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Item Abramowitch, Punshow & Schneider Architects. Juliana. Black & white photograph. 230X142.(2012-02-10) Abramowitch, Punshow & Schneider ArchitectsAbramowitch, Punshow & Schneider Architects. Juliana. Black & white photograph. 230X142.Item Abramowitch, S A.(Architect) Pocardi Restaurant. Black and white photograph.(2012-02-10) Abramowitch, S AAbramowitch, S A.(Architect) Pocardi Restaurant. Black and white photograph.Item Abramowitch, S A.(Architect) Pocardi's Restaurant. Black and white photograph.(2012-02-10) Abramowitch, S AAbramowitch, S A.(Architect) Pocardi's Restaurant. Black and white photograph.Item Abramowitch, S A.(Architect) Hatherley Hall. 1957. Black and white photograph. 245X192(2012-02-10) Abramowitch, S AAbramowitch, S A.(Architect) Hatherley Hall. 1957. Black and white photograph. 245X192Item Abramowitch, S A.(Architect) House Abramowitch. 1957. Black and white photograph. 165X213(2012-02-10) Abramowitch, S AAbramowitch, S A.(Architect) House Abramowitch. 1957. Black and white photograph. 165X213Item Chamber of Mines Building(2011-08-04) UnknownAll Johannesburg's Victorian architecture is stamped with a certain amount of ostentation arising out of exuberant and excessive decoration. Once the early pioneers realised that Johannesburg was there to stay and was rapidly becoming a world metropolis, they built in the grand manner, and in many cases their newly found wealth is reflected in the structures they built. The Chamber of Mines Building in Market Street, although not as picturesque as the cast-iron fantasies, is representative of the early Johannesburg architecture, that was an epoch in itself. Date unknown.Item Exchange Buildings(2011-07-25) Lennox, Canning & GoadExchange Buidings, 1890. Erected at a cost of 125,000 pounds, this building, in the Neo-Classic tradition, was opened on February 10th, 1890. Situated corner commissioner and Simmonds Streets, it was partly converted into the Palladium Theatre n 1912. Image 85.Item First Telephone Exchange. 1891. Johannesburg(2011-08-04) UnknownFirst Telephone Exchange, 1891, Johannesburg.Item Fordsburg Post Office(2011-07-25) UnkownFordsburg Post Office, one of the first branch post offices in Johannesburg, and situated in the Ferreirastown district. Image 942.Item General Mining and Finance Building(2011-07-25) UnkownCorner Marshall and Hollard Streets. Formerly the United Engineering Company. A fantasy in stone-a most grandiose building, with elaborate detailing culminating in the picturesque. Features are the central semi-circular gables, small triangular pedimented gables on each side of the slender, domed tower. 1903. Image 82.Item Government Buildings, 1887. Johannesburg(2011-08-04) UnknownBuilt in Rissik Street, forming the eastern extremity of the Market Square. This building later became the first Post Office.Item Green & Co.(2011-07-25) UnkownGreen & Co., Boot & Shoe Importers, Eloff Street. This building was situated on the block now occupied by Castle Mansions. Image 706.Item Harrison & Market Streets, 1889. Johannesburg(2011-08-04) UnknownIn the foreground is the old Standard Bank. In this photograph is embodied the character of the mining camp. A great forest of corrugated iron glistening in the midday sun.Item Interior of the Victorian Shop (Harris & Co.)(2011-07-25) UnkownThe elaborate interior of Harris & Co. the Jewllers and Silversmiths, who were situated in a building in commissioner Street. The bric-a-brac cluttering up this interior is similar to that found in the Victorian home. Image 706.Item Item Johannesburg Town Hall(2011-07-25) Hawke & McKinlayFrom the original drawing by the archiects. Image 169.Item Johannesburg's first Public Library(2011-08-04) Photo: Africana MuseumOn the site of the present Woolworth's Building, also the site of the original wood and iron structure of 1894. "Neo-Classic" facade. 1898.Item Magistrates' Court(2011-08-02) UnknownView of the building fronting onto New Street North and Joubert Street. This buildingwas surrounded by tall blue-gum trees for many years, these striking an incongruous note in the city pattern. Johannesburg's first Court House in 1888 was a single-storeyed wood and iron shed on a site in President street, now occupied by a portion of the Standard Buildings, and the old Post Office.Item The Market Hall, Johannesburg(2011-08-04) UnknownThe Market Hall on the left, the Colonial Trust Building and the African City Property Trust Building in the Centre. Date Unkown.Item Market Square, 1900. Johannesburg(2011-08-04) UnknownFrom the Post Office, looking South West. On the extreme right is the Market Hall. 1900.