1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins
Sin títuloPortrait photograph of Rev Dr J R Webb who conducted the service of the laying of the College foundation stone. At the time he was the head of the Methodist Church in South Africa.
Sin título1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone
Sin título1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sin título1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sin título1956 HA 055a Chapel Harris wedding: bride entering the Chapel. The bride is the daughter of EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel.
Legend:
Physical album:
The Harris album was compiled from photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes etc. sent to Miss Harris and her sister, Mrs Hetty Kingswell, in the United Kingdom by Mr E M (Monty) Harris, a founding staff member of the College. A few further photographs and an introductory page were added by Mr Walter Mears, the first headmaster of the College.
Digital album:
The digital album, for ease of use, has been divided into four items, each of which consists of various parts;
Item 1: Complete pages
Item 2: Multi-page documents that are contained within the album. This item allows one to browse through each document individually.
Item 3: Newspaper cuttings that were folded in the album are expanded here for full viewing.
Item 4: All 115 digitised photographs from the album, listed in the chronological order in which they appear in the album.
Noticeboard near the Corlett Gate entrance erected to advertise the opening of the College.
1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953
Sin título1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.
Sin título1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly
Sin título1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone
Sin título1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.
Sin título1953 HA 019g Chapel Foundation stone Mr & Mrs Tucker 19530811
Sin título1953 HA 021a Chapel construction
Sin título1953 HA 021d BC Classroom block construction: view from Chapel Quad.
Sin título1956 HA 055b Chapel Harris wedding: Mr & Mrs Hacking. The bride is the daughter of EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel.
Legend:
1956 HA 055d Chapel Harris wedding. The bride enters the Chapel with her father, EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel. The name of the bridesmaid is not recorded.
Legend:
The Harris Album - a visual record of the early history of the school.
The Harris letters - printed and bound copies of the letters sent by EM Harris to his sister in England describing the day by day events that took place in the first eight years of the College.
1953 HA 007b Collins House north
Sin título1953 HA 007d Collins House north view
Sin título1953 HA 007e Collins House north view
Sin título1953 HA 007f Collins House east
Sin título1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque
Legend:
Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake
1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sin título1953 Foundation staff photo
Legend:
Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears
1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens
Sin título1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953
Sin título1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3
Sin título1953 HA 007g Collins House east
Sin título1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.
Sin título1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.
Sin título1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811
Sin título1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address
Sin título1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811
Legend:
Left to right: [unidentified but thought to include CM Paynter and possibly AJ Marshall who were appointed in 1944]
1953 HA 019e Chapel foundation stone assembly 006
Sin título1953 HA 019f BC Administration Building 19530811 viewed across the Chapel foundations
Sin título1953 HA 020 Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 002
Sin título1953 HA 021a Chapel construction
Sin título1953 HA 021a Chapel construction 003 view from Collins House.
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