Tag: Jan Smuts Avenue

• Views of Johannesburg from 1961 from the film Basie

  

  A couple of years ago I bought a few old South African DVDs that were shot in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were for research for a story on ‘Ducktails’ (1950s Johannesburg gang culture and where a lot of our current slang comes from). I eventually watched one of them the other night.…

  Marc Latilla

  August 14, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Birnam, Braamfontein, Claim Street, Corlett Drive, Jan Smuts Avenue, Joubert Park, King George Street, Lutheran Church, Oxford Road, Rosebank, Twist Street, Tyrwhitt Avenue, Zoo Lake

• History of Braamfontein Pt.4 (Rand Show, WITS, Nunnery, Brewery)

  

  The Milner Park history of the Rand Easter Show (or Witwatersrand Agricultural Show as it was known) Read the 1894-1902 history of the Rand Show HERE In 1903 Lord Milner convinced the Transvaal government to donate a large open space to the city as a gift. It was named Milner Park and was to become…

  Marc Latilla

  April 29, 2015

  Johannesburg

  Aerial photographs, Braamfontein, Early Johannesburg, Empire Exhibition, Empire Road, Fever hospital, Golden Jubilee, Helpmekaar School, Holy Trinity Church, Jan Smuts Avenue, King George VI, Lord Selborne, Nunnery, Ohlssons Cape Brewery, Public Works Department, Rand Show, SAB, UJ, University of Johannesburg, WITS University, Witwatersrand Agricultural Society

• A rare and detailed street map of Johannesburg from 1929

  Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right after archives. My first book ‘Johannesburg Then & Now’ is available at local bookstores or internationally via Amazon or kindle. Click HERE for the relevant…

  Marc Latilla

  April 25, 2015

  Johannesburg

  Barry Hertzog Avenue, Early Johannesburg, Empire Road, Gasworks, history of johannesburg, Jan Smuts Avenue, Louis Botha Avenue, Map, Parktown, Stanley Avenue, trams