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Parliament being opened by Sir P. Wodehouse in Shaw Hall, 1864

Item

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Parliament being opened by Sir P. Wodehouse in Shaw Hall, 1864”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6539

Title

Parliament being opened by Sir P. Wodehouse in Shaw Hall, 1864

Description

Showing the opening of the only Parliamentary session ever held away from Cape Town.

Subject

Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Pictorial works

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017964

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

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Item sets

Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection

Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Media

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George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Parliament being opened by Sir P. Wodehouse in Shaw Hall, 1864”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6539