreground. One of the Europeans (unidentified and dressed in a check jacket and white trousers) also appears in Y3052A/13-14.
Dates:
1890-05
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 at Montisoas, Mafeking, 1890-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/14
Scope and Contents
Showing the European seen in Y3052A/11 and 13 seated on a rock near two Africans among the thatched mud huts at Montshiwa’s Kraal.
Dates:
1890-05
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 at Rustenburg, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 195/383
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.
Dates:
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 at Simons Town, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/41
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates:
1902
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 from Blaauwberg Strand, Cape Town, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059U/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of small images measuring 82 x 63 mm with captions on the prints. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs by Charles F. Kimble and Sons.
Dates:
1950
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 from Briar Bank , 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/32
Scope and Contents
Location unidentified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Briar Bank , 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/44
Scope and Contents
Location not identified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Briar Bank, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/45
Scope and Contents
Location not identified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Briar Bank, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/49
Scope and Contents
Location not identified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Ferriera Mine Dump, Johannesburg, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/193
Scope and Contents
204 x 154 mm. Showing mining plant and buildings in the foreground with the city of Johannesburg beyond.
Dates:
1925
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 from Government buildings, Bloemfontein. O.F.S [Orange Free State, now known as Free State], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/151
Scope and Contents
201 x 150 mm. A view looking north-east across the junction of President Brand Street and Elizabeth Street. On the farther side of the cross roads stands the Raadzaal, a domed building with classical façade and portico, completed in 1893 and used during the days of the republic as the seat of the Volksraad.
Dates:
1925
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 from Kopje North , 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/96
Scope and Contents
Location unidentified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Kopje South, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/97
Scope and Contents
Location unidentified.
Dates:
1902
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 from Meintjes Kop, Pretoria, Transvaal, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/180
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. A view looking down from Meintjes Kop over the city of Pretoria, with the Union buildings in the foreground.
Dates:
1925
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 from Naval Hill, Bloemfontein, O.F.S. [Orange Free State, now known as Free State], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/152
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view looking south-west over the city from Naval Hill.
Dates:
1925
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 from Tafelberg, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/33
Scope and Contents
175 x 139 mm. A view looking over a valley towards distant mountains, with the railway line in the foreground.
Dates:
1925
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 from the Breakwater, Durban, 1928-06-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/50
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
1928-06-30
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).