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Title: Rondebosch Main Road, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), History, Buildings, Suburbs, Infrastructure
Description: Main Road, Rondebosch, showing fountain.
Identifier: islandora:16609

Title: The old Opera House, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Performing arts, Demolition, Urban development
Description: The old Opera House: many of Cape Town's senior citizens will remember the old Opera House which was opened in 1893 and demolished in 1937. It stood at the corner of Darling and Parliament Streets on the site presently occupied by the General Post Office and was built before the present Standard Bank Building was extended from Adderley Street through to Parliament Street (or Grave Street as it was then known). The Opera House Restaurant on the first floor was for many years one of the most popular eating-out establishments in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17182

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:19864

Title: Police, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, South African Police, Apartheid
Description: Police at Crossroads form up to leave the camp after the raid in which hundreds of people were arrested.
Identifier: islandora:17553

Title: Pageant of South Africa, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, Festivals, Colonialism
Description: Pageant of South Africa, 1910, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14546

Title: Vredehoek residents, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Vredehoek (Cape Town, South Africa), Disasters, Fires
Description: A domestic worker, face muffled, and a Vredehoek resident make their escape from the encroaching flames and smoke after fire swept across Devil's Peak yesterday. The dog was one of many pets who had breathing problems because of the smoke. Rose, the maid and Sheba, the dog.
Identifier: islandora:14967

Title: Crossroads resident, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Son shot. Mrs Ethelene Beja, 63, of Old Crossroads, whose son Sipoto, 28, was shot dead through his sister's front door during a campaign of intimidation against residents moving into newly built homes.
Identifier: islandora:17596

Title: Winnie Mandela with supporters at a rally, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Demonstrations
Description: Winnie Mandela and supporters
Identifier: islandora:14412

Title: PAC member shows cabinet where documents were confiscated by police, Cape Town
Subject: Pan Africanist Congress, Politics, Law enforcement, ,
Description: Cleaned out - A Pan African Congress (PAC) member in disguise shows one of several steel cabinets from where documents, membership lists and PAC literature were confiscated during a police raid on the PAC's Salt River offices yesterday morning.
Identifier: islandora:15693

Title: Policeman speaks to Pagad member, Cape Town
Subject: Pagad (Organization), Vigilantes, Law enforcement, ,
Description: Policeman speaks to Pagad member, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15654

Title: Man writes the name of a fallen comrade on a tombstone, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Religion, Islam, Funerals, Grief
Description: Man writes the name of a fallen comrade on a tombstone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16221

Title: Gugulethu 7, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, Funerals, Anti-apartheid activists, United Democratic Front (South Africa)
Description: Protesting activists and supporters of the United Democratic Front (UDF) demonstrate at the funeral of the 7 "terrorists", Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17684

Title: Protester blows on horn, Cape Town
Subject: Demonstrations, Political activists, ,
Description: Oudekraal protests.
Identifier: islandora:15622

Title: 1989 political demonstrations, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police
Description: 1989 political demonstrations, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17722

Title: Men putting the finishing touches on a house, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, House construction, ,
Description: The finishing touches are given to one of the five newly-built pre-fabricated houses in Nyanga West which Mrs Stott, the president of the Black Sash, had built at a cost of £250 each after raising the money from sympathizers.
Identifier: islandora:15592

Title: Portrait of Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Religious leaders
Description: Allan Boesak
Identifier: islandora:14831

Title: Union celebrations in Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Colonialism
Description: Union celebrations, Adderley St. from Darling St. junction.
Identifier: islandora:14534

Title: Aerial view of Marina Da Gama, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscapes, Residential buildings, , ,
Description: Aerial view of Marina Da Gama, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15256

Title: Chasing a restless muse - a lecture recital by Dr John Purser, Chisholm Recital Room, South African College of Music, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30225

Title: Winnie being interviewed by the media, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Press conferences
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela being interviewed at DF Malan airport after first family visit in 24 years to jailed ANC [African National Congress] leader
Identifier: islandora:14722

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