Cory Library and Historical Archives

Race course, possibly Grahamstown, South Africa

Item

Photographer unknown, “Race course, possibly Grahamstown, South Africa”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7310

Title

Race course, possibly Grahamstown, South Africa

Description

Although an inscription on the mount describes this as 'Grand stand, King William's Town', the building in question is however identical to that in a photograph by F.W. Hepburn of a race meeting in Grahamstown, taken in 1864, and held in the van der Riet collection at Cory Library.

Subject

Grahamstown, South Africa

Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs

Racetrack -- Grandstands

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019963

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

Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Martin Plaut Collection

Media

vital_13961+SOURCEJPG+SOURCEJPG.0.jpeg

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 Grahamstown, South Africa”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7310