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Noticeboard near the Corlett Gate entrance erected to advertise the opening of the College.

1953 Foundation staff photo
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Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears

1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens

1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins

1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953

1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3

1953 HA 007b Collins House north

1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953

1953 HA 007d Collins House north view

1953 HA 007e Collins House north view

1953 HA 007f Collins House east

1953 HA 007g Collins House east

1953 HA 008 BP Grade 2 1953 informal. Group picture taken looking towards Zandfontein Farm where Sandton City was later built.

1953 HA 009 BC Std 7 (Grade 9)

1953 HA 010 BC Std 6 (Grade 8)

Portrait 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.

1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone

1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.

1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly

1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.

1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.

1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811

1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address

1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque

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Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.

1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811
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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

1953 HA 019f BC Administration Building 19530811 viewed across the Chapel foundations

1953 HA 019g Chapel Foundation stone Mr & Mrs Tucker 19530811

1953 HA 020 Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 002

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction 003 view from Collins House.

1953 HA 021d BC Classroom block construction: view from Chapel Quad.

1953 HA 079 Transvaal Cornish Association trophy presentation. The Chairman of the Association, Mr W T Sherman, presents the trophy to Gilbert Tucker.

1954 HA 022 BC buildings from orchard looking towards Sandton.

1954 HA 023 College buildings view to Sandton from orchard

1954 HA 024 BC Mountstephens House with oxen pulling the grass mower.

1954 HA 025a BP Burgess Roughton individual photograph informal

1954 HA 025b BP Burgess Roughton in 1964 HMS Conway. (It is understood that Burgess may have been related to either Harris or Mears hence the appearance of the photograph in the albums.)

1954 HA 025c BP Grade 2 and Grade 3 on gate. It is understood that this was the original gate to the school close to the centre of Randburg. It would have been on the part of the school property that was sold of in the 1980s.

1954 HA 026 BC Std 8 (Grade 10) in classroom

1954 HA 030a Chapel viewed from BC Administration block

1954 HA 031b Chapel opening arrival of families for the opening and dedication of the Chapel on 7th November, 1954 at 15h00.

1954 HA 031c Chapel opening arrival of families for the opening and dedication of the Chapel on 7th November, 1954 at 15h00.

1954 HA 071a Dining Hall, north aspect.

1954 HA 071b BC Buildings and Chapel Quad during construction of the Chapel.

1954 HA 107a Collins House as seen from the BC Classroom block

1954 HA 107b BC Playing fields and school buildings

1955 HA 032 Aerial photograph of the College grounds and surrounding areas taken from the north. The intersection of Main Road and the later-named William Nicol Highway can be clearly seen in the central axis of the photograph.

1955 HA 033a Mrs Mears and Mr Harris in JHB

1955 HA 033b Mr Harris in his study

1955 HA 035 College Staff: by 1955 the College staff complement had increased from 4 to 10.

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1955 HA 036 BC Std 9 (Grade 11) Class group photo.

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1955 HA 037 BC Std 8 (Grade 10) Class photo

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1955 HA 038 BC Std 7 (Grade 9) Class

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1955 HA 039 BP Std 5 (Grade 7) Class

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1955 HA 040 BP Std 1 (Grade 3) Class

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1955 HA 041 BP Grade 2 Class

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1955 HA 042 BP Std 4 (Grade 6)

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1955 HA 043 BP Std 2 (Grade 4) Class

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1955 HA 044 BP Grade 1 Class

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1955 HA 045a Chapel first christening

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1955 HA 045c Chapel first christening with Monty Harris

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1955 HA 045c Chapel first christening with Monty Harris

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1955 HA 045d Chapel first christening with Wally Mears.

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1955 HA 046a First christening with Wally Mears.

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1955 HA 046b First christening with parents

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1955 HA 046c First christening group photo

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1956 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.

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1956 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.

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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.

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1956 HA 056 Chapel view from Cheetah slopes with newly planted trees.

1956 HA 057b Chapel interior

1956 HA 060 BC Std 9 Grade 11 Class

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1956 HA 061 BC Matric Class (Grade 12)

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1957 HA 064 Campus aerial view showing the extent of the College buildings and the ring road and the location of the original school gate close to the centre of Randburg.

1957 HA 065 BP Nativity Play in Chapel.

1958 HA 068a Staff vs OSA Hockey match

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Wally Mears, Steyn Krige

1958 HA 068b EMH in typical pose in his Maths classroom

1958 HA 070 BC Matric Class (Grade 12)

1958 HA 072a Swimming pool: gala scene

1958 HA 072b Swimming pool: gala scene

1958 HA 072c Swimming pool: gala scene

1958 HA 072d Swimming pool diving scene

1959 HA 073 Swimming gala diving scene

1959 HA 074 Swimming gala diving 002

1959 HA 075a Monty Harris formal portrait

1959 HA 075b Swimming gala presentation

1959 HA 078 BC Matric Class (Grade 12)

1960 HA 085c Chapel with EM Harris car

1961 HA 094 Corlett Gate viewed from the north

1961 HA 095 BC Collins House