Collection search - Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, 1907-1909

Record information – Brief
1
Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, 1907-1909

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1907-1909.

Reference:

R2268-211-8-E, Volume number: 332

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4725638

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Irene Spry fonds

Biss and Spry family albums and portraits

Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, 1907-1909
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Date(s):

1907-1909.

Place of creation:

South Africa

Extent:

224 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

This file comprises the photograph album of Irene Spry's mother, Amelia Bagshaw Biss, for the years 1907 to 1909. It primarily holds photographs from South Africa, where they lived during this period, but also includes images from ocean voyages and visits to England and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The subjects include Evan E. Biss, their children Amelia and Irene, the Vaal River, Durban, Cape Town, Rowallan, Standerton Public School, Standerton Government School, General Botha's Picnic at Standerton, the Transvaal Teachers' Association 1908-1909, Pretoria College, Cecil Rhodes' grave, the Alan Wilson monument, Zambesi River Bridge, Victoria Falls, Livingstone Island, a hippopotamus in the Zambesi River, ship SS Umvalosi, Tenerife, Madeira, Las Palmas, and Boscombe (England).

Finding aid no.:

Show detail Hide detail

MSS1958

Source:

Private
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2268]

[Consultation 90 Open]

332 File number 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.