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

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):: EAP1190/1/7/15/3
Title:: Assembly of the 60-inch roof truss at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg.
Scope & Content:: The assembled roof trusses of the 60-inch building, assembled outside at Hubert Davies & Co. in Johannesburg. Several annotations in white can be seen on the components. A lady, dressed in a coat, wearing a hat and clutching a purse, is standing inside the assembly and posing for the photogr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/16
Title:: Boyden Plate Box 33: Boyden Observatory, aerial views
Scope & Content:: Two early (pre-1940) aerial views of Boyden Observatory, showing the telescope enclosures and other structures on the site. n/a. Extent: 2 glass plates. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/16/1
Title:: Aerial view of Boyden Observatory and surroundings.
Scope & Content:: An early aerial view of Boyden Observatory koppie, seen from the north-west. In the foreground is the access road up the slope of the koppie; lower down, other tracks can be seen, including a major road. Near the left edge of the image, behind the hill rise, five structures can be seen. The Modd...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/17
Title:: Boyden Plate Box 34: People (groups and individuals)
Scope & Content:: A collection of group photos of people, at Boyden Observatory and elsewhere. John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (Director of the Observatory, 1927-1951, nicknamed "Dr Paras") appears in several images. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "Groups and individuals / Dr Paras / Groups + (illeg...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 14

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/17/4
Title:: 5 people posing with flowers outside Boyden Residence
Scope & Content:: Five people (3 female) posing in the garden south of the Residence at Boyden. Each person is holding a number of flowers. A motor car is parked behind them. The partially obscured number plate starts with "OB", probably for Bloemfontein. The Office Building is in the background on the right, and...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/7/17/7
Title:: 4 people and a dog posing near a motor car in the veld
Scope & Content:: Four people and a dog with harness posing at the rear of a motor car. The people are: (l.t.r.) Mrs Paraskevopoulos, unknown female, unknown male, J. S. Paraskevopoulos. PLB34_0005 and PLB34_0007 appear to be related. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 1

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