Cory Library and Historical Archives

Drostdy Arch from Drostdy

Item

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Drostdy Arch from Drostdy”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6109

Title

Drostdy Arch from Drostdy

Description

View of ten uniformed men in the arched gateway to the Drostdy, with the Drostdy itself visible behind them.

Subject

Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Pictorial works

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017958

Creator

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935)

Greaves, Duncan (photographer)

Type

Still Image

Provenance

Bestowed to Rhodes University by Sir George Cory

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

MS 10 542

CD 55

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

Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection

Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Media

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Hierarchies

The Frontier Collection

• The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
• The Frontier Wars (92 items)
• The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
  • Alice (40 items)
  • Bathurst (16 items)
  • Bedford (3 items)
  • Cathcart (5 items)
  • Cradock (200 items)
  • East London (22 items)
  • Grahamstown (91 items)
  • King William's Town (32 items)
  • Port Alfred (19 items)
  • Port Elizabeth (34 items)
  • Queenstown (6 items)

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Drostdy Arch from Drostdy”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6109