25240 Photograph

General

Object Auto ID

84022

Alternate Codes

158909

Common Name

Early form of mechanical photographic reproduction

Classified Name

Photograph

Local Name

Album of South Africa : 60 Views of Cape Town, Simons Town, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley and South African Goldfields.

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Fifty reproductions on 19 folded leaves of the places listed in the title as well as some images of South Africans, entitled Zulus, Cape Malays and Bushwoman.

Provenance

Thorold 286501, List 130, No 6447 (written in pencil t.l. first page)

Description

Technique Types

Photography

Distinguishing Features

Cape Town Table Bay Devil's Peak (plates 1, 2) Harbours Docks Jetties, breakwaters Cape Town (plate 2) Table Mountain (plates 2, 3) Mountains. Cape Town (plates 1, 2, 3) Parliament (plate 3) Company Gardens, Botanical (plate 3) Cape Town. Banks. Streets. Darling St. ca 1889-189- (plate 4) Cape Town. Churches, Dutch Reformed. ca 1889-189- (plate 5) Cape Town. Streets. Adderley St. ca 1889-189- (plates 4, 5) Cape Town. Streets. Plein St. ca 1889-189- (plate 6) Carriages, coaches, etc. ca 1889-189- (plates 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 20, 34) Port Elizabeth. Harbour, Jetties, breakwater. ca 1889-189- (plate 7) Port Elizabeth. Streets. Main St. ca 1889-189- (plates 8, 9, 10) Port Elizabeth. Streets. Jetty St. Post office (plate 10) Port Elizabeth. ca 1889-189- (plate 11) Kimberley. Post offices. ca 1889-189- (plate 12) Kimberley. Markets. Market Square. ca 1889-189- (plates 12, 13, 14, 15) Wagons. ca 1889-189- (plates 13, 14) Mines, Diamond. Kimberley. ca 1889-189- (plates 16, 17, 18, 19) Transport. Mule coach (plate 20) Mining machinery (plates 21, 22) Salesbury Whim (plate 23) Johannesburg. Turffontein. Mines, Gold (plate 23) Johannesburg. Langlaagte. Mines, Gold (plate 24) Mines, Gold Germiston. Driefontein (plates 25, 26, 27, 28) Roodepoort. Mines, Gold (plates 29, 30) Johannesburg. Theatres (plate 31) Johannesburg. Streets, Rissik St. ca 1889-189- (plate 32) Fire brigade Johannesburg. ca 1889-189- (plate 33) Johannesburg streets Stock Exchange Commissioner St. Simmonds St. (plate 34) Pretoria. ca 1889-189- (plate 35) Africans Matabele. ca 1889-189- (plate 36) Cape Malays Muslim ca 1889-189- (plates 37, 38, 39, 40, 41) Africans Zulus. ca 1889-189- (plates 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50) Cetshwayo, Zulu King, African chief ca 1826-1884. Portrait. Royalty (plate 42) Huts. Zulu. ca 1889-189- (plates 45, 46) Khoi San ca 1889-189- (plate 49)

Inscriptions

Printed titles under each image.

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

Book; Folded page size 153 x 117 mm

History

Object Age Comment

[c. 1889-189-]

Maker Comment

Publisher J.E. Cape Town

Production Place

Cape Town

Collector Comment

Early form of mechanical photographic reproduction

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