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Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Outer court or Bailey at the Castle, Cape Town, before restoration, looking towards the Captain's Tower
Identifier: islandora:17106

Title: Art Nouveau architecture on Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Art, Culture, Historic buildings
Description: Merchants, Long Street, Cape Town. One of the oldest buildings on Long Street, the original building at Merchants dates back 350 years and was made [with] slate from Table Mountain. After many iterations through the centuries it survives today as a fine example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Identifier: islandora:17456

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Flower sellers, 1936
Identifier: islandora:15041

Title: Central Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Historic buildings, Energy, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town from the Dock Road Power Station towards Table Mountain, 1970.
Identifier: islandora:17093

Title: Table Bay and Cape Town, from the foot of Table Mountain
Subject: Table Bay (South Africa)--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town and Table Bay beyond, from a vantage point on Table Mountain. There is shipping in Table Bay and Bloubergstrand can be seen in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26366

Title: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, City planning, Transport
Description: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:17441

Title: Man sitting on wall with his young son, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A man sits on a low wall outside his home and pats the head of his young son who is eating an ice-cream, District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18537

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Text in English and Afrikaans., This coloured version of the 1937 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., 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 and this coloured digital set is incomplete. These digital copies of sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the series have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19889

Title: View over the City Bowl from Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1888
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: 1888: Cape Town had not yet encroached on Devil's Peak and Table Mountain. Note Roeland Street, which ended up as a track leading to a quarry.
Identifier: islandora:17191

Title: Central Methodist Mission Church, Cape Town, 1994
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Architecture, Christianity, Historic buildings
Description: Museum site: the Central Methodist Mission Church in Buitenkant Street. [Exhibition will show signs of the times.]
Identifier: islandora:17323

Title: Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Green Point, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historical buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The Jarvis Street Baptist Church, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, will soon be moved away to the Cape Flats.
Identifier: islandora:17309

Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, circa 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Urban development
Description: Looking into the first railway station in Cape Town, from the Castle.
Identifier: islandora:17430

Title: House in Wale Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition, Urban development
Description: Old house at the top of Wale Street.
Identifier: islandora:17206

Title: Aerial view, Signal Hill, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Tourism, Environment, Urban development
Description: Aerial view of the Lion Battery and Noon Gun on Signal Hill above Green Point, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17028

Title: Water pump in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Botanical gardens, Infrastructure, Water
Description: Seized by the tree it watered : this curiosity of the public gardens (it may be seated in reply to F.S., Firmount-Road, Sea Point) dates from pre-1850 days, when there were a number of wells in the Gardens. When a proper water service was laid on, these wells were abandoned and filled in. This pump, which bears the date 1842 embossed on it, was at the head of one of these wells. It was absorbed and lifted nearly five feet from the ground by the maturing oak to which it was probably originally attached.
Identifier: islandora:17243

Title: Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town
Subject: National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Garden centers (Retail trade)--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town. Proposals for a gardener's hub at Kirstenbosch Garden. Axonometric sketch; section; and perspectives including spiral court water feature, garden centre shop interior, spiral court terrace, main entrance paypoint, and visitor information and orientation centre. Competition entry., Paper copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27983

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development
Description: Duncan Dock, Foreshore.
Identifier: islandora:15082

Title: The Earl and Countess of Athlone with Mr & Mrs. Lancelot Ussher at their Newlands home, Cape Town
Subject: Dwellings--South Africa--Cape Town, Aristocracy (Social class), South Africa--Social life and customs, Colonialism
Description: The Earl and Countess of Athlone with Mr. & Mrs. Lancelot Ussher of Newlands, with whom they are staying at Newlands
Identifier: islandora:14785

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This shaded version of the 1933 Cape Town map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city 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 and by shading., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., The library does not hold a printed set of the 1933 shaded edition of this map. These digital copies of sheets 09a, 12a, 15a and 23 have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19875

Title: Liederabend - Schumann and his circle - Presented by Kamal Khan, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:28238

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