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Title: Aerial view of central Cape Town, circa 1940s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historical, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town before the development of high-rise buildings.
Identifier: islandora:17045

Title: Albian Road, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Suburbs, Buildings, Roads, Infrastructure, Residential buildings
Description: House on Albian Road, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16598

Title: Girl standing in corridor, 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, Girls--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A young woman stands and poses for the camera in the corridor of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18507

Title: Black woman petrol attendant, Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Women, Influx control, Transport,
Description: An African petrol attendant, one of six employed on the same driveway, fills up at a BP service station in Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15873

Title: Squatter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women
Description: Crossroads - A squatter woman who was one of the many in Nyanga yesterday. The women asked to return to the land they occupied before the fighting last year. Hammers carried by some were symbolic of their wish to build homes.
Identifier: islandora:17574

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Planting plans, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Redevelopment of the east gardens. Dimension and plant plan. Revision of February 1996 plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27950

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Roodeheuwel, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting consisting of finger dots in black, 5.5 inches wide.
Identifier: islandora:21670

Title: UWC march to DET offices, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth, University of Western Cape, South Africa. Department of Education and Training
Description: University of the Western Cape (UWC) march to the Department of Education and Training (DET) offices, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17799

Title: Devil's Peak, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Landscapes, natural scenery, Environment, Mountains
Description: Table Mountain and Devil's Peak with vlei and birds.
Identifier: islandora:16620

Title: Fishermen at Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Fishing industry, Beaches
Description: It is 6.30 am and the fisherman are folding nets into the boat in preparation for the catch. Their livelihood will be seriously affected by restrictions imposed on them by the Fish Hoek Town Council this week. The fisherman have no other source of income.
Identifier: islandora:15004

Title: Fire on table mountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Fire departments
Description: A fireman silhouetted against the blazing background of last night's fire on the slopes of Table Mountain. This photograph was taken below Tafelberg Road about 10:15pm.
Identifier: islandora:14946

Title: Fire station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Fires, Disasters, Fire departments
Description: Fire station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14923

Title: Stal Plein, Cape Town, 1946
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: Stal Plein, a suggested site for a civic theatre.
Identifier: islandora:17203

Title: Emaillit Prodorite tank, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Industry, Labour, Business, Infrastructure
Description: An Emaillit Prodorite [EP] filament wound polyester Emglass tank in production at EP's Cape factory. EP recently produced their 2,OOOth tank of this kind.
Identifier: islandora:14515

Title: House on Meadway Road, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: No. 4 Meadway belongs to Mr D.B. Sides.
Identifier: islandora:15828

Title: Films and filmmaking, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Motion pictures, Apartheid
Description: Films and filmmaking, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14555

Title: Victorian Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Cape Town Victorian Church
Identifier: islandora:17325

Title: Agricultural control boards in the apartheid era , Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agricultural industries, Apartheid, Commerce
Description: The Agricultural Control Boards Hall which was redecorated for the Cape Show at the Goodwood showgrounds.
Identifier: islandora:15868

Title: Plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Public works--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Map showing a plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, with districts, district boundaries, cities and towns, rivers, routes, and hachures. Some colours. Scale 30 Miles to 1 Inch. At head of title: Papers respecting the Cape of Good Hope
Identifier: islandora:30032

Title: Nurses say farewell to their chief matron, Cape Town
Subject: Medical care, Nurses, Groote Schuur Hospital (Cape Town, South Africa), ,
Description: Groote Schuur Hospital nurses say goodbye to their chief matron, Miss Patricia Brassell, at the end of her last shift. She retired yesterday after 37 years of service.
Identifier: islandora:15610

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