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Photo, Print, Drawing Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. Uniegebou in Pretoria, Suid-Afrika

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Title

  • Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.

Other Title

  • Uniegebou in Pretoria, Suid-Afrika

Summary

  • This photograph shows the eastern facade of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. These buildings, 285-meters long and built from light sand stone, were designed in the English monumental style by the architect Sir Herbert Baker (1862-1946). The cornerstone was laid in November 1910, shortly after the Union of South Africa was formed. Construction was completed in 1913, at a cost of £1,310,640 for the buildings and £350,000 for the building site. The stamp on the back of the photograph reads: "Alan Yates, 240 Andries str, Pretoria; Commercial photographer no. 27.B." 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.

Names

  • Yates, Alan Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1920 to 1930]

Headings

  • -  South Africa--Gauteng--Pretoria
  • -  1920 to 1930
  • -  Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946
  • -  Government buildings
  • -  Meintjieskop

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Printed photograph, sepia.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Pretoria Library.
  • -  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

  • 2021669885

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Yates, Alan Photographer. Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa Pretoria Gauteng, 1920. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1930] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669885/.

APA citation style:

Yates, A. P. (1920) Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa Pretoria Gauteng, 1920. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1930] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669885/.

MLA citation style:

Yates, Alan Photographer. Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1930] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669885/>.