Photograph showing people standing around a crater left by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion
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Unattributed, “Photograph showing people standing around a crater left by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13671
- Title
- Photograph showing people standing around a crater left by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion
- Description
- Photograph showing people standing around a crater left by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion which occurred on 19 February 1896. There are several damaged houses in the background.
- Subject
- Braamfontein (Johannesburg, South Africa) -- History -- 1880-1910 -- Photographs
- Explosions -- South Africa -- Braamfontein (Johannesburg) -- 19th century -- Photographs
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/37017
- Date Issued
- 1896-02
- Creator
- Unattributed
- Contributor
- Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. (Donor)
- Provenance
- Gold Fields Collection
- Type
- still image
- Extent
- Original: 1 photo (mounted) 8 x 10.5 cm
- Format
- jpg
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- PIC/A 2715-110
- useGuidelines
- Public domain
- Hierarchies
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Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd.
- Gold Fields : African Magnates (5 items)
- Gold Fields : Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion (1896) (12 items)
- Gold Fields : British scenes (14 items)
- Gold Fields : Jameson Raid (1895-1896) (74 items)
- Gold Fields : Mines and family views (13 items)
- Gold Fields : Miscellaneous Images (2 items)
- Gold Fields : Photographs of South Africa (1 item)
- Gold Fields : Rand Rebellion 1922 (21 items)
- Gold Fields : South Africa: Souvenir Album (1898) (53 items)
- Gold Fields : South African Views (61 items)
- Gold Fields : South African War Collection (1899-1902)
Unattributed, “Photograph showing people standing around a crater left by the Braamfontein dynamite explosion”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13671
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