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Title: Dunkley Square, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Labour, City planning
Description: Dunkley Square, central Cape Town, 1970.
Identifier: islandora:17515

Title: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town
Subject: Cottages, Albertyn's Cottage (Simon's Town, South Africa), Historic buildings--South Africa--Simon's Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town. Base drawing of Albertyn's Cottage and Albertyn's Stables. Conceptual site layout plan., Original, hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22238

Title: Old Slave Tree memorial, Church Square, Cape Town, 1953
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Slavery, Slaves, Building, Labour
Description: "On this Spot Stood the Old Slave Tree". Memorial to slaves, Church Square, Cape Town, 1953.
Identifier: islandora:17486

Title: Barn, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Buildings, Residential buildings
Description: Old stable-looking house.
Identifier: islandora:16619

Title: Marsh Memorial Homes chapel, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Children, Social services
Description: Marsh Memorial Homes have a backdrop of Table Mountain. This is the Victorian-style chapel, built in 1922.
Identifier: islandora:17321

Title: Couple outside their new home, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Residential real estate, ,
Description: Ten thousandth house sold, Friday 30th November 1979. / Mr and Mrs January outside their new home.
Identifier: islandora:15351

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Subject: Insurance--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Fire risk assessment--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps.
Description: The plans record street names, widths and numbers; fire-protection facilities (including the location of salt and fresh water hydrants); materials, shape, height, placement and use of buildings; the location of openings, types of stored materials and areas of high-risk activites on industrial sites., Sheet 1 comprises the key plan indicating 9 areas of central Cape Town surveyed by Goad (scale 1:6,000. 1 in. to 500 feet). This key plan includes notes on the water supply (salt and fresh) in central Cape Town, details of personnel and equipment of the Cape Town Fire Brigade and general comments on the city's climate and buildings. Also included is a sheet comprising an index of streets, buildings and firms. The buildings are colour coded by material type., Title from key plan on sheet 1., The 11 sheets (1 index and 10 maps) are in a hardcover volume, each sheet forming 2 leaves., This volume is one of 18 Cape Town fire-insurance atlases surveyed and drawn by Charles Edward Goad and printed in 1895. The bookplate pasted on the inside of the front cover indicates this copy was intended for the Union Assurance Society.
Identifier: islandora:19823

Title: Simon Ngwenya, goat farmer
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, man, boots, stick, goats, farmer, portrait, buildings, San (African people)--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, San (African people)--Agriculture--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Goat farmers--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Chrissiesmeer (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12444

Title: Exterior of Tuynhuys, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: The exterior of De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries
Identifier: islandora:17269

Title: St George's Cathedral, Cape Town , 1859
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Christianity, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The old classical St George's Cathedral at the top od St George's Street in 1859.
Identifier: islandora:17361

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

Title: Car in front of Loader Street residence, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Historic districts, ,
Description: Car in front of Loader Street residence, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15205

Title: Pinelands Methodist Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray - Methodist Church (Pinelands) - The modern-styled Methodist Church at Pinelands is guarded by two pine trees and fronted by a garden and a crazy-paved path. Wide teak doors, surmounted by high wooden caves, lead from Union Avenue into the porch of the church, which superseded the old church next door in 1952. The church buildings include a hall, opened in 1940, and a manse.
Identifier: islandora:17278

Title: Gas explosion in Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical buildings, Utilities, Energy, Disasters
Description: The famous Adderley-street explosion.
Identifier: islandora:17352

Title: Nyanga, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Construction, , ,
Description: Homes rise from Nyanga scrub: New houses for Natives are rapidly replacing the desolate scrub at Nyanga West. The Cape Town City Council has already built over 350 houses in this township.
Identifier: islandora:15594

Title: Foreshore freeway construction, Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport, Building
Description: The Foreshore Freeway which will link the Eastern and Western boulevards. At bottom, work can be seen in progress over the Culemborg goods yards. To the right of the freeway can be seen the new Customs House under construction. The building under construction below the Sanlam Centre is Caltex House, which is an extension of the existing Douglas Murray Building. The City Council's new parking garage can be seen below the freeway's upper end.
Identifier: islandora:15124

Title: Reflection of Table Mountain, golf course and lighthouse in Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Landscapes, Environment, ,
Description: Still life: Serene in the rosy dawn, Table Mountain looms over Milnerton lighthouse and the golf club, casting an unblemished reflection in Rietvlei.
Identifier: islandora:15300

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