Scope and Contents 147 x 197 mm. A view of the War Memorial, which consists of a base and pedestal of white marble surmounted by bronze figures representing the angel of peace crowning a dying soldier with laurel leaves. On the pedestal is an inscription by Kipling: 'They came of that stubborn stock that stood at Runnimede forFreedom without fear,Wherefore they gave the treasure of their blood to stablishFreedom here.'and the dedication: 'To the brave men of Albany who died for...

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A print of a cartoon entitled 'Triumphal entry of the L-t G-v-rn-r into Grahams Town'.

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A carbon copy of a typed transcript made from a microfilm of William Napier's journal by Professor Winifred Maxwell.

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125 x 79 mm. Group of Africans, mostly in cricket gear, and one European.

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A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.

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195 x 135 mm.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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 The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms.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...

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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197 x 146 mm. A view showing the front of the post office in Grahamstown, with passers-by and a horse and carriage posed for the camera in front of the building. The settlement in the Thames district was founded at the start of the gold discoveries in the North Island in the early 1860s.

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192 x 124 mm. A general view of Grahamstown with the spire of St. George's Cathedral prominent on the skyline at the left of the print.

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281 x 186 mm. A view from a field beside the road which leads into the High Street. A prominent landmark is Church Square with the Tower of St. George's Cathedral on the left and that of the Town Hall on the right. On the High Street at the nearer end of Church Square is the Railway Hotel.

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A memorandum book of 75 pages with no formal title, describing a journey from Cape Town to Grahamstown, July 1838, concerned chiefly with transport problems and administrative matters.

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

Scope and Contents 295 x 241 mm. A view looking across Church Square at the junction of High Street with Bathurst Street. In the foreground crowds of spectators are gathered round the raised podium from which Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (Governor of Cape Colony 1901-10) surrounded by civic dignitaries, is giving the opening speech. Behind this group is the statue itself and in the background commercial premises on whose flat roofs are more spectators. The Town Hall and Settler's Tower are visible at the...