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Title: St. George's Cathedral extensions, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Artisans, Building
Description: Mr Charles Borril, 44, one of the five stonemasons cutting stones in the time-honoured fashion for the new bell tower and extension to St. George's Cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17319

Title: Aerial view, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Urban development, Apartheid
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town after the demolition of District Six (foreground), showing the Castle, railways and freeways into Cape Town, and Woodstock.
Identifier: islandora:17024

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Planting plans, 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 private garden adjoining the hotel: planting plan. Plan and three sections., Sepia copy of original base drawing, with added hand-drawn pencil detail.
Identifier: islandora:27947

Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, 1875
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Architecture
Description: Old Cape Town Station, 1875. Published 1977-05-27.
Identifier: islandora:17429

Title: Church in Chappel Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings
Description: Church in Chappel Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17340

Title: Aerial view of the Civic Centre and surrounds, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, City planning, Urban development
Description: An aerial view of the new Civic Centre which is being occupied by the office workers from all over Cape Town in one of the biggest furniture moving operations of all time for the city. The Civic Centre is the tall, dark building to the left of the picture. In the left foreground is the Nico Malan complex, while in the right foreground is the Cape Town Centre. Behind is the Paul Sauer Building which houses the railway headquarters for the Western Cape. Right behind this building is the overall deck of the railway station.
Identifier: islandora:17088

Title: Development of Strand Street extension, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Infrastructure, Labour, Transport
Description: One of the most important road links in central Cape Town, the section joining Strand Street to its extension, is making rapid progress towards completion. The mountain side carriageway (right) is expected to be opened before Christmas, giving traffic from the city access across Adderley Street to the Eastern Boulevard freeway.
Identifier: islandora:17400

Title: Dockyard Anglican Church, Simonstown, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Simon--s Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray: Dockyard Church. The Dockyard Church at Simonstown is truly a sailors' church. It occupies half of the top story of the stone mast-house built by the Dutch East Indian Company, and was first used for divine worship by the Anglican community about 1801 during the first occupation of the Cape. The Dockyard Church of St. George at Simonstown is half of the upper room, or sail loft, of the old Dutch East Indian Company's mast-house. The small clock-tower bears the date 1815. The clock is balanced by three weights one of which weights 400lb. It is checked daily and, in spite of its age, only occasionally loses a few minutes.
Identifier: islandora:17279

Title: The Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Botanical, Weather
Description: Early morning scene in the Public Gardens today - a wintry sun filters through the trees. The days will be getting just that little bit longer from today. Yesterday was the shortest day of the year.
Identifier: islandora:17242

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This 1937 monochrome map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of Cape Town 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., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 89 x 113 cm. or smaller., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1937 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:19867

Title: Cape Town couple, Shifra and Linza, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Bedrooms--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Lesbian couples--South Africa,
Description: A couple from Cape Town, Shifra Jacobson and Linzi Fredman, October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12688

Title: Near old Cape Town Station, pre-1960s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Area around the old Cape Town Station, prior to its demolition in the 1960s.
Identifier: islandora:17436

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Stonework at the Castle, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17109

Title: Aerial view of central Cape Town, circa 1940s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historical, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town before the development of high-rise buildings.
Identifier: islandora:17045

Title: Girl standing in corridor, 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, Girls--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A young woman stands and poses for the camera in the corridor of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18507

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Planting plans, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Redevelopment of the east gardens. Dimension and plant plan. Revision of February 1996 plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27950

Title: Stal Plein, Cape Town, 1946
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: Stal Plein, a suggested site for a civic theatre.
Identifier: islandora:17203

Title: Victorian Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Cape Town Victorian Church
Identifier: islandora:17325

Title: Map of Cape Town (central)
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bulletin ; no. 141, Map shows principal streets and places of interest including the Company Gardens, the Public Library (National Library of South Africa), St George's Cathedral, the opera house, Tivoli Music Hall, the Old Supreme Court Buildings (Slave Lodge), University of Cape Town, Cartwright's Corner (the halting place for all trams), Monument Station, The Alhambra, Wolfram's Bioscope, the Railway Institute, the Boer War Memorial, the Art Gallery, the War Memorial, the offices of the Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie, the Michaelis School of Art, public conveniences and the position of several statues., Map shows quarter, half and three-quarters of a mile radius lines from the city centre., Inset: Cape Peninsula. Scale 1: 354 816. 1 in. to 5.6 miles., Advertisements on verso of map.
Identifier: islandora:19915

Title: Nurses say farewell to their chief matron, Cape Town
Subject: Medical care, Nurses, Groote Schuur Hospital (Cape Town, South Africa), ,
Description: Groote Schuur Hospital nurses say goodbye to their chief matron, Miss Patricia Brassell, at the end of her last shift. She retired yesterday after 37 years of service.
Identifier: islandora:15610

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