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Collection Level Description: Sheba Mine Photograph Album
Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.t.59
Title: Sheba Mine Photograph Album
Dates of Creation: [ca. 1885], 1896
Extent: 1 volume
Name of Creator: Unknown
Language of Material: eng
Administrative/Biographical History
No relevant details are available.
Scope and Content
Album of photographs of Sheba Mine, Barberton, South Africa, and surrounding areas at the time of a major gold rush,
ca.1885. Included are photographs of native people in traditional dress and one loose photograph dated 1896.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in February 2004
Access Conditions
Bodleian reader's ticket required.
Reproduction Restrictions
No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first
instance.
Further Information
Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Access Points
Gold mines and mining | South Africa | Photographs
Sheba Mine | Barberton (South Africa)
Barberton (South Africa) | Gold discoveries
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20 December 2011
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