Janus: South Africa, circa 1925

RCS/Y305E contains:
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28	Hermanus District, Cape - The lake at Riviera
29	Castle Rocks - Mitchell's Pass - near Ceres, Cape
30	Entrance to the Hex River Valley, Cape
31	Matroosberg - Hex River Valley, Cape
32	In the Hex River Valley. A fruit train
33	View from Tafelberg
34	The Baths, Montagu, Cape
35	'Solitude' in Cogman's Kloof, Montagu, Cape
36	Mossel Bay, Cape. View from Cape St. Blaize
37	Mossel Bay, Cape. Cape St. Blaize and natural swimming pool
38	Montagu Pass - over Outeniqua [i.e. Outeniekwa] Mountains
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South Africa, circa 1925

Title	Cape homesteads. Fransch Hoek [Franschhoek], Burgundy 1791
Reference	Y305E/23
Covering Dates	circa 1925
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

203 x 151 mm. Showing the homestead 'burgundy' built on land settled by Pierre de Villiers in 1694. The main gable, dated 1791 and one of the oldest in the area, is the only surviving one from a fire which also destroyed the thatch; the building as seen has a corrugated iron roof but it is unclear whether this photograph was taken before or after the fire.

Further information

There is mention of the fire in: De Bosdari, C, (1953), 'Cape Dutch houses and farms', p.83, Cape Town: A.A. Balkema.

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Index Terms

Africa

Franschhoek

South Africa

Western Cape, Province of the

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