Tag: Markham

• Barnett’s Panorama of Johannesburg c1897

  

  Over the last 10 years, while writing this blog and researching early Johannesburg, I’ve looked at thousands of photographs in books, online, and in various archives. While backing-up photos, I came across a number of early street shots of Johannesburg and thought it would be a good idea to try and date them by identifying…

  Marc Latilla

  March 19, 2021

  Johannesburg

  Barnett Brothers, Early Johannesburg, Eloff Street, history of johannesburg, Markham, Panorama, Pritchard Street

• Markham’s clock

  

  This is another unusual and out-of-place post, but I can’t resist sharing these pictures of the inside of the Markham’s clock tower and mechanism (or lack thereof). This was at one time the highest building in Johannesburg and it was said that the clock face could be read from as far as Hillbrow. It was…

  Marc Latilla

  September 5, 2013

  Johannesburg

  clocks, Early Johannesburg, Eloff Street, Markham