Harris Album [expanded newspaper cuttings]
- ZA ZAR STS 2019-001-01-03
- Item
- 1961
Part of Harris Fonds
Various publicity items from the album.
Harris, Lilian
Harris Album [expanded newspaper cuttings]
Part of Harris Fonds
Various publicity items from the album.
Harris, Lilian
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983
Contents:
1) NEWSLETTER
2) MEMBERSHIP FORM
3) QUARTET
4) INTRODUCTION by the Editor to a series of four articles concerning the farm DRIEFONTEIN which is of special importance
today as the historical WEBER HOUSE still stands on this farm.
5) FROM 1859 : LANDOWNERS OF DRIEFONTEIN by E. J. Carruthers. The story of the land and its various owners over the 120 years since the first farms were proclaimed in the Transvaal.
6) THE LOST HOUSES OF DRIEFONTEIN by Professor R. J. Mason. Report on an investigation of the site of the 1890 - 1926 Wilhelmi Farm, which remains only as a ruin, carried out by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand.
7) WHY THE WEBER HOUSE IS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION by Juliet Marais Louw. Mrs. Marais Louw, who spent much of her childhood in what is now Sandton, makes a plea for the old WEBER HOUSE to be saved for posterity.
8) 1908 - THE WRIGHT FAMILY ARRIVE AT DRIEFONTEIN by Juliet Marais Louw. A portrait of some of the people who have lived at
Driefontein.
9) PASSING OF A PIONEER. Poetic Tribute to Mrs. E. Wilhelmi
Sandton Historical Association
Part of Marinus Endenburg Fonds
1953 College Prospectus containing details of admission, fees, uniforms etc.
St Stithians College
1947 Noticeboard re opening of College 1947BC_0003
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1947BC_0003: The board erected near the Corlett Gate advertising the opening of the College in 1953.
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Stythian Magazine 1980: pages 72 to 150
Contents of the magazine for the year 1980, pages 72 to 150.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1981: pages 77 to 158
Contents of the magazine for the year 1981, pages 77 to 158
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1982: pages 78 to 161
Contents of the magazine for the year 1982, pages 78 to 161.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1983: pages 88 to 177
Contents of the magazine for the year 1983, pages 88 to 177.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1984: pages 86 to 184
Contents of the magazine for. the year 1984, pages 86 to 184.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1990: pages 76 to 158
Contents of the magazine for the year 1990, pages 76 to 158.
Boys' College
2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read at the Basil Read Pavilion
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
Photographs taken at the Heritage Day celebrations 19th September 2018. Special guests to the Chapel Service included Mrs Doreen Read, Mrs Dalziel and Mrs Charmian Kennealy. All were parents in the 1950s or 1960s and Mrs Kennealy was the first Art teacher at the College (BP and BC).
2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Mrs Doreen Read at the Basil Read Pavilion.
Mrs Read had opened the Pavilion in 1974. The pavilion was named to commemorate the significant contribution of her late husband, Basil Read, to the construction of the College and the playing fields in the 1950s and 1960s.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1993: pages 93 to 192
Contents of the magazine for the year 1993, pages 93 to 192.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1985: pages 96 to 192
Contents of the magazine for the year 1985, pages 96 to 192.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1986: pages 72 to 136
Contents of the magazine for the year 1986, pages 72 to 136.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1995: pages 82 to 167
Contents of the magazine for the year 1995, pages 82 to 167.
Boys' College
Letter refers to writings of Benjamin Bennet who had interviewed Collins as a young reporter shortly before the death of Collins in 1937. The article extract provides a revealing description of the simple lifestyle of this College founder, page 2.
Bennett, Benjamin
Stythian Magazine 1978: pages 70 to 142
Contents of the magazine for the year 1978, pages 70 to 142.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1979: pages 76 to 152
Contents of the magazine for the year 1979, pages 76 to 152.
Boys' College
College Chronicle volume 2 number 1
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
Boys' College
Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys, Johannesburg
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Prospectus produced prior to the opening of the College in 1953. Includes details of the Council members, descriptions of the buildings and grounds, courses of study, fees, games [sports], the boarding department, dress and clothing lists,.
Boys' College
1953 HA 004a Founders Mountstephens
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens
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1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp 002 NIS
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp NIS 002
Legend:
Unknown
Stythian Magazine 1987: pages 113 to 225
Contents of the magazine for the year 1987, pages 113 to 225.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1989: pages 61 to 124
Contents of the magazine for the year 1989, pages 61 to 124.
