Cities and towns - South Africa

Date: 1869

From: Pope, James Henry 1837-1913 :Scrap book [1860s]

Reference: E-043-q-067

Description: View of Fort Beaufort from an elevated position, and looking down the main street. There are hills in the distance and a river on the right. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, stuck to page 215 x 275 mm

Date: 1916-1918

By: Harcourt, John Gordon, 1890-1963; Harcourt, Elizabeth Gordon, active 2014

Reference: PAColl-10341

Description: Photographs relating to John Gordon Harcourt's service during World War I taken between 1916 and 1918, probably taken by Harcourt. The donor believes they accompanied his letters home and describes the set as "Troops en route to England - via Islands? S Africa. Cape Town. Disembarking." Most do not have captions or dates. Includes images of soldiers on board a boat [Tofua] and on land [in South Africa and England]. Views from the boat show other ships and a sunset. There are also images of Table Mountain, a wharf, a town with houses and a book stall, group portraits of soldiers in uniform, at camp, and picnicking and walking in a tree lined park Source of title - Title supplied by Library Harcourt entered camp in June 1916 and sailed from New Zealand on the ship 'Tofua' with reinforcements for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 26 April 1917. He landed at Plymouth on 19 July and undertook training at Sling Camp. He left for France on 18 October and in mid November arrived at the Front where he saw action with 13 Company, 1st Canterbury Battalion. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donor is daughter of Edward Millais Harcourt and grand daughter of John Gordon Harcourt. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2384.

Date: 1914-1916

By: Hogg, William Fergusson, 1883-1974

Reference: PAColl-5684

Description: Negatives and photographs relate to a relatively short period, probably 1914-1916. Most of them (all the half plate negatives and the prints) are family photographs, or were taken during military training in New Zealand. Though some of the family photographs may be earlier, most seem to date from after the outbreak of war as there are a number of formal groups which include men in uniform. Military training relates to Trentham and Featherston military training camps with views of men marching over the Rimutaka Road, and one of Fell engines and train on the Rimutaka incline. There is one negative of troops at Trentham station, and others of soldiers lined up beside trains and railway tracks. Life in camp, training, and formal group photographs of soldiers make up the rest of this part of the collection. All of the quarter plate negatives were taken on the trip from New Zealand to the war in Europe. They show that on the way, this batch of troops had time on leave at Perth, Western Australia, and Durban, South Africa. Among other images there are a number of negatives of soldiers posed among the columns and sculptures of the memorial to Cecil Rhodes at Durban. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-081263 to 081307; 1/2-180178 to 180242 Willam Fergusson Hogg was born at Bulls in 1883. He worked in commerce (Who's Who) for seven years before beginning to study law in 1909. In 1914 he is listed in Wises Post Office Directory at 7 Grove Road, Kelburn, and is described as a law student. The Kelburn address may be that of the house shown in those negatives depicting family groups. He was a Captain in the 1 NZEF from 1915 to 1919 during the first world war. After the war he continued in the legal profession becoming a partner in the firm Chapman, Tripp and Co in 1927. His professional carreer also involved being a Director of the Ford Motor Co New Zealand and of Kodak New Zealand. He was also vice presedent of The New Zealand academy of Fine Arts for a time, and also a commissioner of the National art Gallery. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). 100 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-6189, Further miscellaneous papers of William Ferguson Hogg..

Date: lBetween 1914 and 1918

From: Snapshots in camp and around London album

Reference: PA1-o-471-22-4

Description: View of Capetown harbour, taken between 1914 and 1918 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 4 x 6.2 cm (visible image) mounted on album page

Date: [ca Feb-Apr] 1917

From: Williams, Joseph Henry, 1889-1970: Photographs relating to voyage during World War I transportation on HMNZT 76 (Aparima)

Reference: 1/4-124563-G

Description: Photograph taken from on board HMNZT 76 ('Aparima') during World War I troop transportation convoy voyage following route from New Zealand to England via Cape Town and Albany departing NZ on [13-16] Feb 1917. Taken from offshore Cape Town, the image shows Table Mountain and Lion's Head with with beach suburbs Bantry Bay, Clifton, and Camps Bay, and the ocean. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca Feb-Apr] 1917

From: Williams, Joseph Henry, 1889-1970: Photographs relating to voyage during World War I transportation on HMNZT 76 (Aparima)

Reference: 1/4-124549-G

Description: Photograph taken on board HMNZT 76 ('Aparima') during World War I troop transportation convoy voyage following route from New Zealand to England via Cape Town and Albany departing NZ on [13-16] Feb 1917. Image is a view of Table Mountain, Lion's Head and the area around Bantry Bay, Clifton, and Camps Bay. Photograph taken from onboard offshore troopship to the south-west of the city. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca Feb-Apr] 1917

From: Williams, Joseph Henry, 1889-1970: Photographs relating to voyage during World War I transportation on HMNZT 76 (Aparima)

Reference: 1/4-124558-G

Description: Photograph taken from on board HMNZT 76 ('Aparima') during on World War I troop transportation convoy voyage following route from New Zealand to England via Cape Town and Albany departing NZ on [13-16] Feb 1917. Image shows Cape Town wharf area with warehouses, ships, and cranes. Table Mountain and Lion's Head are prominent in the background. Photograph taken from troopship off Cape Town. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca Feb-Apr] 1917

From: Williams, Joseph Henry, 1889-1970: Photographs relating to voyage during World War I transportation on HMNZT 76 (Aparima)

Reference: 1/4-124554-G

Description: Photograph taken on World War I troop transportation convoy voyage from New Zealand to England via Cape Town (South Africa) and Albany (Western Australia), leaving NZ on [13-16] Feb 1917. Large troopship in foreground with various other ships also seen. Lion's Head and part of Table Mountain seen in background of image. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca Feb-Apr] 1917

From: Williams, Joseph Henry, 1889-1970: Photographs relating to voyage during World War I transportation on HMNZT 76 (Aparima)

Reference: 1/4-124559-G

Description: Photograph taken from on board HMNZT 76 ('Aparima') during World War I troop transportation convoy voyage following route from New Zealand to England via Cape Town and Albany departing NZ on [13-16] Feb 1917. Image shows Cape Town wharf area with buildings, cranes, and [ships?]. Table Mountain is in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative