Laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George on 29 January 1890
- Authors: Barraud Brothers
- Date: 1890
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown , Loch, Henry Brougham -- 1827-1900 , Hepburn, F W
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13953 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019930
- Description: View from the north side of Church Square showing the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George by the Governor, Sir Henry Loch, on 29 January 1890. The camera of F. W. Hepburn is visible in the upper left window of 'T.H. Parker', a stone building in the background. , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
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- Date Issued: 1890
Decorative arch to welcome the Governor Sir Henry Loch to Grahamstown in 1890
- Authors: Barraud Brothers, Grahamstown (photographer)
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , Loch, Henry Brougham -- 1827-1900 , St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown , Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
- Language: Latin
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13954 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019931 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
- Description: A decorative arch, part of the town decorations to welcome the Governor on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, reads in Latin "Praetorem Andreae pueri Aidanique salutant, omnes Patronum te clamant urbis alumni." (St Andrew's and St Aidan's boys greet the Governor, and all the scholars of the city schools hail their patron) Smaller shields read "Religio" and "Scientia". (Religion and knowledge)
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High Street, Grahamstown, and the intersection of Worcester Street and Somerset Street, circa 1880
- Authors: Aldham & Aldham
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , St Michael and St. George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Buildings -- Photographs , Postal service -- History -- South Africa , St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13959 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019958 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015.
- Description: Two photographs stuck on card, of: (a) View of High Street, Grahamstown, showing the Cathedral of St Michael and St George with the spire, completed in 1878. The Settlers Memorial Tower, completed in 1870, can be seen to the left. (b) View of the intersection of Worcester and Somerset Streets, Grahamstown, with a Victorian fluted pillar box ca. 1859-60 in the foreground, reputed to be the oldest official letter box in South Africa. The house of the Headmaster of St Andrew's College is visible behind it, with Christchurch, built in 1876, in the distance. The latter photograph was taken by Aldham and Aldham, photographers active in Grahamstown from1879-1905.
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Laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown.
- Authors: Hepburn, F W
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown , Loch, Henry Brougham -- 1827-1900
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13952 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019929 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
- Description: View from south side of Church Square of the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George by the Governor, Sir Henry Loch, on 29 January 1890. A photographer from Barraud Brothers is visible in the background.
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The Oaks, Somerset Street, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Authors: Atherstone, W. G. (William Guybon) -- 1814-1898 (Photographer)
- Subjects: Grahamstown, South Africa , Historic buildings -- Grahamstown
- Type: still image
- Identifier: vital:13963 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019965 , Donated by Martin Plaut, 2015
- Description: Although only inscribed 'Street. Grahamstown' on the mount, this is in fact a photograph of The Oaks, a cottage in Somerset Street, taken by Dr. W.G. Atherstone. It shows six little boys playing in the foreground, with Renfrew House to the extreme right.
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