Balfour (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Preparing ox reins I, E. John Butler, Balfour, Transvaal, 1900 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/141
Scope and Contents
113 x 153 mm. Showing a Transvaal farmer watched by a young boy, attaching a heavy block of wood to strips over ox hide hanging from a wooden framework. It is unclear whether E. John Butler is the photographer or the person photographed.
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).
Item
Preparing ox reins II, E. John Butler, Balfour, Transvaal, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/142
Scope and Contents
113 x 152 mm. Showing the farmer seen in the Y305J/141 tightening and stretching the strips of ox-hide using a length of wood inserted above the weight as a lever to twist the bunch of reins. It is unclear whether E. John Butler is the photographer or the person photographed.
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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Snow on the Katberg Moutains seen from the village of Balfour, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/143
Scope and Contents
194 x 146 mm. A view from Balfour in the eastern Cape looking across a wooded valley towards the snow covered peaks of the mountains (partially obscured by clouds).
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).