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273 x 106 mm. A view looking south-east from the market square showing the junction of Oxford Street and Fleet Street. Identified among the ruins are the Club, Dyer and Dyer, Gasson and Co. and Dunn and Co. A note states: 'Fire originated at the back of above [Dunn and Co.] and extended the whole length of block, burning matter flew from this building [Dyer and Dyer] to the top of Market Square.’

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Showing Davis talking with a younger man on a pier at Port Elizabeth. The caption on this print 'Mrs. Smith with her prime fowls' appears to be a mistake.

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192 x 125 mm. Showing the Palmerston Hotel standing on the corner of Jetty Street in central Port Elizabeth. Beneath the hotel's name is a legend reading 'Established 1839'.

Scope and Contents 177 x 146 mm. An albumen print mounted on card bearing the letterpress: 'J.E. Bruton, Photographer, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope' (thus certainly dating the print to before 1874 when Bruton left Port Elizabeth to set up a studio in Cape Town). The print shows the front facade of the two- storied stone built hotel with a group of men and women posed on the verandah for the photographer. The name of the proprietor, James R. Rumsey, can be read above the entrance. The hotel, situated...

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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71 x 97 mm. A view looking down from the deck of a boat on to the passenger lighter, with a basket suspended mid-air beside the liner. The photograph was probably taken at East London.

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101 x 154 mm. The caption continues: 'Young girls in short skirts.'

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105 x 154 mm. The caption continues: 'The long skirt is worn by the married woman.'

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152 x 106 mm.

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155 x 107 mm.

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106 x 153 mm.

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201 x 152 mm. The caption continues: 'The hair is plaited finely and they nearly all wear blue and white beads.'

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203 x 150 mm.

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192 x 128 mm. A general view looking down on to the mouth of the Kowie River at Port Alfred with the man-made lagoon at the left of the print.

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Envelope containing monochrome postcards (set of twelve plus additional card) showing views in Cape Province.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album recording the visit of Lord and Lady Hewart to South Africa. The album is inscribed 'To Lord and Lady Hewart: A Momento [sic] of a Trip to South Africa'. It was presumably the work and gift of a friend who travelled with them as it covers the entire journey from leaving Southampton to their return. The photographs are amateur work and are fully described in captions written in white ink, not always easily legible, on the black pages of the album. The captions have been recorded...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album recording the visit of Lord and Lady Hewart to South Africa. The album is inscribed 'To Lord and Lady Hewart: A Momento [sic] of a Trip to South Africa'. It was presumably the work and gift of a friend who travelled with them as it covers the entire journey from leaving Southampton to their return. The photographs are amateur work and are fully described in captions written in white ink, not always easily legible, on the black pages of the album. The captions have been recorded...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album recording the visit of Lord and Lady Hewart to South Africa. The album is inscribed 'To Lord and Lady Hewart: A Momento [sic] of a Trip to South Africa'. It was presumably the work and gift of a friend who travelled with them as it covers the entire journey from leaving Southampton to their return. The photographs are amateur work and are fully described in captions written in white ink, not always easily legible, on the black pages of the album. The captions have been recorded...

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203 x 149 mm. A view from the Settlers' Memorial looking over the rooftops of central Port Elizabeth towards the lighthouses on the Donkin Reserve, with the Palmerston Hotel in the left foreground.

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A view looking along Jetty Street towards 'The Hill' and the lighthouse and memorial in the Donkin Reserve.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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174 x 113 mm. A view looking back towards the town from the pier, with the lighthouse and the Grey Institute visible on the summit of the hill beyond.

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A view looking out over Algoa Bay towards Port Elizabeth. The print is initialled 'SA'.