Janus: Fisher photograph collection

RCS/Fisher/Y305J contains:
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3	Cape Town, Government Avenue (winter)
4	Adderley Street, Cape Town
5	Adderley Street, Cape Town
6	Cape Town Docks, arrival of a mail steamer
7	Cape Town (Camp's Bay), The Twelve Apostles from the Victoria Road
8	Groot Schuur (Rondebosch)
9	Groot Drakenstein, packing fruit for export (London and Continental Markets)
10	Groot Drakenstein. Boiling fruits at the factory for jams and preserves
11	A.C.G.R. Dining express train leaving Cape Town Station for the north
12	View of train on the narrow gauge (2 feet) railway between P.[ort] Elizabeth and Humansdorp
13	Cape Govt. [i.e. Government] Railways Dining saloon train. Interior of the dinner sallon
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Fisher photograph collection

Title	Groot Schuur (Rondebosch)
Reference	Y305J/8
Creator	Cape Government Railways
Extent and Medium	Fair condition, with some curling and tears at edges.

Content and context

290 x 201 mm. A view from the garden looking down the hillside to Groot Schuur the residence of the South African Prime Minister. The old Dutch colonial building (originally a granary) was gutted by fire in 1896 shortly after Rhodes had purchased it. The buildings as seen here embody the alterations designed by Sit Hebert Baker.

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Index Terms

Africa

Cape Town

South Africa

Western Cape, Province of the

Cape Government Railways

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