Collection search - Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, October 1942 to May 1945

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Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, October 1942 to May 1945

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1942-1945.

Reference:

R2268-218-0-E, Volume number: 334

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4728048

Context of this record:

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Irene Spry fonds

Biss and Spry family albums and portraits

Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, October 1942 to May 1945
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1942-1945.

Place of creation:

South Africa

Extent:

228 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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The file comprises the photograph album of Irene Spry's mother, Amelia Bagshaw Biss, from October 1942 to May 1945. It holds her photographs, primarily taken in Africa, and snapshots of her children's families. The subjects include Robin Spry, Richard Spry, Gillian Macdonald, and Merle Biss; Irene Spry and Anne Macdonald; the grave of her son Captain Evan A. Biss, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 27 March 1944, Sangro River Cemetery, Italy; Esmée and John King; Dr. Esmée de Smidt; G. H. Kerby; Tulbagh and Camps Bay, South Africa; and Groote Schuur Estate, Cape Town, South Africa.

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MSS1958

Source:

Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2268]

[Consultation 90 Open]

334 File number 5

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24