- Title
- Children, Mr. Mason and the Master of the Supreme Court (photo)
- Subject
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- History -- Photographs Cape Town (South Africa) -- Methodist Church -- Photographs
- Subject
- South Africa -- Social services
- Subject
- Social welfare services -- Support systems -- South Africa
- Type
- Image
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/9197
- Identifier
- vital:21472
- Identifier
- PIC/M 5996
- Identifier
- This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description
- Types inscription on the back of the photo: "Three young Coloured children were left orphaned. The parents had owned a [plot of land on the Flats. The Master of the Supreme Court consented to make a grant of £30 available to be used on behalf of the children and entrusted the sum to Mr. Mason "to be put out to the best advantage." On the piece of land of land they had inherited he had the building, photographed herewith, erected to provide a dwelling for them. There would be a small Government maintenance grant for each child and a grandmother moved in to care for the children".
- Format
- jpg
- Relation
- Methodist Church -- Cape Coloured Community Collection
- Rights
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images, apply to Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
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