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Title: Street in Pinelands, Cape Town
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Motorcars, Residential buildings, Roads
Description: Street in Pinelands, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15827

Title: First telegraph office, Cape Town, circa 1876
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Communication
Description: Cape Town's first telegraph office. It stood at what is now Cartwright's Corner in 1876.
Identifier: islandora:17195

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1934
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings
Description: Adderley Street, Cape Town. Cape Town holiday. Visit of Prince George, 1934.
Identifier: islandora:17392

Title: The dovecote at Koornhoop in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Farmhouses, Dovecotes, ,
Description: Members leaving the dovecote ar Koornhoop, Mowbray, to see what the building looks like at the back. The dovecote, and the two gables flanking it, were proclaimed the next day.
Identifier: islandora:15427

Title: Diep River, Cape Town
Subject: Diep River (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), History, Architecture, Building
Description: Diep River, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17949

Title: St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Bishop Lavis's Church : St. Paul's Church, Bree Street, where Bishop Lavis will be honoured by the citizens of Cape Town to-morrow. He served a large Anglican community there from his arrival in Cape Town in 1898 till 1928. Now his son-in-law the Rev K. O'Connor-Fenton has been rector there for six years. Bishop Lavis always said he wanted to be buried from St. Paul's. It was his last home. The Archbishop of Cape Town will celebrate Requiem Mass there at 9 a.m. to-morrow.
Identifier: islandora:17292

Title: Art Nouveau architecture on Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Art, Culture, Historic buildings
Description: Merchants, Long Street, Cape Town. One of the oldest buildings on Long Street, the original building at Merchants dates back 350 years and was made [with] slate from Table Mountain. After many iterations through the centuries it survives today as a fine example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Identifier: islandora:17456

Title: The closing down of hotels, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Hotels, Historic buildings, ,
Description: The Rio Grande Hotel, the 11th to close down there in about 10 years and the fourth to be used for the aged. / Witnesses of past grandeur.
Identifier: islandora:15383

Title: Central Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Historic buildings, Energy, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town from the Dock Road Power Station towards Table Mountain, 1970.
Identifier: islandora:17093

Title: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, City planning, Transport
Description: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:17441

Title: Men inspect aluminium house, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Construction, ,
Description: A prefabricated aluminium house erected at Nyanga Location was inspected today by officials of the Cape Divisional Council. This picture shows Mr H.M. Pansegrouw, superintendent of Nyanga, and Mr R.S. MacDonald looking at the back of it.
Identifier: islandora:15588

Title: Central Methodist Mission Church, Cape Town, 1994
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Architecture, Christianity, Historic buildings
Description: Museum site: the Central Methodist Mission Church in Buitenkant Street. [Exhibition will show signs of the times.]
Identifier: islandora:17323

Title: South African Reserve Bank, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Commerce, Architecture, Building
Description: Cape Town - S.A. Reserve Bank Building, St George's Street
Identifier: islandora:16753

Title: Macassar Coloured township near Somerset West, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Many families rehoused at the Macassar Coloured township near Somerset West have returned to their squatter lives in the bush, officials say. The families say they cannot afford the rents at Macassar and that they prefer the bush to the township.
Identifier: islandora:15184

Title: Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Green Point, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historical buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The Jarvis Street Baptist Church, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, will soon be moved away to the Cape Flats.
Identifier: islandora:17309

Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, circa 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Urban development
Description: Looking into the first railway station in Cape Town, from the Castle.
Identifier: islandora:17430

Title: The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Architecture, Building, Afrikaners
Description: An example of the office building accommodation available in Bellville's growing central business district district is this modern building society block. The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville was officially opened this week by Dr C.F. Albertyn. In addition to the shopping space on the ground floor, there are seven floors of office space and the banking hall also provides for art exhibitions. Saambou now owns buildings in Bellville valued at more than R1 500 000. With office accommodation in big demand in the rapidly developing Tygeberg area, office blocks are going up all over. One of the latest and largest blocks is the Saambou National Building, opened towards the end of last year. This building offers shopping space on the ground floor and seven floors of office space.
Identifier: islandora:16830

Title: House in Wale Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition, Urban development
Description: Old house at the top of Wale Street.
Identifier: islandora:17206

Title: Standard Bank's main office, Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Commerce, Architecture, Building
Description: Standard Bank's main Cape Town office, which dates from many years ago. Early this century it was described as the most imposing building in Adderley Street. Still to-day it remains one of the city's more interesting buildings, and provided a pleasing contrast with the surrounding concrete jungle.
Identifier: islandora:16751

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