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Title: Transport and General Workers' Union march to Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, South African Police, Labor unions
Description: Demonstrations - Trade unions. Disgruntled workers: Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union marched to parliament today to hand over memoranda to several ministers about the state of the passenger transport sector and the contract cleaning sector.
Identifier: islandora:17745

Title: Bandstand at the old Pier, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, City planning, Recreation, Energy
Description: This view of the old pier shows the bandstand where the Cape Town orchestra gave popular concerts every Sunday afternoon.
Identifier: islandora:17062

Title: Little girl asks for the release of her father, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Labor unions
Description: Leila Issel, 8, with a placard calling for the release of her father, detained trade unionist Johnny Issel.
Identifier: islandora:17806

Title: Men playing musical instruments to songs sung by Caledonian Roses Choir, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: Right: Members of the band give musical support to the songs by the Caledonian Roses Choir.
Identifier: islandora:15174

Title: Apartheid-era whites-only restaurant at D.F. Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Airlines--Food service, Segregation, Architecture
Description: Restaurant at D.F.Malan Airport during the apartheid era. This restaurant was reserved for whites only.
Identifier: islandora:15878

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1957, Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15104

Title: Unveiling of Jan van Riebeeck statue, Cape Town, 1899
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Afrikaner nationalism
Description: Unveiling of the statue of Jan van Riebeeck at the entrance to the old pier by the mayor, 1899.
Identifier: islandora:17086

Title: Adderley Street fountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: The fountain pictured in Adderley Street today looks a thirsty sight. It may soon blossom into life again.
Identifier: islandora:15102

Title: Protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17836

Title: Cape Town Castle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Military infrastructure, Tourism, Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Voorplein at the Castle, Cape Town (published 4 October 1990).
Identifier: islandora:17205

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Bartmansfontein, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock paintings of animal and human figures. The human figures are in red and the buck is in white. The buck has possibly been scraped and defaced.
Identifier: islandora:21566

Title: Fireman inspects damage done by petrol bomb, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Weapons, Education
Description: Fire Officer D. Arnold points out the circle of destroyed plaster typical of petrol bomb damage after a blaze which swept through classrooms, a library, a storeroom and parts of a laboratory at Langa High School last night.
Identifier: islandora:16293

Title: Steam trains, Cape Town, 20th century
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Sport, Bridges, Crowds
Description: Steam trains leaving Cape Town Station with Signal Hill in the background.
Identifier: islandora:17409

Title: Duncan Basin, Cape Town Harbour, 1974
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Infrastructure, Weather, Wind
Description: Wind-whipped corner of Duncan Basin.
Identifier: islandora:17141

Title: Apartheid signage, Cape Town, 20th century
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Railways, Race discrimination
Description: Loading SA Transport Services "whites only" signs at Cape Town Station yesterday were Mr J L van Zyl (foreground) and Mr R Roodt. The signs, currently spares, were not destined for the rubbish pile.
Identifier: islandora:17411

Title: The old Railway building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The old Railway Institute building in Adderley Street as it was and as it is today. Soon it will be no more.
Identifier: islandora:16160

Title: Argie boy, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Newspapers, Labour, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Children's rights
Description: 1950s depiction of an Argie Boy (newspaper vendor selling the Argus newspaper)
Identifier: islandora:16697

Title: Convoy of army trucks with smoke in the background, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Convoy of army trucks with smoke in the background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16213

Title: Protesters gather on Jammie steps, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, University of Cape Town
Description: University of Cape Town students gather on the steps of Jameson Hall before moving off to a silent demonstration on university property overlooking De Waal Drive yesterday afternoon.
Identifier: islandora:16386

Title: Offices of Herbert Penny & Co, St George's Street, Cape Town, circa 1925
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Real estate agents, Urban development, Commerce
Description: In the beginning: Herbert Penny's offices at 45 St Georges Street. The picture was taken about 1925.
Identifier: islandora:17188

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