Cory Library and Historical Archives

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  At the Selmar Schonland Herbarium in the Albany Museum, Grahamstown

  Mr. Tony Dold, first assistant and taxonomist. After amalgamation of the study-collections at the Albany Museum and Rhodes University, early 1990's.
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  At the Selmar Schonland Herbarium in the Albany Museum, Grahamstown

  Mr. Tony Dold, first assistant and taxonomist. After amalgamation of the study-collections at the Albany Museum and Rhodes University, early 1990's.
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  Ayton's Hotel in New Street, afterwards known as the Phoenix Hotel
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  Bathurst Street Grahamstown, circa 1920s
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  Bathurst Street, Grahamstown
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  Canterbury (street across), Grahamstown
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  Cape Corp Camp, Grahamstown
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  Church Square, Grahamstown, showing Cathedral and City Hall

  A sepia-toned postcard or print depicting Church Square in Grahamstown. The scene shows the Anglican Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George in the center and the City Hall clock tower on the right. The foreground captures a transition in transport, featuring both motorised vehicles parked in a row and a traditional donkey or ox-drawn wagon in the lower right. The "Bon Marche" building is visible on the far left.
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  Decorative arch to welcome the Governor Sir Henry Loch to Grahamstown in 1890

  A decorative arch, part of the town decorations to welcome the Governor on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, reads in Latin "Praetorem Andreae pueri Aidanique salutant, omnes Patronum te clamant urbis alumni." (St Andrew's and St Aidan's boys greet the Governor, and all the scholars of the city schools hail their patron) Smaller shields read "Religio" and "Scientia". (Religion and knowledge)
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  Drostdy Arch from Drostdy

  View of ten uniformed men in the arched gateway to the Drostdy, with the Drostdy itself visible behind them.
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  Drostdy building back view
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  Drostdy building from a distance

  Drostdy barracks circa 1835 - 1842.
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  Drostdy building near view
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  Drostdy building with troops on parade
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  Early Grahamstown: Horse-drawn carriage and roadside postbox

  A late 19th-century sepia photograph capturing daily life in Grahamstown (now Makhanda). The scene features a horse-drawn carriage on the left, a woman with a child in a pram in the centre, and a mounted rider on the right. A prominent Victorian-style pillar postbox stands in the foreground. In the background, colonial buildings and a church with a bell cote are visible against the local hills.
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  Farmer's protest in High Street
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  Farmer's protest in High Street
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  First house (prison) built in Grahamstown

  Photograph depicting first house in Grahamstown. Coral tree planted by Arnoldus Bernardus Dietz,High Street, Grahamstown.
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  First house (prison) built in Grahamstown - side view

  High Street, Grahamstown.
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  First house (prison) built in Grahamstown, 1813

  High Street, Grahamstown.
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  Fort Selwyn overlooking Grahamstown South
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  Frances Annie Evans taken while at Wesleyan High School for Girls, Grahamstown

  Frances Annie Evans (Workman) taken while at Wesleyan High School for Girls, Grahamstown.
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  Front view of St. George's Church

  Shows the original square tower.
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  Gardens, Grahamstown
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  Grahamstown