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Slide set: South Africa (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1889)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1**

Cape Town

Slide 2

Adderly Street, Cape Town

Slide 3

House of Parliament, Cape Town

Slide 4

Little Paradise, Wynberg

Slide 5

Simon's Town

Slide 6

Port Elizabeth

Slide 7

A south-eastern gale at Algoa Bay

Slide 8

Uitenhage

Slide 9

Van Staaden's Pass

Slide 10

Gamtoo's River

Slide 11

After the hunt

Slide 12

Valley of Desolation

Slide 13

Graaff Reinet

Slide 14

Graham's Town

Slide 15

Port Alfred, Kowie River

Slide 16

East London

Slide 17

King William's Town

Slide 18

Ostrich Farm

Slide 19

A Kafir dance

Slide 20

Kafir woman and child

Slide 21

Cradock

Slide 22**

Government buildings, Bloemfontein

Slide 23

Group of Coolies

Slide 24**

Vaal River

Slide 25

Zulus in war dress

Slide 26**

Kimberley diamond mine

Slide 27

Diamond mine and town of Kimberley

Slide 28

Diamond office

Slide 29

Morning market, Kimberley

Slide 30

De Beer's diamond mine

Slide 31

Washing gear and floors

Slide 32

Du Toit's Pan

Slide 33

Gold Fields coach

Slide 34**

Church Street, Pretoria

Slide 35**

Johannesburg

Slide 36

Commencing a gold mine

Slide 37

Gold mill or battery

Slide 38

Barberton

Slide 39

Scene in the gold mines

Slide 40

Little Hell, Elandsberg, Transvaal

Slide 41

Hydraulicing for gold

Slide 42

The Exchange

Slide 43

Elephant's Creek

Slide 44

Moodie's Camp

Slide 45

Crossing a Drift in Natal

Slide 46

Howick Falls, Umgeni River

Slide 47

A sugar mill and plantation

Slide 48

Cutting sugar cane

Slide 49

Church Street, Pietermaritzburg

Slide 50**

West Street, Durban

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

York & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of E.G. Wood, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1889-1914 (item ref. 186)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 31)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 193)

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

1889

Reading or song

South Africa (London: York & Son, n.d.)

Related slide set

see generic title South Africa (generic set title – 10 different versions are known)

Notes

The alternative versions of the illustrated slides are standard 3¼ inch square slides, but mounted in wooden frames 7 inches by 4 inches by the dealer E.G. Wood.

Collections

7 slides known to exist in private collection

50 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

Lucerna ID 3000522

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 April 2024

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