Boys' College
1983 Letter of thanks J Ivey to Mrs Botha
1983 Letter of thanks J Ivey to Mrs Botha
Ivey, Janet C M
1969 Stithians Village Church 002
Part of Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982
1969 Stithians Village Church 002
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Stythian Magazine 1988: pages 161 to 234
Contents of the magazine for the year 1988, pages 161 to 234.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1989: pages 125 to 187
Contents of the magazine for the year 1989, pages 125 to 187.
Boys' College
1984 Letter C Botha to Mrs Ivey re Collins will
1984 Letter C Botha to Mrs Ivey accompanying copy of the will of A C Collins.
Botha, Carol
College Chronicle volume 2 number 2
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
The cover and articles contained in the issue honour the first headmaster of the College, Wally Mears, on his retirement.
Tributes to founder teacher, E M (Monty) Harris, who passed away in July 1961, appear on pages 22-25 of this issue.
Boys' College
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins
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1953 BC Foundation scholars, view looking towards Sandton
Part of Doreen Read Fonds
1953 BC Foundation scholars, view looking across what was later to become the suburb of Parkmore, towards the ridge where Sandton City was built in 1973 on Zandfontein Farm.
This photograph illustrates the remoteness of the St Stithians property at the time the College was founded. The property, itself a portion of the original Driefontein Farm, was surrounded by farmland in 1953.
1953 Athletic event start 1953BC_0001
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0001: Photograph of the start of an athletics track event
TBI - names of individuals
Unknown
Stythian Magazine 1986: pages 137 to 204
Contents of the magazine for the year 1986, pages 137 to 204.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1990: pages 159 to 231
Contents of the magazine for the year 1990, pages 159 to 231.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1992: pages 148 (2) to 216
Contents of the magazine for the year 1992, pages 148 (2) to 216.
Boys' College
Stythian Magazine 1995: pages 168 to 240
Contents of the magazine for the year 1995, pages 168 to 240.
Boys' College
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
Photographs taken at the Heritage Day celebrations 19th September 2018. Special guests to the Chapel Service included Mrs Doreen Read, Mrs Elizabeth Dalziel and Mrs Charmian Kennealy. All were parents in the 1950s or 1960s and Mrs Kennealy was the first Art teacher at the College (BP and BC).
2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read, Charmian Kennealy and Elizabeth Dalziel visit the tuck shop at the pavilion and are pictured here with 2018 staff members.
Mrs Read had opened the Pavilion in 1974. The pavilion was named to commemorate the significant contribution of her late husband, Basil Read, to the construction of the College and the playing fields in the 1950s and 1960s.
Boys' College
Part of Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982
1969 Stithians Village School.
This is the school where St Stithians co-founder, Albert Charles Collins went to school.
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Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #11, 1987
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #11, 1987
Contents:
1) NEWSLETTER
2) THESE NAMES TELL A STORY by Juliet Marais Louw
3) THE SANDTON COAT OF ARMS by E. J. Carruthers and A. Pedlar
4) EDUCATION IN SANDTON by W.R. Hedding
Sandton Historical Association
1941 St Stithians College Trust: ledger
1941 St Stithians College Trust: ledger
Records the investments and other finances of the Trust from the time of its founding to December 1965.
St Stithians Trust
1953 BC Std 6 Class ST 1953 p018 1953BC_0003
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0003: Foundation class Std 6 (Grade 8)
Legend:
Back row: Endenburg, Cook, Neves, Aitken, Wilkinson, Lotter, Ashfield, Lewis, Reeves
Middle row: Kelly, McMillan, Woolley. Westhorpe, Wallis, Mair, Harvey, JF Vickers, Campbell
Front row: Coetsee, Hayes, Taylor, EM Harris, J de W Bennett, Johnson, DH Bennet
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College Chronicle volume 3 number 1
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
Three copies of each issue were produced of which the Archive holds parts of a second copy. In the 2nd copy of this issue, page 8 contains a different original drawing. Page 8a in the digitised version includes the 2nd drawing.
