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Title: Two young girls hugging, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Two young girls sit on a pavement with arms around each other in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18539

Title: Laying rails for electric trams, Cape Town, 1896
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Tramways, Roads, Urban development, Transport
Description: Laying the rails for electric Trams, Long Street, Cape Town. Published 23 April 1965.
Identifier: islandora:17375

Title: Site of new Southern Sun hotel, Strand Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Development, Architecture, Demolition, Tourism
Description: Corner of Burg and Strand Streets is to be the site of a Southern Sun Hotel.
Identifier: islandora:17208

Title: Houses in Wale Street / Waal Straat in the Malayan Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Residential buildings, Home, ,
Description: Houses in Wale Street / Waal Straat in the Malayan Quarter, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15171

Title: Land reclamation, Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, City planning, Building
Description: Cape Town Harbour and reclaimed land on the Foreshore, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17143

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Proposed alterations to the private garden adjoining the hotel. Dimensions and construction details. Plan and sections. Revised 24 September 1986., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27938

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This shaded version of the 1933 Cape Town map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including Gardens, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek, Tamboers Kloof, Woodstock, Salt River, Brooklyn, Good Hope model village, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, Maitland, certificate of registered title for Montagu Gardens, Sanddrift, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Observatory, Mowbray, Rosebank, Rondebosch, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Claremont, Kenilworth, Constantia, Wynberg, Plumstead, Diep River, Heathfield, Retreat, Lotus River, Schaap Kraal, Tokai, Silvermine, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve, Montagu's Gift, Ilfracombe Estate, Dreyersdal, Lakeside, Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Glencairn, Red Hill, Simonstown, Simon's Bay, Kommetjie, Sweet Water, Witsands, Noordhoek, Scarborough, Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak, Kronendal, Oude Kraal, Bakoven, Camps Bay, Clifton, Sea Point, Fresnaye, Green Point, Mouille Point and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", Table Mountain, the Twelve Apostles and other mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), hospitals and sanatoria including Groote Schuur, Valkenberg, Rentzkie's Farm Isolation hospital, Oude Molen Mental Hospital, the Alexandra Institution and the Chronic Sick home, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, the University of Cape Town, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially and by shading., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., The library does not hold a printed set of the 1933 shaded edition of this map. These digital copies of sheets 09a, 12a, 15a and 23 have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19877

Title: Young boy holding a wheel, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A young boy stands in a field holding a large wheel in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18536

Title: The first single-decker trams in Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Historic buildings, Photography, Media
Description: Picture history of Mother City - "Cape Town down the years", the Cape Times photographic exhibition, is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Cape Town, Mr John Tyers, at the Shell Gallery in Greenmarket Square on Wednesday, April 6. The exhibition, which consists of about 160 photographs, will remain open from April 7 to 29 as part of the Cape Town Festival. The gallery will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The picture above was taken about 80 years ago in Adderley Street, when the first single-deck trams were introduced in the City. (Published 1 April, 1977)
Identifier: islandora:17341

Title: ANC election campaign rally, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013Political campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally.
Identifier: islandora:5298

Title: Adderley Street shops, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture, Culture
Description: Another bit of old Cape Town is about to disappear. The occupants of three little shops nestling on a corner at the top of Adderley Street - an optometrist, a button shop and a bookshop - have been ordered to move by the end of June.
Identifier: islandora:17034

Title: Steam trains at Cape Town Station, circa 1900
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Architecture
Description: Left: Wynberg Tower Cape 3rd Class, 1898. Right: Wynberg Tank Class 02, 1882.
Identifier: islandora:17414

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, 1980
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Business, Economy
Description: Cecil de Wet pouring coffee beans into a roaster in a Long Street coffee shop.
Identifier: islandora:17454

Title: UCT Symphony Orchestra: SACM Concerto Festival, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30308

Title: The Avalon, office development, Hope Street, Cape Town
Subject: Sidewalks, Avalon, The (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: The Avalon, Hope Street, Gardens, Cape Town. Landscape working drawing. Sidewalk layout., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22310

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This street plan of Cape Town shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including the City Bowl area, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, the Cape Flats and the False Bay area. Included are Woodstock, Good Hope model village, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Lotus River, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), schools, hospitals and sanatoria, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., Includes an index sheet., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1930 edition of this map. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19857

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development
Description: Cape Town Foreshore.
Identifier: islandora:15075

Title: Bell for St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Cape Town, circa 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church bells, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Weighing more than one ton, this church bell, cast in Germany, will be hung in the German Lutheran Church (St. Martin's), Long Street. Discussing ways of getting the bell into the tower are (from left) Mr P. E. Ulm, Mr W. Nossek, Mr K. H. Naumann, pastor at the church, and Mr C. A. Angermann, representative in Cape Town of the bell manufacturers.
Identifier: islandora:17277

Title: Police caspir patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Armored vehicles, Military--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Police patrol--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A police caspir patrols Guguletu township outside Cape Town as South Africans rioted against apartheid and the imprisonment of their political leaders, August 1985.
Identifier: islandora:5336

Title: Vineyard Hotel Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Master landscape plan., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Identifier: islandora:28022

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