South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3621 Collections and/or Records:
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Sea Point, Cape Town, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/29
Scope and Contents
239 x 181 mm. A view looking across the rocky beach at Sea Point to the west of the city, towards the cluster of seaside houses (among them Queen's Hotel) beside the Beach Road.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Sea Promenade, Cape Town, 1900 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/85
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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[Seafront], 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/9
Scope and Contents
77 x 52 mm. Probably at Cape Town.
Dates:
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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Seahurst Hotel, Kalk Bay, C.P., 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/121
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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Secretary bird, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides of South Africa created by John Ewart Marnham, the British Consul-General in Johannesburg from 1967 to 1970. They are arranged in 10 groups (Q-Z). The earlier photographs (Q-S) however, date from a visit to what were then the High Commission Territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland and Basutoland towards the close of 1965.The first photographs from Marnham's term of office in South Africa date from April 1967 and show scenes in the garden of his Johannesburg house, which...
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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Secretary bird, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides of South Africa created by John Ewart Marnham, the British Consul-General in Johannesburg from 1967 to 1970. They are arranged in 10 groups (Q-Z). The earlier photographs (Q-S) however, date from a visit to what were then the High Commission Territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland and Basutoland towards the close of 1965.The first photographs from Marnham's term of office in South Africa date from April 1967 and show scenes in the garden of his Johannesburg house, which...
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).
Fonds
Selection of photographic subjects of the Union of South Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints measuring approximately 205 x 150 mm or 290 x 230 mm. The album has a decorative hand-painted title page reading: 'This selection of photographic subjects is presented by the Railways and Harbours Department of the Union of South Africa [signed] [illegible], Minister 1925'. There are captions (in gold ink) beneath the photographs, which have been used as titles. The titles may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been...
Dates:
1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Self, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/21
Scope and Contents
85 x 90 mm. Probably the officer who compiled the album.
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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Self and Goren on steps of Dutch Reformed Church, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/125
Scope and Contents
95 x 115 mm.
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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Sentry, Vryheid, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/75
Scope and Contents
95 x 120 mm.
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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Sentry, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/7
Scope and Contents
90 x 120 mm.
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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Shangaan girl, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/77
Scope and Contents
100 x 152 mm. The caption continues 'wearing typically kilted striped cotton skirt, with the edge beaded; girdles, necklaces, and arm bands of beads, and strips of beads attached to dress. She wears a headdress of swathed coloured cotton. 1950. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains.'
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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Shangaan girl wearing striped beaded cotton skirt and bead necklaces, Valley south of Hangklip Mountains, 1950, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/80
Scope and Contents
155 x 204 mm.
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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Shangaan hut enclosed by mud wall, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/74
Scope and Contents
204 x 153 mm. The caption continues: 'All these Kraals are spotlessly clean. Step thatching. In the valley south of Hangklip Mountains. Near Naboomspruit, Northern Transvaal.
Dates:
1930 - 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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Shangaan kraal, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/78
Scope and Contents
203 x 145 mm. The caption continues: 'showing main hut, children's hut, and grain hut, mud wall and stockade. Valley South of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'
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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Shangaan utensils, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/76
Scope and Contents
152 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'Gourds, pottery, spoons, ladles, winnowing basket. All made of the indigenous wood, clay and grasses. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'
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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Sheba G.M. Co. General view of Cyanide work, Battery, Mine etc. looking up Sheba Valley, De Kaap G. Fields, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/113
Scope and Contents
206 x 152 mm. A general view showing the plant and workings of the Sheba Gold Mining Company. The Sheba mine was discovered in 1884 by the brothers Barber after whom the town was named, '...one of the two, while at rest on trek, crashed his hammer on a rock by which he sat. Knowing something of geology, he immediately saw that the exposed quartz was exceptionally rich in the metal of which they were all in search. His thoughtless stroke was the nucleus of the famous Sheba mine, which,...
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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Sheba Hill, showing Oriental Company, Brays' Golden Quarry and Eureka City in the distance, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/97
Scope and Contents
192 x 127 mm. Showing the mine workings of the various companies on the steep slope of Sheba Hill.
Dates:
1888
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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Sheba Reef, Bray's Golden Quarry, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/101
Scope and Contents
127 x 192 mm. Showing mine workings on the steep hillside of the Sheba Reef.
Dates:
1888
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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Sheba Reef Oriental Company, De Kaap, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/102
Scope and Contents
124 x 192 mm. Showing mine workings on the steep hillside of the Sheba Reef.
Dates:
1888
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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Sheep rearing. Prize rams, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/155
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. Showing three prize rams being exhibited at a show.
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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Sheep rearing. Wanganella ewes, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/156
Scope and Contents
203 x 147 mm. Showing a flock of ewes drinking at a pool in a field.
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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Sheffield plate dinner service, purchased c.1834, 1930
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/130
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
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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Shipping in the bay, Durban, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/83
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view showing shipping at anchor in the bay with wharves and moored shipping at the right. A view probably taken from Salisbury Island.
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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Side of tennis court, Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], 1884-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/8
Scope and Contents
233 x 167 mm. Showing a group of men and women at the newly built tennis courts at Simon's Town, with a military band at the left of the print.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Sydney Tyers album