High Street, Grahamstown, and the intersection of Worcester Street and Somerset Street, circa 1880
- Authors: Aldham & Aldham
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , St Michael and St. George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs , Postal service -- History -- South Africa , St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13959 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019958 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015.
- Description: Two photographs stuck on card, of: (a) View of High Street, Grahamstown, showing the Cathedral of St Michael and St George with the spire, completed in 1878. The Settlers Memorial Tower, completed in 1870, can be seen to the left. (b) View of the intersection of Worcester and Somerset Streets, Grahamstown, with a Victorian fluted pillar box ca. 1859-60 in the foreground, reputed to be the oldest official letter box in South Africa. The house of the Headmaster of St Andrew's College is visible behind it, with Christchurch, built in 1876, in the distance. The latter photograph was taken by Aldham and Aldham, photographers active in Grahamstown from1879-1905.
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- Authors: Aldham & Aldham
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , St Michael and St. George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs , Postal service -- History -- South Africa , St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13959 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019958 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015.
- Description: Two photographs stuck on card, of: (a) View of High Street, Grahamstown, showing the Cathedral of St Michael and St George with the spire, completed in 1878. The Settlers Memorial Tower, completed in 1870, can be seen to the left. (b) View of the intersection of Worcester and Somerset Streets, Grahamstown, with a Victorian fluted pillar box ca. 1859-60 in the foreground, reputed to be the oldest official letter box in South Africa. The house of the Headmaster of St Andrew's College is visible behind it, with Christchurch, built in 1876, in the distance. The latter photograph was taken by Aldham and Aldham, photographers active in Grahamstown from1879-1905.
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High Street, Grahamstown, with view of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, circa 1870
- Authors: Photographer unknown
- Subjects: Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs , St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13957 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019954 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
- Description: View of an almost deserted High Street, looking eastwards towards the Cathedral of St Michael and St George. The photograph is mounted on card which bears the inscription 'The Cathedral High Street Grahamstown'. It predates the building of the Cathedral spire, completed in 1878.
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- Authors: Photographer unknown
- Subjects: Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs , St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13957 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019954 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
- Description: View of an almost deserted High Street, looking eastwards towards the Cathedral of St Michael and St George. The photograph is mounted on card which bears the inscription 'The Cathedral High Street Grahamstown'. It predates the building of the Cathedral spire, completed in 1878.
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Yellow house (old house), High Street, Grahamstown
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs
- Type: Image
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/26730 , vital:23471 , PIC/M 100 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
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- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs
- Type: Image
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/26730 , vital:23471 , PIC/M 100 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
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