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Title: Young boy pretends to be a riot policeman, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: The peaceful ebb of weekend life returned to Cape Town's riot-torn townships today. Here, a small Guguletu boy dressed in a camouflaged suit parodies riot police as he marches down the quiet main street.
Identifier: islandora:16366

Title: Outside bathroom used by nine domestic servants, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Domestic workers, Apartheid
Description: The outside bathroom and toilet used by nine domestic servants. Some of the girls said that they preferred to take a basin of hot water to their bedrooms as the bathroom only had cold water and they found the conditions unhygienic.
Identifier: islandora:18049

Title: Camps Bay, Cape Town, 1946
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Roads, Urban development, Commerce, Recreation,
Description: Beach Road in Camps Bay in the late 1940s
Identifier: islandora:16957

Title: Modern home in Elsies River built by the family, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Elsies River (South Africa), Apartheid, Housing, Residential buildings
Description: A modern home in Elsies River built by the family.
Identifier: islandora:18117

Title: Anti-drug protests, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Anti-drug protests, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17738

Title: New printing press for the Cape Times, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Press, Southern African Newspapers, Printing presses
Description: The new R300,000 printing press which is to be installed in the Cape Times building in Burg Street. It is expected that it will be in operation before the end of the year. The new press is capable of producing a 32 page newspaper, four pages of which will take three superimposed colours, and four other pages which will take one superimposed colour. This picture was taken at Hoe & Crabtree's works in London where the press was assembled and test run prior to shipment.
Identifier: islandora:16047

Title: Pig and Whistle, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Bars (Drinking establishments), Restaurants
Description: Pig and Whistle, Rondebosch, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16624

Title: Police try to contain a protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, South African Police
Description: Police try to contain a protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17880

Title: Policemen climb out of their truck after a tear gas canister went off, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: Policemen tumble from a Casspir after a teargas canister was accidentally triggered in the vehicle at Steenberg yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16234

Title: Participants in Buffalo Rally from Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Motorcycles, Apartheid, Recreation, Transport
Description: Grease for peace, says "Mad" Morgan Moodley, as his loaded "Black Wing" rumbles through Cape Town en route for the Buffalo Rally in Maseru. With him is Yolanda Julius and they are flying the flag of the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club - as slightly modified Stars and Stripes.
Identifier: islandora:16897

Title: Discarded rubbish can be seen in Princess Vlei, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Princess Vlei (South Africa), Water, Trees, Pollution, Environment
Description: Princess Vlei
Identifier: islandora:16578

Title: Day of the Covenant ceremony at Groote Schuur Estate, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture, Religion
Description: A crowd of about 400 people attended the Day of the Covenant ceremony at the Groote Schuur Estate in 1976, including numerous women in Voortrekker costume. The service was led by Dr A. J. G. Dreyer. Professor D. J. Kotze, of the faculty of history at the University of Stellenbosch, was the main speaker.
Identifier: islandora:16649

Title: Unfinished highway, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport
Description: Tthe western approach from Green Point above the Buitengracht intersection.
Identifier: islandora:15120

Title: Holocaust memorial service, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Jews, Holocaust, Jewish, (1939-1945), Religion
Description: Remembering those who died in the Holocaust, 1994
Identifier: islandora:16647

Title: Signing petition against proposed kaolin mine, Cape Town
Subject: Fish Hoek (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Environmental activists
Description: More than 1 000 people have signed the petition against the proposed kaolin mine at Noordhoek. Originated by Commodore Andrew McMurray, Progressive Federal Party candidate in Simon's Town in last year's election, the petition drew shoppers to the signing table in Fish Hoek on Saturday morning. In the picture, Mr Robin Frank who manned the table, watches Mrs Lynette Barling register her disapproval of the mining scheme.
Identifier: islandora:17731

Title: Aerial view, Rondebosch Common, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban parks, City planning, Real estate development, Building
Description: Rondebosch Common: the clump of trees in the middle marks the site of Barnabas Shais Tabernacle and two graveyards. The aerial view of Rondebosch Common shows many of the places mentioned by Jose Burman in his article. A: The Camp Ground Road, flanked by a long strip of stone-pines. B: Park Road, running along the south side of the common. C: The newly built Milner Road North, completed in spite of the protests of lovers of the common. D: The group of pines which marks the place where the old chapel known as the Tabernacle once stood (there were also two graveyards there). E: The Red Cross Children's Hospital. F: The Rustenburg Girls' High School. The network of paths revealed by this photograph is hardly noticeable from the ground.
Identifier: islandora:16613

Title: False Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), False Bay (Western Cape, South Africa), Mountains, Landscapes, Ocean
Description: Perched on a mountain top high above False Bay, the view is magnificent. This photograph, taken from Silvermine Mountain above Kalk Bay, shows Elsie's Peak and Simonstown mountains in the background.
Identifier: islandora:14879

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Flower sellers, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14643

Title: Thousands gather in protest over the increase in violence, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Communities, Concord, Peace
Description: Thousands gather in protest over the increase in violence, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16074

Title: Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Urban development, Building, Architecture, Environment
Description: Visitors and tourists who delight in capturing with their cameras the many beauty spots of the "Incomplete Cape" will recognize this familiar scene view of Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, taken from the Glen. Two aspects, however, combining ancient and modern features, are depicted here. In the foreground is the old and famous Round House tearoom, built originally as a shooting box for Lord Charles Somerset. On the left is the ancient Round House Annexe - the feature of which as a Youth Hostel has been the subject of recent municipal discussion. The modern aspect lies in the middle distance where part of the amazing development of Camps Bay can be seen.
Identifier: islandora:16948

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