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Namaqualand, "Jowell , 11"

Photograph of a Cape Times newpaper article titled "Namaqualand Deputation to Minister of Mines" which features a snapshot a group of formally-dressed men including 'Oom' Bertus Roux (bottom right), lawyer, Israel Gordon (front middle), and his partner, Jan Scholtz (third from right at the top), successful businessman, Joe Jowell (centre of the middle row), MPC and lawyer, Daantjie Scholtz (middle row, second from right), and ex MP, Jan Studer (second from right at the top).". The tagline below the image reads: "The deputation from Namaqualand who met the Minister of Mines, mr J. H. Hofmeyr, yesterday in connection with the re-opening of the copper mines."

Photographer unknown

Namaqualand, "Jowell , 20"

Photograph of the wedding of Isaac and Sheina Jowell (same image as the one in the Honikman folder - Honikman_155). Identifiable here are Herman and Dora Jowell (back left). In the front, the flower girl on the left is Gertie Bloch, daughter of Mannes Bloch and his wife (both of whom are also somewhere in this image).

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Namaqualand, "Jowell , 21"

Close-up photograph of the design (a Monet painting) on the front of a card written to Phyllis Jowell about details and dates regarding a number of photographs taken in Namaqualand. These images were to be featured in a related book (possiblly "Joe Jowell of Namaqualand"?).

Photographer unknown

Namaqualand, "Jowell , 27"

Document showing the official record of ownership of a Port Nolloth property. This property was originally bought in 1855 by Aaron and Ester de Pass, the first Jews to come to Namaqualand; it was then owned by the Cape Copper Mining Company for several years until it was purchased in 1949 by it's last owners, Joseph and Rebecca Jowell, who just so happened to be the last two Jews to be buried in Namaqualand. The record of ownership of this property encapsulates both the begnning and end of the Jewish presence in Namaqualand.

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Namaqualand, "Kitto, 1"

Photograoh of a group of friends sitting in the garden at the Kitto house. Pictured at the top from left ot right: Madge Nel (Doris' sister), George Aschman, Doris Nel (married name Jowell), and Betty Kitto. At the bottom from left to right: Joan Kitto, Milly Saharin, and unknown.

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