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Title: Statue of Jan van Riebeeck, Cape Town Pier
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Transport, Urban development
Description: Statue of Jan van Riebeeck in its original location at the entrance to Cape Town Pier, circa 1920s.
Identifier: islandora:17073

Title: Swimming race from the Cape Town pier, 1922
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Sport, Recreation, Swimming
Description: 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.]
Identifier: islandora:17185

Title: Horse and cart in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1979.
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Children, Transport
Description: There are still buggies to ride - this one is in the Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:17229

Title: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town
Subject: Parking (area), Streets, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. Layout of parking bays., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22388

Title: St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Claremont, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:17298

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:19874

Title: St Paul's Anglican Church, Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:17282

Title: Snow on Table Mountain, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Weather, Environment
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:17113

Title: Wale Street Baptist Church, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:17291

Title: Molteno Dam, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Environment, Dams, Water, Engineering
Description: Molteno Dam, constructed in 1877, and the Graaff Electric Lighting Works, Cape Town's first power plant, against a backdrop of Lions' Head.
Identifier: islandora:17123

Title: The Nightingales perform comic song, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: The Nightingales sing comic song.
Identifier: islandora:15178

Title: Scheme No. 1. Plan of proposed scheme of sewerage and sewage disposal for the City of Cape Town, May, 1891
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Maps, Sewerage--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Street map of the City of Cape Town showing existing and proposed new sewers. Indicates streets, place names and land use. Relief shown for Lion's Head with hachures. Some colour. Scale 1 6/8 inch to 1000 feet
Identifier: islandora:25131

Title: Family sitting in living room of their rented house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Residence, Families, Residents, Home, ,
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:15168

Title: Man performs a solo piece while choir sing in background, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: Man performs a solo piece while choir sing in background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15175

Title: Beethoven Piano Concerto Festival (day 1), Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa : concert programme
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30249

Title: Rondebosch, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban development
Description: Cattle grazing on commonage in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17475

Title: Storm damage at Cape Town Harbour, Cape Town, 1971
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Weather, Storms, Wind
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:17126

Title: Harbour, Cape Town, 1969
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Development, Commerce, Infrastructure
Description: Cape Town Harbour, Table Bay, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17140

Title: Bearded man reading at a table inside his home in 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 bearded man sits at a table and reads in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city. It is not known whether this man is Jewish or Muslim.
Identifier: islandora:18524

Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Motorcars
Description: Building dating to 1904 in Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Identifier: islandora:17505

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