Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Human settlements - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/11/17
Title:: Two adults, Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:: Two unidentified people posing outdoors. Garage at far right. In the background, hedges and washing lines. PLB21_0016, PLB21_0017, and PLB21_0018 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of origi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/11/18
Title:: Group photograph of 11 people, Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:: Eleven unidentified people posing outdoors. Garage at far right. In the background, hedges and washing lines. PLB21_0016, PLB21_0017, and PLB21_0018 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of or...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/11/19
Title:: Three people outdoors
Scope & Content:: Three unidentified people outdoors. Unknown location. At far right a hut can be seen; another is partially visible near the centre of the image. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/12
Title:: Boyden Plate Box 23: Port Elizabeth scenery
Scope & Content:: A collection of scenic images of rural landscapes. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads "PE Garden Route", suggesting that these may be views in or around Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and along the Garden Route. Three images show the Gamtoos River. All the images are undated. It is unk...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 11

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/12/1
Title:: Coast scene
Scope & Content:: Unknown location. Coastal view, grass verge, paved road. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/12/3
Title:: Bridge over the Gamtoos River near its mouth into the Indian Ocean.
Scope & Content:: View from a dirt road, looking at the Gamtoos River with a bridge spanning it. Uplands in the background. The bridge was opened in 1895 to replace the ferry crossing. A second bridge was built in the early 1970s. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/12/7
Title:: Motor car stopped on ford bridge over a river
Scope & Content:: Unknown location. A motor car, with 2 people, are stopped on a low bridge fording a wide river. Tall trees in the background. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/12/8
Title:: Dirt road through a forest
Scope & Content:: Unknown location. Rural dirt road, fence lined, through forest. Utility poles visible. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/15
Title:: Boyden Plate Box 32: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch dome construction
Scope & Content:: A collection of images, from June 1931 to June 1932, showing progress on the construction of the turret for the 60-inch telescope at Boyden Observatory. Of special interest are two images which show the truss work being assembled in Johannesburg in the yard of the manufacturer. A faded pencilled...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 15

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/15/2
Title:: Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg.
Scope & Content:: The truss work of the walls of the 60-inch building, assembled outside at Hubert Davies & Co. in Johannesburg. The assembly rests on stacked planks. Several annotations in white can be seen on the components. A lady, dressed in a coat, wearing a hat and gloves, and clutching a purse, is stan...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

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