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A print captioned (on the reverse) ‘Father Walter on a camel on his way to the sweepers’. It has not been ascertained whether ‘Father Walter’ was a Capuchin friar. He does not appear to have been an Irish friar.

Children from St. Raphael’s School, adjacent to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa.

An image of children probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.

A view of the exterior of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. Consecrated in April 1851, it is the oldest Catholic cathedral in the country. The photograph probably shows a religious ceremony celebrating the centenary of the cathedral's foundation.

An image of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. with a crew member on board the ‘Irish Plane’, an Irish merchant ship, docked at Cape Town in South Africa.

An image of the ‘Irish Larch’, an Irish Shipping Limited merchant vessel, docked at the Port of Cape Town in South Africa.

An image titled 'Fr. Kelly’s Church in the heart of the Flats'. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Typical flat country with occasional roads thro it. But he [Fr. Kelly] has very few residents in such a place. He is very old now and I expect we shall be asked to take it later. He has his own house and four mission churches attached – all built by his own parishioners’ hands’.

An image of the Convent of the Holy Cross Sisters in Cape Town, South Africa.

An image of the students and staff of St. Theresa's Primary School, Welcome Estate, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa.