'This is a view of the Valley looking out to sea. The chimneys in the centre are those of the Electric Power Station, belong to the Tramway Co. The buildings at the extreme left are a Sweet and Preserve Factory. The flat looking buildings at the top of the hill on the left is one side of the Fort. The other large sheds are principally used for storing wool.'

'The Town Hall at the end of the street is situated on one side of the square. The first Tram on the right hand corner is one of those which run from the extreme North to South end of the town, a distance of about 3 miles, whilst the second, or lower one, is one of those used for hill climbing.'

A similar view to Y3059N/2 but taken from nearer the Market Square.

A colour engraving of a picture by T.W. Bowler published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, London, 1864.

190 x 124 mm. A view looking along Main Street, lined with commercial premises and with oxcarts standing along its length, towards Market Square and the Town Hall.

A view looking south along Main Street with commercial premises lining the roadway and a tram on the street.

191 x 139 mm. Showing nesting malagas (gannets) covering the ground in the foreground, with the Bird Island Lighthouse in the background. The Bird Islands group lies about five miles off Port Elizabeth.

202 x 149 mm. Showing the verandahed Post Office and Court House on the left of the print and the library, a stone building with a central tower, on the right. The town was founded as a fort to protect the eastern Cape frontier in 1822 and the present township was laid out in 1837.

204 x 155 mm. Showing the rocky shoreline of Mazeppa Bay (on the Indian Ocean south east of Butterworth) with a settlement of round thatched huts near the shoreline in the foreground.

'A poor photo of Messr Gleghorn, Harris and Stephen's Drapery Establishment situated in the Market Square. It was taken during the Jubilee, which accounts for the decorations. It was here that Em used to be Head Book-keeper for the Retail Dept. The church on the left, a little way up the hill, is that of St. Augustine's, Roman Catholic.'

193 x 142 mm. Showing African labourers gathered around a cooking pot outside stone huts. Coal mining activity which was started in the area in 1859: the better quality coal from the Transvaal and Natal [KwaZulu-Natal] soon destroyed the foundations of the industry.

163 x 144 mm. Showing African workers pushing trolleys of excavated material up a railway track leading from the mines.

204 x 147 mm. Showing a curve in the river which forms the south eastern boundary of the Trankei, with a mountain in the background. The first letter of the caption has been torn off.

An engraving taken from a newspaper dated in pencil 1866.

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.

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.

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.

197 x 122 mm. Showing a settlement of thatched huts and cottages at Burghersdorp with a family group gathered in front of an enclosing stone wall in the foreground.

149 x 106 mm. Showing a settlement of verandahed European buildings and a row of three circular, thatched mud huts at Umtata.

'The block with the white arched windows in the centre of the picture just off the end of the jetty is that of P. Davis and sons. The building at the top of the Hill a little to the right of the lighthouse you may recognise as the Grey Institute shown in No. 4. The large block on the left is H.M. Customs House.'

'The two funnel steamer is the Briton taken on Christmas Day 1897, and her first appearance here.'

'Opening of the Cape Colonial Parliament at Grahamstown, Eastern District', an engraving taken from a newspaper, undated.

196 x 122 mm. A view looking along the Orange River at dusk with the bridge silhouetted against the mountains and sky in the background.

191 x 126 mm. Showing a group of ostriches in a field near Bedford with a farmer standing to one side.

190 x 125 mm. Showing a large group of ostriches and a herdsman on horseback.