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Photo, Print, Drawing Church Square, Pretoria, South Africa, 1905. Kerkplein, Pretoria, Suid-Afrika, 1905

About this Item

Title

  • Church Square, Pretoria, South Africa, 1905.

Other Title

  • Kerkplein, Pretoria, Suid-Afrika, 1905

Summary

  • This 1905 photograph shows Church Square in Pretoria, South Africa, looking east. The cast iron fountain, known as the Sammy Marks Fountain, was imported from Ireland by businessman Sammy Marks (1843-1920) and moved from Church Square to the city zoo in 1910. Born in Lithuania, the son of a Jewish tailor, Marks came to South Africa in 1868. He began his career by peddling jewelry and cutlery, but soon became involved in the rapidly developing gold-, diamond-, and coal-mining industries. Behind the fountain is the recently completed Tudor Chambers, then the largest office block in Pretoria, built by George Heys (1852-1939), another prominent South African businessman. Heys was a native of Durban who moved to Pretoria as a young man. He founded the (stage) coach transport company of Heys and Gibson that operated between Kimberley and Pretoria, and later branched out into real estate and investments. The photograph is from the Van der Waal Collection at the Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The Van der Waal Collection forms part of an archive of South African architecture assembled by architectural historian Dr. Gerhard-Mark van der Waal.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1905.

Headings

  • -  South Africa--Gauteng--Pretoria
  • -  1905
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Fountains
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Printed photograph, black and white.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Pretoria Library.
  • -  Content in Afrikaans.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Van der Waal Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669887

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Church Square, Pretoria, South Africa. Gauteng Pretoria South Africa, 1905. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669887/.

APA citation style:

(1905) Church Square, Pretoria, South Africa. Gauteng Pretoria South Africa, 1905. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669887/.

MLA citation style:

Church Square, Pretoria, South Africa. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669887/>.