Cory Library and Historical Archives

Items

• Tower of Double Drift
  Completed in 1837, the fort at Double Drift protected the important route from Grahamstown to Fort Willshire and the interior.
• Tower of Double Drift
  Completed in 1837, the fort at Double Drift protected the important route from Grahamstown to Fort Willshire and the interior.
• Trompetter's Drift Fort
  In 1843 the wattle and daub fort at Trompetter’s Drift on the Great Fish River was replaced by a stonework structure, in a slightly higher position.
• Two Rix Dollar note
• Type of house built in Grahamstown in 1824
  Old Guard House in High Street, Grahamstown. Part of Scott's Barracks. It was pulled down in 1824.
• Uitenhage
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• Vaal River
• Victoria Mounted Troops
  Troops participating in the celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897.
• View from Fort Cox
• View from top of Fort Brown tower
  Fort Brown, built by Andrew Geddes Bain in 1836 on a site previously known as Hermanus Kraal.
• View of Church Square from corner of Bathurst and High Streets
  Added to the lantern slide collection by Dr Charles GE Cory, son of Sir George Cory.
• View of Durban harbour
• View of Durban harbour
• View of Grahamstown from the north
• View of Grahamstown from the north west
• View of Grahamstown looking south-east, showing Retief's Windmill
• View of Grahamstown looking south-west
• View of High Street buildings from Commercial Hall to St. Georges Church
• Village of Clumber
• Water tank to mark spot of Graham's Tree, 1841-1851
• Waterfall at Howick