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EAP1190/1/7/17
- Record Id:
- 040-004403771
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882574.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 + (illegible) photo". All the images are undated.
n/a.
Extent: 14 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: PLB34.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403771 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/17 : Boyden Plate Box 34: People (groups and individuals) - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/17/1 : Sporty group photo on stairs (possibly at Municipal Water Works)
EAP1190/1/7/17/2 : Sporty group photo on stairs (possibly at Municipal Water Works)
EAP1190/1/7/17/3 : Unidentified male at Boyden Observatory
EAP1190/1/7/17/4 : 5 people posing with flowers outside Boyden Residence
EAP1190/1/7/17/5 : 4 people and a dog having a picnic in the veld
EAP1190/1/7/17/6 : 5 people on the lawn of the Boyden Residence
EAP1190/1/7/17/7 : 4 people and a dog posing near a motor car in the veld
EAP1190/1/7/17/8 : 2 children smiling at the camera
EAP1190/1/7/17/9 : 2 men sitting on a cairn, smiling at each other
EAP1190/1/7/17/10 : Adult and child standing near a tree in a vegetable garden
EAP1190/1/7/17/11 : 3 people at a gate, outside a house
EAP1190/1/7/17/12 : Portrait of an unidentified man
EAP1190/1/7/17/13 : 5 people on the lawn of the Boyden Residence
EAP1190/1/7/17/14 : 2 people at Boyden Observatory
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/17 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0017]/040-004403771
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 14
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-17
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
- Former External References:
- PLB34
- 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)
- Subjects:
- Administration
Animals
Architecture
Art
Children
Food and Drink
Health and Medicine
Human settlements
Plants
Portraits
Public utilities
Transport
Women - Places:
- South Africa, Africa
