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East London today

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Schools

Maps

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Buildings & Hotels




Ann Bryant Art Gallery (1990)
Beach Hotel (1898)
Deals Hotel
Beach Pavilion (1902)
City Hall (1900)
College Street School (1880)
College Street School (1913)

Girls High School (1903)
Hoërskool Grens
Marine Hotel
Presbyterian Church (1906)
West Bank School
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Trams & Buses




1900 - East London's New Trams
1900 - Cartoon: the new tram service
1900 - Oxford Street
1900 - Oxford Street, near the Town Hall
1900 - Crossing the Fleet Street bridge
1900 - In front of the Beach Pavilion
1900 - "The hill" alongside the Beach Hotel
1902 - Oxford Street
1904 - Oxford Street
1904 - The new Esplanade track
1904 - Opening the new track
1906 - In front of the Presbyterian Church

1906 - The new track in Oxford Street
1906 - In front of the Presbyterian Church
1906 - The new track in Oxford Street
1906 - Market Square
1910 - Terminus in Oxford Street
1918 - Oxford Street
1920 - Oxford Street
1923 - Constructing the Circular Route (2)
1923 - Opening of Circular Route (2)
1923 - The Currie Street corner
1925 - Crossing the Blind River (3)































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Holiday Resort
& the Beach




Ruins of the first bathing pool, 1893
Beach Hotel, 1894
Beach Pavilion, 1902
The Quanza Pools, 1904

Eastern Beach & Beach Camp, 1907
The Orient Beach, 1900, 1905 & 1910
Windsor & Marine Hotels
Insolvent's Hole, 1990































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Ships & Shipwrecks




SHIPS

La Rochelle, 1858

Lady Kennaway, 1827

SHIPWRECKS

Lady Kennaway, 1858
Kaffir, 1890
Bonanza, 1894
Aurora, 1902
Elise Luick, 1902
Orient, 1906

Valdivia, 1908
Galway Castle, 1917
Stuart Star, 1937
Jacaranda, 1971
Oranjeland, 1974
Oceanos, 1993































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The Harbour
& the River




1850 - The river mouth
1852 - The West Bank
1852 - The river mouth
1857 - The West Bank
1858 - Wreck in the river mouth
1867- Crossing the Buffalo River
1875 - The first wharf
1876 - Harbour mouth
1882 - Crab dredger at work
1886 - The dredger Lucy

1890 - Photograph by Osborne Morley
1900 - The pontoon across the river
1900 - Harbour mouth
1900 - Ships sharing the berth
1900 - Congestion during the Boer War
1902 - A really busy port
1908 - The first bridge
1910 - Boating at the First Creek
1920 - Ship entering the harbour
1990 - The harbour today































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The Town
(esp. Oxford Street)




1875 - Very early Oxford Street
1880 - The growing town
1890 - Verging on prosperity
1990 - Park Avenue
1900 - Arrival of the tramway
1900 - The Town Hall
1900 - Argyle Street
1900 - Tram outside the Town Hall
1900 - Growing prosperity
1904 - Enter the motorcar
1904 - Oxford Street level crossing

1900 - Tram at the Presbyterian Church
1904 - People walking in Oxford Street
1906 - The Market Square
1909 - The Edwardian city
1909 - Colour postcard
1909 - Black people confined to the streets
1910 - Tram terminus
1912 - Cars and carts
1915 - Motorcycles and motorcars
1918 - The streets become busier
1920 - A busy town































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The Maps




Cape Colony
British Kaffraria, 1847
George McKay's map, 1835
Charles Forsyth's map, 1848
The Townships, 1847-1930
Colley's map of Panmure, 1856

East London, 1857
The Fingo Location, 1876
The Seaside Location, 1877
The beachfront, 1890
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East London today































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West Bank suburb