Pearson Conservatory, Port Elizabeth, after 1882

photographic print

Photograph; Pearson Conservatory, Port Elizabeth, after 1882; photograph from the album 2005.34.118 collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to South Africa; view of Pearson Conservatory at St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth, a Victorian conservatory that opened September 12, 1882, cost £3,800, and was named for H.W. Pearson (the mayor of Port Elizabeth at the time); printed at bottom "CONSERVATORY, ST. GEORGES PARK."