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Swimming race from the Cape Town pier, 1922
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Sport, Recreation, Swimming
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Description
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Competitors in the Gordons Gala in Cape Town in 1922 had a tough venue for their races: the old Cape Town pier, where this picture was taken of the mens' two-mile event. [The photograph is one of several appearing on special sepia pages of the prestige 56-page Cape Times Centenary Supplement, which appears as an extra section with all copies of the Cape Times on Saturday, March 27.]
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Identifier
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islandora:17185
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Title
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Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town
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Subject
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Parking (area), Streets, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town,
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Description
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Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. Layout of parking bays., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
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Identifier
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islandora:22388
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Title
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St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Claremont, Cape Town, 1961
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Subject
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Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
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Description
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St. Saviour's Church, Claremont, stands on five acres of lawns and trees. The original church, which was consecrated in 1850, was made of rough mountain stone and had a thatched roof. Since then six bays, a new chancel, a lady chapel and vestry accommodation have been added.
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Identifier
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islandora:17298
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Title
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City of Cape Town and environs
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
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Description
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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.
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Identifier
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islandora:19874
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Title
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St Paul's Anglican Church, Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1961
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
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Description
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St. Paul's was consecrated in 1880 and serves a large Anglican community living in the city and on the slopes of Signal Hill. Built in traditional English style, it has seating for 900 people and on high festivals there is standing room only.
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Identifier
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islandora:17282
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Title
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Snow on Table Mountain, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Weather, Environment
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Description
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A view of the snow on Table Mountain to-day : the picture was taken by The Argus photographer from the cableway station and shows the snow-covered roof of the café. In some parts the snow banked up four to six inches deep.
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Identifier
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islandora:17113
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Title
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Wale Street Baptist Church, Cape Town, 1965
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
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Description
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Another landmark to go: the Baptist Church in Wale Street which will be closing next Sunday and moving to new premises in Orange Street, where services will be conducted for the first time on March 14. The Wale Street building will taken over by a property firm and demolished.
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Identifier
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islandora:17291
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Molteno Dam, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Environment, Dams, Water, Engineering
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Description
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Molteno Dam, constructed in 1877, and the Graaff Electric Lighting Works, Cape Town's first power plant, against a backdrop of Lions' Head.
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Identifier
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islandora:17123
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Family sitting in living room of their rented house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Malay, Residence, Families, Residents, Home, ,
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Description
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A rental of R80 a month for this elegant five-roomed house in the Malay Quarter is considered 'very fair' by the present tenant, 28-year-old Mr Mogammed Noor Salie, a wages clerk for a big building firm. His wife, Mrs Rhoda Salie, with her two-year-old son, Zaahir, sitting on her lap, relaxes in the spacious living room with her sister-in-law, Maariyah Adams, and her two sons, Faizel and Nazeem Standing is 70-year-old grandfather Mr Achmat Salie.
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Identifier
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islandora:15168
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Title
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Rondebosch, Cape Town
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Subject
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Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban development
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Description
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Cattle grazing on commonage in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:17475
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Storm damage at Cape Town Harbour, Cape Town, 1971
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Weather, Storms, Wind
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Description
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Gale-force winds, gusting at times to more than 70 knots, yesterday whipped Cape Town Harbour, making it impossible to work shipping. On land a large crane was blown over, shop windows damaged, and other storm damage was reported.
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Identifier
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islandora:17126
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Harbour, Cape Town, 1969
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Development, Commerce, Infrastructure
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Description
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Cape Town Harbour, Table Bay, Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:17140