South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3621 Collections and/or Records:
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Mounted Infantry-2.21st R.S.F., 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/26
Scope and Contents
190 x 120 mm. Showing mounted infantry of the 2nd Battalion of the 21st Regt Royal Scots Fusiliers on parade in Pretoria, with barracks buildings in the background.
Dates:
1880 - 1881
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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News of the Camp
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Mounted infantry camp, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/50
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. View of tents and stone walls.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Vryheid, South Africa
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Mouth of St. John's River, Kaffraria, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/50
Scope and Contents
195 x 134 mm. A view looking along the St. John's (Umzimiribu) (?Umzimbuvu) River showing a steamer sailing in mid channel with high cliffs on either bank.
Dates:
1879 - 1880
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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Mouth of St. John's River, Kaffraria, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/51
Scope and Contents
195 x 135 mm. A view looking along the Unzimiribu (?Umzimbuvu) River towards the point where it reaches the sea at Port St. John's.
Dates:
1879 - 1880
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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Mouth of the Baaken’s River, 1865 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/1
Scope and Contents
190 x 133 mm. Showing the mouth of the Baaken’s River spanned by the old wood and iron Union Bridge. On the hillside behind stands Fort Frederick, built in 1799, with the Military Hospital, formerly the Barracks, slightly below and to the right of the fort. An almost identical photograph is used in Redgrave, p 88. It is there dated 1860 but this does not appear to tally with the statement (p 90) that the bridge was destroyed in a storm in 1857.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Port Elizabeth
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Mouth of the Kowie River with the Lagoon in the foreground, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/53
Scope and Contents
161 x 116 mm. Showing the man-made lagoon at Port Alfred with the Indian Ocean in the distance. During the nineteenth century many attempts were made to increase the size and depth of the harbourmouth at Port Alfred (known until 1860 as Port Francis) but extensive silting of the harbourmouth proved too costly and the port was abandoned early in the present century.
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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Mozambique - the fort, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/19
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A printed book containing tipped-in reproductions from photographs, all measuring 140 x 100 mm, with brief letterpress captions beneath the prints. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The prints are grainy with high contrast. Consequently, the images are listed rather than described in detail, although occasional notes and cross-references on points of interest have been added. The process used in the reproductions has not...
Dates:
1880
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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[Mr. Hay's Ostrich farm, Cold Bokkeveld, 1867], 1867-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/76
Scope and Contents
140 x 70 mm. Showing a group of ostriches grazing in a field. A note on the reverse in C.W. Busk's hand states: 'This is the first regular ostrich farm. The full grown black one was very savage and ran at anybody except Mr. Hay's daughter, but being blind in one eye, I and our Malay driver were sent to the far side of the enclosure, outside the fence, to attract his attention while my father got as close as he dared on his blind side with the light camera, it not being safe to take the...
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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Mr Justice Watermeyer, LL.D., 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059F/1
Scope and Contents
A half length, seated studio portrait of Egidius Benedictus Watermayer (1842-1867), a Cape Judge, scholar and historian. Born in Cape Town, Watermeyer studied law at Leiden University from 1841-1843 and in London from 1843 until he was called to the Bar in 1847. He returned to practice in the Cape the same year. In 1854-1855 he represented the Worcester District in the Legislative Assembly and was appointed to the bench in 1857, serving on it until 1857 when he went to London on sick leave...
Dates:
1860
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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Mrs. Eckstein and child, 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/13
Scope and Contents
A full length studio portrait of Mrs. Eckstein and one of the girls seen in Y3055C/12.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Mrs. Eckstein and children, 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/12
Scope and Contents
A full length studio portrait, with expensive props, of Mrs. Eckstein and two girls, presumably her daughters. Mrs. Eckstein was married to Hermann Eckstein.
Dates:
1890 - 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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[?Mrs E.J. Dunn], 1875 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/11
Scope and Contents
59 x 94 mm. A carte de visite three quarter length studio portrait of a woman standing beside a table, on which are a book and inkpots. This is most probably a portrait of Elizabeth Julie Dunn (nee Perchard, of Jersey), whom Dumm married in 1875. The backmark reads; 'From the photographic studio of James E. Bruton, photographer, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. Cartes de visite enlarged to life size and finished in colours. Marion, Imp, Paris'. The photograph was probably taken in the...
Dates:
1875 - 1879
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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Mrs. H. Jennings, Johannesburg, S.A., 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/1
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders portrait of Mary L. Jennings (née Coleman of San Francisco), who married the consulting gold-mining engineer Hennen Jennings in 1886.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Mrs J. Noble, C. Town [i.e. Cape Town], 1872 - 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/25
Scope and Contents
56 x 93 mm. A carte de visite half length, three quarters profile studio portrait of Susanna Francina Noble, nee Leibbrandt (1852-1917), wife of John Noble, to whom she was married in 1872 and sister of Hendrick Carel Vos Leibbrandt. The backmark reads: 'Under the patronage of H.M. The Queen. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh R.N. H.E. The Governor and Co. The Capetown Photographic Gallery , S.B. Barnard, Adderley Street, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. The negative is kept. Further copies...
Dates:
1872 - 1882
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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Mrs. Olivia Elizabeth Redwood, 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/10
Scope and Contents
A full length seated portrait of Olivia Elizabeth Redwood (née Lys) wife of Charles Lewis Redwood.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Mrs. Perkins, Johannesburg, S.A., 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/3
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders cabinet portrait of the wife of an American gold mining engineer.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Mrs. Perkins, Johannesburg, S.A., 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/4
Scope and Contents
A duplicate of Y3055C/3.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Muisenberg Point. False Bay - 9 miles off (looking South) from Wynberg Hill - above Versfeld's. 22d Nov. 1866, 1866-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/28
Scope and Contents
290 x 220 mm. A similar view to the preceding print but with trees filling a greater proportion of the foreground. The print also has a rough pencilled sketch map of the area covered by the photograph on the back of the mount.
Dates:
1866-11
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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Muisenberg Point from Wynberg Hill, 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/27
Scope and Contents
199 x 152 mm. An uninformative landscape view looking out over wooded land towards the sea at Muisenberg.
Dates:
1866
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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Muizenberg., 1900 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/98
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of loose coloured (80-88) and monochrome (89-98) postcards of Cape Province, by J.G.B, Spes Bona Series (80-83), T.D. Ravenscroft (84-87), Valentine and Sons (88-90), W.E. Courteney, East London (91), Stewart and Schaefer, Cape Town (92-94), unknown (95-98). Nos. 89-91 are original photographs.
Dates:
1900 - 1929
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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Muizenberg, C.P., 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/115
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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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Muizenberg, from Beach, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/117
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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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Muizenberg looking to St James, C.P., 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/114
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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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Muizenberg showing Sports Club, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/113
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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).
Sub-Series
Muizenberg - St James - Kalk Bay, 1920
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/112-123
Scope and Contents
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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).