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Title: Aerial view of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Despite all the problems related to the development of new townships - such as a lack of adequate facilities, long distances to travel to work and an increasing crime rate - experiment in low cost housing, Mitchell's Plain, continues to mushroom over the Cape Flats, reaching from the sea at Strandfontein towards The Strand and inland to the out [...] Designed to house more people than Kimberly, Bloemfontein, East London or Maritzburg, the Plain [...] This dramatic aerial photograph shows about one quarter of Mitchell's Plain, stretching out towards the Hottentots Holland mountains in the distance. Another 12 600 homes, which will cost more than R600 million, are planned to complete [...]
Identifier: islandora:15342

Title: Woman scoops up sand from window-sill, Cape Town
Subject: Weather, Residential buildings, Winds, ,
Description: Mrs Mariam Stoutz scoops sand blown on to her bedroom window-sill.
Identifier: islandora:15339

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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: This corner of Muizenberg beach shows the famous rollers but not a swimmer in sight - a recent helicopter picture which might remind you of the summer just finished.
Identifier: islandora:15398

Title: Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Infrastructure, Historic districts, ,
Description: Residences in Loader Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15207

Title: Boshoff slave quarters in Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Architecture, ,
Description: The striking stone pillars at the entrance to the historic Boshoff slave quarters in Newlands which have been provisionally declared a national monument.
Identifier: islandora:15559

Title: Historic Valkenberg homestead, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Valkenberg Mental Hospital, ,
Description: The historic Valkenberg homestead at Observatory - rotting in the rain.
Identifier: islandora:15581

Title: Street in Ocean View, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), , ,
Description: Ocean View.
Identifier: islandora:15607

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

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