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Title: Old Supreme Court, Cape Town 1938
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Slavery, Courts
Description: The old Supreme Court at the top of Adderley Street, then housed in a building designed by Louis Michel Thibault and completed in 1679, and originally used to house the slaves of the Dutch East India Company. Converted to Government offices in 1811.
Identifier: islandora:17216

Title: Franschhoek Manor
Subject: Planting plans, Franschhoek Manor (Hotel : Franschhoek, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Franschhoek--Designs and plans,
Description: Franschhoek Manor, Franschhoek, Western Cape. Master landscape plan, dimension plan and plant plan., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Identifier: islandora:28016

Title: Aska House, Newlands
Subject: Aska House (Cape Town, South Africa), Office buildings--Landscape architecture-- South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Aska House, Newlands, Cape Town. Landscaping layout (copy)., Hand-drawn additions to CAD base plan., Not scaled
Identifier: islandora:22259

Title: Volunteer War Memorial in front of the City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South African War (1899-1902), Sculpture, Architecture
Description: Volunteer War Memorial on the Grand Parade, Cape Town. The inscription reads: "To the undying honour of those sons of the city who gave up their lives (1899-1902) for love of the Motherland and in defense of the Colony during the Anglo-Boer War. This memorial is erected by the citizens of Cape Town".
Identifier: islandora:17485

Title: Old Slave Tree, Church Square, Cape Town, circa 1910
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Slavery, Slaves, Colonialism, Architecture
Description: The Old Slave Tree on Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17487

Title: Fernwood Gates, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Architecture, ,
Description: Fernwood Gates - Boshoff Avenue - Newlands.
Identifier: islandora:15554

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: Garden, Constantia
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Constantia, Cape Town. Final sketch plan for new garden, including existing trees to be retained, proposed trees to be planted, shrubs and ground cover, lawns, driveway, paths and water features. There are four sections: along window wall; informal bench rock feature; formal pond and fountain; and water feature and stone bridge. Drawing no.: A5/4/Rev. inc. A5/2. Revision date: 6 January 1992., Paper copy of hand-drawn original.
Identifier: islandora:28116

Title: St. Stephen's Church, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Architectural heritage: wooden casement windows in the historic St. Stephen's Church on Riebeeck Square are being replaced as part of a restoration project sponsored by the Vernacular Architecture Society. The church was built in 1800 as the first theatre in South Africa and helped relieve the garrison's boredom during the first British occupation. It became part of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in 1857. Restoration workers, from left, Mr Kennet Plaatjies, Mr Sedick Slemming and Mr Shaheed Hendricks help conservation architect Mrs Pat Riley of the National Monuments Council size up a replacement window.
Identifier: islandora:17273

Title: Demolition in Chiappini Street, District Six, Cape Town, 1971
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Demolition, Race discrimination, City planning
Description: Block busting off Chiappini Street. Note the car lying on its side on the roof of a building and Small and Morgan's old timber yard chimney.
Identifier: islandora:17472

Title: Civic Centre, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, Civil society, Local government, Architecture
Description: The Civic Centre at Bellville where the annual congress of the Cape Western Regional Publicity Association will be opened by the Mayor of Bellville, Mr. W. J. Bezuidenhout, to-day. The Civic Centre contains a civic theatre, council chamber and administrative offices. A city hall will be added in 1967. The "Cape Times" will publish next Wednesday, November 4, a special supplement on the great progress that has been made in recent years at Bellville.
Identifier: islandora:16785

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Water gardens, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Proposed water garden for bedroom suites on the south east side of the hotel. Dimension plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27943

Title: Apartheid-era whites-only restaurant at D.F. Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Airlines--Food service, Segregation, Architecture
Description: Restaurant at D.F.Malan Airport during the apartheid era. This restaurant was reserved for whites only.
Identifier: islandora:15878

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1957, Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15104

Title: Adderley Street fountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: The fountain pictured in Adderley Street today looks a thirsty sight. It may soon blossom into life again.
Identifier: islandora:15102

Title: Cape Town Castle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Military infrastructure, Tourism, Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Voorplein at the Castle, Cape Town (published 4 October 1990).
Identifier: islandora:17205

Title: The old Railway building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The old Railway Institute building in Adderley Street as it was and as it is today. Soon it will be no more.
Identifier: islandora:16160

Title: Offices of Herbert Penny & Co, St George's Street, Cape Town, circa 1925
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Real estate agents, Urban development, Commerce
Description: In the beginning: Herbert Penny's offices at 45 St Georges Street. The picture was taken about 1925.
Identifier: islandora:17188

Title: Bellville shopping centre, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Afrikaners, Commerce, Architecture
Description: Water fountain in a Bellville shopping centre, early 1970s
Identifier: islandora:16780

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

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