Cory Library and Historical Archives

Race course, possibly King William's Town, South Africa

Item

Photographer unknown, “Race course, possibly King William's Town, South Africa”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7308

Title

Race course, possibly King William's Town, South Africa

Description

Spectators at a race course, possibly in King William's Town, standing in front of the grandstand.

Subject

Racetrack -- Grandstands

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019959

Creator

Photographer unknown

Type

still image

Extent

1 photograph

Location - Physical Location

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

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

King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Martin Plaut Collection

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)

Photographer unknown, “Race course, possibly King William's Town, South Africa”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7308