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Description
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The Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa collection is a digitised archival resource from the Cory Library and Historical Archives at Rhodes University documenting the town of Bedford in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This collection forms part of The Frontier Collection and specifically relates to the development of settler towns established during the colonial era in the Eastern Cape. It contains visual and contextual material that reflects the historical character, built environment, community life, and geographical setting of Bedford, including at least one key image or item that captures aspects of local activities such as children engaged in school or community life. The collection contributes to research on settler town histories, social and cultural development in the Eastern Cape, and the material heritage of small township communities in colonial and post-colonial South Africa. The digital material is made available under an open Creative Commons license to support historical research, education, and public engagement with regional heritage.
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Format
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Digital images
3226CA Bedford, South Africa 1:50000 sheet 3226CA Bedford, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1949 and 1950. Surveyed in 1965 and drawn in 1966 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office.
Bedford 
Samuel and Frances Workman featured in a newspaper article "Golden Wedding Anniversary" Samuel and Frances Workman featured in a newspaper article "Golden Wedding Anniversary", The Bedford Enterprise (newspaper), September 15, 1952.