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  • Johannesburg in a lithograph circa 1937 - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 1)
  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time

From our Archive

  • Four strategies to deal with colonial buildings
  • A short description of St Michael and All Angels Queenstown
  • Caring for the Dead at Modder River and Magersfontein
  • Café Bibles: Contemporary Photographic Africana - Photo-stories / Fotoverhale (1950s to 1980s)
  • The History of Panners Lane Sandton
  • Indian Trading, Art Deco Buildings and Urban Modernity: Jubilee House in Krugersdorp
  • South African Pavement Photographs (1930s to 1960s) - A Nostalgic reflection
  • 99 Years of the Ultimate Human Race: A Journey through Comrades History
  • Operators of “Mirrors with Memory” South African Photographers (1846 to 1915)
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • Photographs of Johannesburg circa 1892
  • Visiting historic Hanover via Springfontein
  • A swastika, Herbert Baker and the Pretoria Station
  • The Fascinating History of Randburg
  • 16 300 books... and counting

From the Directory

  • Les Pivnic
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • ICOM-SA
  • Keitumetse Mangate Production Company
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
  • Cape Institute for Architecture
  • Bosele Tours Alexandra
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • Dr Dustin A Tusnovics Architect
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