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In Durban'-A Pictorial History, Ian Morrison has presented a fascinating array of old photographs showing Durban as it grew from that small settlement in the 1830s to a gracious city. Although buildings are the focus of the book, many street scenes also capture the people, their style of dress, and the progress of transport from horse and oxcart through to trams, buses, and cars.

Preface
The initial aim of this book was to produce a simple 'coffee-table' album of photographs of old Durban with a very short introduction and a few caption, merely to titilate nostalgic Durbanites."During the compiling the book, however, I became very sad that so many great and beautiful buildings had been demolished, in many instance to make way for the rather ugly and characterless architecture which regrettably dominates the skyline today" he said. The theme of the book changed to one of a pictorial history showing Durban's changing face from the earliest days of the settlement along the shores of the Bay to the middle years of this century, and lamenting the passing of beauty and architectural merit.