Hi Heather, Is it just me - I just cannot make a connection to the University Library site at: http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive to view the unedited images? Perhaps I've misunderstood and will have to wait for the collection in 1-2 months. Regards, Elva > From: "Heather MacAlister - LearningOnline" > <Heather@learningonline.co.za> > Date: 18 July 2005 6:40:36 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection > > > Morning All > > I have just been informed by Dr. Hans Heese that within a month of > two Stellebosch University will have our collection of pictures - with > dates and names - of about 35 000 pictures covering the period circa > 1905-1965 available on the web. People will then be able to date > pictures by comparing the dress of the period. > > The Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection, consisting of 30 000 > photographic glass negatives, is one of the most important collections > housed in the University Archives. > JH Watson was a prominent photographer at Stellenbosch. He set up > business in Stellenbosch in 1873 and his collection of photographic > negatives visually reflects academic and social life of the University > of Stellenbosch and its predecessors - as well as the Stellenbosch > community at large. In 1927 Colin Lockley took over the studio and > sold it to Cor Langenberg in 1960. > The University acquired the glass negative collection in the 1980's. > After moving around between the University Library and Museum, the > collection was deposited in the University Archives in 1996. > As the number on the negatives corresponds with an entry in journal - > stating the date the photograph was taken and supplemented by the name > of the person or subject, address the photograph was sent to and other > details - the negatives have intrinsic historical value. > In 1999 a start was made with the scanning of the negatives and > connecting them to the biographical details of the subjects. In 2000 > an electronic link was made between the scanned images and the names > recorded in the journals. The work is still in progress but the > (unedited) images may be viewed on the University Library site at: > http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive > > > Heather MacAlister > Web Site Manager for: > www.familytree.co.za + www.ancestry.mweb.co.za >   > E-Centre > 46 Hof Street > Gardens > 8001 > Cape Town > SOUTH AFRICA >   > Tel:  +27-21-481-8316 > Fax: +27-21-481-8333 > _______________________________________