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South Africa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3621 Collections and/or Records:

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Museum, Cape Town, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059T/5
Scope and Contents

Showing the entrance to the South African Museum in the Botanical Gardens.

Dates: 1915
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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Musketry Camp, Red Hill [Simonstad ], May 1884, 1884-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/119
Scope and Contents

202 x 128 mm. Showing a group of sailors posed outside their tents at Red Hill with a stony slope in the background.

Dates: 1884-05
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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N. Transvaal, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/41
Scope and Contents

75 x 53 mm. An aerial view of countryside.

Dates: 1930
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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Naartjes, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/73
Scope and Contents

153 x 190 mm. Showing the citrus fruit growing on a tree.

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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Natal and Orange Free State, 1967-11 - 1969-01

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W
Scope and Contents

These are listed as Kodachromes and Kodak Ready Print. The first four images were taken at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State and the nearby Golden Gate Game Park, probably en route to Johannesburg where the photographs noted in Marnham V were taken. There are four scenes in Natal National Park in August 1968 and two of the construction of the Orange River Dam 1969.

Dates: 1967-11 - 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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - coffee plantation, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/45
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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], Durban - The Point, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/85
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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - entrance to Maritzburg, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/70
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - entrance to Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg] (Alexandra Bridge), 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/53
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - Howick Falls, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/30
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg ], 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/86
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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg ] - view in the park, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/87
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] Native Contingent, 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/31
Scope and Contents 200 x 137 mm. Showing members of the Natal Native Contingent on parade under the command of an European officer. Donald R. Morris (1966) identified this company as part of Captain Barton's 4th Battalion (originally 2nd Regiment, 1st Battalion before Chelmsford's reorganisation). As the preparations for the war advanced and the imperial forces received no reinforcements from Sir Michael Hicks Beach, it was realised that, in spite of superior firepower, the Zulus outnumbered European forces...
Dates: 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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - near Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg ], 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/99
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] - the Bluff, Durban, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/37
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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Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], Umgeni [i.e. Mgeni] River - sugar mill, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/55
Scope and Contents

The print is initialled 'SA'.

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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Natal National Park Hotel, 1968 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W/7
Scope and Contents From the File:

These are listed as Kodachromes and Kodak Ready Print. The first four images were taken at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State and the nearby Golden Gate Game Park, probably en route to Johannesburg where the photographs noted in Marnham V were taken. There are four scenes in Natal National Park in August 1968 and two of the construction of the Orange River Dam 1969.

Dates: 1968 - 1969
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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Natal Park, 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W/5
Scope and Contents From the File:

These are listed as Kodachromes and Kodak Ready Print. The first four images were taken at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State and the nearby Golden Gate Game Park, probably en route to Johannesburg where the photographs noted in Marnham V were taken. There are four scenes in Natal National Park in August 1968 and two of the construction of the Orange River Dam 1969.

Dates: 1968-08
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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Natal Park, evening, 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W/6
Scope and Contents From the File:

These are listed as Kodachromes and Kodak Ready Print. The first four images were taken at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State and the nearby Golden Gate Game Park, probably en route to Johannesburg where the photographs noted in Marnham V were taken. There are four scenes in Natal National Park in August 1968 and two of the construction of the Orange River Dam 1969.

Dates: 1968-08
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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Natal Park Hotel Cottage : P. Eliz. Room, 1967 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W/8
Scope and Contents

[Exterior].

Dates: 1967 - 1969
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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Natal, south coast, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/37
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards (one card missing from original set of twelve).

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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Native chief with his wives and piccanninies, 1939 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058G/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. 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 the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1939 - 1945
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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Native dance in the compound of the City Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg - the musicians, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/200
Scope and Contents

203 x 151 mm. Showing a band of musicians playing at a dance, with a crowd of spectators in the background.

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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Native dance, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] [historic title], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305F/12
Scope and Contents

125 x 180 mm. Showing Zulu men and women performing a dance.

Dates: 1899
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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Native groups at Hamann Krall [historic title], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/40
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).