Children, Mr. Mason and the Master of the Supreme Court (photo)
Item
“Children, Mr. Mason and the Master of the Supreme Court (photo)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11030
- Description
- Typed inscription on the back of the photo: "Three young Coloured children were left orphaned. The parents had owned a [plot of land on the Flats. The Master of the Supreme Court consented to make a grant of £30 available to be used on behalf of the children and entrusted the sum to Mr. Mason "to be put out to the best advantage." On the piece of land of land they had inherited he had the building, photographed herewith, erected to provide a dwelling for them. There would be a small Government maintenance grant for each child and a grandmother moved in to care for the children".
- Subject
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- History -- Photographs
- Cape Town (South Africa) -- Methodist Church -- Photographs
- South Africa -- Social services
- Social welfare services -- Support systems -- South Africa
- Type
- Image
- Format
- jpg
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/9197
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Rights Holder
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa
- Provenance
- Methodist Church -- Cape Coloured Community Collection
- Language
- English
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- PIC/M 5996
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Item sets
- Coloured Methodist School Churches
- Hierarchies
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Cory Churches Collections
- Anglican (14 items)
- Church of the Province of Southern Africa (4 items)
- Glasgow Missionary Society (8 items)
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa (86 items)
- Coloured Methodist School Churches (46 items)
- Kilnerton Training Institution (27 items)
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa - Miscellaneous (13 items)
- St Marks (23 items)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church (17 items)
“Children, Mr. Mason and the Master of the Supreme Court (photo)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11030
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