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EAP1190/1/7/12
- Record Id:
- 040-004403734
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882534.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/12
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 23: Port Elizabeth scenery
- Scope & Content:
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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 unknown if the images were taken on a holiday trip, or en route to a destination on astronomical business.
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Extent: 11 glass plates.
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.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PLB23.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403734 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/12 : Boyden Plate Box 23: Port Elizabeth scenery - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/12/1 : Coast scene
EAP1190/1/7/12/2 : Buildings and cars along the coast
EAP1190/1/7/12/3 : Bridge over the Gamtoos River near its mouth into the Indian Ocean.
EAP1190/1/7/12/4 : Gamtoos Ferry Hotel
EAP1190/1/7/12/5 : River through hilly tree-covered terrain.
EAP1190/1/7/12/6 : Rural scene with mountains and fence
EAP1190/1/7/12/7 : Motor car stopped on ford bridge over a river
EAP1190/1/7/12/8 : Dirt road through a forest
EAP1190/1/7/12/9 : Child with blanket in rural area
EAP1190/1/7/12/10 : Multistorey building facade
EAP1190/1/7/12/11 : Path and lawn in a garden
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/12 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0012]/040-004403734
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 11
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-12 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Former External References:
- PLB23
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)