Boys' College
1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953
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Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991
Contents:
1) Message from the Mayor of Sandton
2) Family Tree [Wilhelmi and Weber families]
3) Driefontein Farmhouse - Saved at last by Avril Reid
4) Tribute to Mrs. Elsa Wilhelmi by Juliet Marais Louw
5) Driefontein - 150 Years of Change by Dr. Jane Carruthers
6) Driefontein Land Transactions
7) Adolf and Elsa Wilhelmi: Sandton Pioneers by Dr. Jane Carruthers
8) I knew Freya Weber by Juliet Marais Louw
9) Max Weber (1) - The Man by Avril Reid
10) Max Weber (2) - The Diary 31 by Vincent Carruthers
11) The Restoration of Driefontein Farmhouse by Chris Bester, B.Arch(Pretoria)
Sandton Historical Association
1953 HA 007a Collins House north v3
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3
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1953 BC Std 7 Class ST 1953 p016 1953BC_0004
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0004: Foundation class Std 7 (Grade 9)
Legend:
Back row: Swan, Curtis, Craven, Borchers, Abraham, Driver, Rankine,
Front row: Buchan, Laing, EM Harris, Murrish, Cruddas
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1953 HA 007b Collins House north
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007b Collins House north
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1953 BP Grade 1 classroom D6 1953BC_0005
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0005: BC D6 Classroom which served as the original Grade 1 classroom when the College opened.
Derek Worman Photographer
1954 BC Rugby teams at St Johns TBI
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
The first Rugby team at the College that played St Johns College
TBI - names of individuals to be confirmed.
Legend:
The photograph is likely to have included the following (amongst others):
Ashfield, Miller, Craven, Abraham, Curtis, Wilkinson, Unite, Mercer-Tod, Driver, Swan, Vickers
Woolley, Cruddas, Buchan, Taylor.
Unknown
1953 BP Grades 1 and 2 Class ST 1953 p020 1953BC_0006
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0006: Foundation class Grades 1 and 2
Legend (as identified by Rob McLaren):
Back row: John Goode, ... , Richard Read, Hamish Gordon, Hugh Laburn, ..., ...., Paul Nash, ..., John Napier, Paul Arnold, Kenny Kay;
Middle row: Norman Tickton, Karl Shrader, ..., David A (Ikey) Lewis, ..., Bruce Joscelyne, Richard Pryce, ..., ..., Rohan Lobb , ...;
Front row: John Lamont , ..., Ian Hampton, Rodney Kable, Andrew Brown, Anthony Miller, Nick Barcza, Graham Thompson, ..., ... .
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1953 HA 007c Teaching block from Dining Hall Feb 1953
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953
Unknown
1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0007
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0007: BC Address by Rev Ambrose Reeves at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
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1953 HA 007d Collins House north
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007d Collins House north view
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St Stithians College Parents' Association [first] Constitution
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
First constitution of the PA
Parents' Association
1953 BC Collins House with car HA 001 1953BC_0008
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0008: Collins House
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1953 HA 007e Collins House north
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007e Collins House north view
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1953 College Official opening 1953BC_0009
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0009: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.
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1953 HA 007f Collins House east
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007f Collins House east
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St Stithians College 1957 School Calendar
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Circular of school terms
Mears, Walter George Amos (Wally)
1953 HA 007g Collins House east
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 007g Collins House east
Unknown
1953 College Foundation Staff 1953BC_0010
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0010: Foundation staff
Legend:
Mr EM (Monty) Harris, Miss A M Doehring, Miss EC Walmsley, Mr WGA Mears
Unknown
1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0011
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0011: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor
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St Stithians College Johannesburg in South African Tatler, December 1961, pages 30-32
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Article describing the College, focusing on what it has to offer and its values.
Campbell, Dorothea
1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0012
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00012: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone
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1953 College Official Opening 1953BC_0014
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00014: College Official Opening: Methodist ministers with BP foundation student
Legend:
Rev Ambrose Reeves , Rev Dr J B Webb, Karl Schrader (Class of 1963)
Unknown
Part of Harris Fonds
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.
Unknown
1953 BC Collins House from East HA 0001 1953BC_0015
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0015: View of Collins House from the east showing terraces
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1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone
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1953 College Chapel Foundation stone laying HA 004 1953BC_0016
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0016: BC Address by Rev Dr Webb at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
legend:
Seated to the left are Mr and Mrs Mears and Rev Ambrose Reeves; to the righ: Mr Gilbert Tucker, Mr Leake, and Rev Arnold J Walker.
Unknown
1953 BC Dining Hall from East 1953BC_0017
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0017: BC View of the Dining Hall from the Chapel Drive area during construction of the Chapel
Unknown
1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils plaque
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.
Unknown
1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly
Unknown
1953 Chapel Foundation stone laying 1953BC_0018
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0018: BC Address by Mrs E Mountstephens at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
Unknown
1953 Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0019
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00019: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone (wide view)
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1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.
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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.
Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)
College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The content of each issue varies and includes articles of interest to boys at the time, photographs and original drawings, as well as essays, obituaries and tributes and reports on some school events. The Chronicles provide insight into the thinking and interests of schoolboys in the earlier 1960s as well as a record of the life of the school from a boy's perspective.
Boys' College
Items include:
1) programmes of the early events at the BC during the time that Norman was a pupil (1953-1964);
2) early items of the Parents' Association on which Mr J J Tickton served;
3) photographs including those of the first classes at the College;
4) Correspondence including invitations, a Christmas greeting card and a letter
Tickton family
The albums contain assorted photographs, newspaper cuttings, invitations to formal events and programmes of school productions as well as occasional photographs of sports teams and dramatic productions. For detailed contents see individual albums.
Some albums also contain newspaper articles (NCs) pertaining to the Boys' College as well as the Boys' Prep. However, as the majority of the album contents pertain to the BP, all items are included in this BP collection, with reference made to BC items where relevant.
Boys' Prep
The Collection consists of 2 albums, a box of correspondence and a few loose printed items and photographs. These include:
1) Printed items, particularly those relating to the Rand Aid Association of which Leake was a longstanding chairman and Methodist Churches in Johannesburg. Some brochures refer to Mountcollins House, which was named after Leake's association with the founding benefactors of the College;
2) Monochrome photographs including formal portraits, family photographs and incidental photographs;
3) Newspaper cuttings mostly related to the contribution that Leake made over his many years of involvement in the College, in the Rand Aid Association and the Methodist Church as well as a few social occasions;
4) Artefacts include Leake's passport and cards used to promote his candidacy in a Transvaal provincial election.
5) Correspondence acknowledging Leake's contribution to the development of Johannesburg and the Rand Aid Association.
6) Original certificates and licences issued to Leake and dating back to 1896.
7) Documents of the Wesleyan Church Trust.
Leake, Charles Hobson
Digital copy of an obituary published in the SAJS, January 1964
St Stithians Archives
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
Five volumes of the complete collection have been digitised as they each contain articles referring to the College or Driefontein Farm, a portion of which was purchased by the Trustees in order to build the College. These articles together form a significant part of the history of the College property from c. 1880 onwards.
Sandton Historical Association
1953 College Official Opening 1953BC_0020
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Congregation at entrance to BC Administration block
Unknown
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Invitation to the event
College Council
1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.
Unknown
1953 Chapel Foundation stone laying HA 010 1953BC_0021
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00021: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel: view from upper BC classroom block towards Dining Hall
Unknown
1953 BP Grade 1 with view to Sandton
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Informal group photograph of the Grade 1 foundation class taken in July, 1953, just before Norman Tickton joined the school. The view is towards Zandfontein Farm, the site of the present day Sandton City.
Unknown
1953 HA 016b Chapel foundations 19530811
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811
Unknown
1953 BP Grade 1 in Chapel area with building works
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Informal group photograph of the Grade 2 foundation class taken in September, 1953 just after Norman Tickton joined the school. The photograph was taken in the Chapel area and shows construction work and Collins House in the background.
Unknown
1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0011
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0022: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards Collins House
Unknown
1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 001
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address
Unknown
1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque
Legend:
Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake
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1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0023
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0023: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards the Dining Hall
Unknown
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Formal group photograph of the 1955 Grade 4 class taken in front of BC reception.
Unknown
1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone
Unknown
1953c BC College from playing fields HA 001 1953BC_0024
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0024: View across Baytopp playing fields towards BC buildings
Note: This may have been taken in early 1954 as Mountstephens House can be seen in the photo, but the Chapel building is still incomplete.
Unknown
1953 HA 018b Chapel foundation stone
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.
Unknown
1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone
Part of Harris Fonds
1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Unknown
1953 College Official opening 1953BC_0025
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0025: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.
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