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Title: Man looks out to sea at the remains of a ship, Cape Town
Subject: Shipwrecks, Ocean, Industrial sites, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Unknown man looks out at unknown shipwreck, Paarden Eiland, Cape town.
Identifier: islandora:15630

Title: Protesters carry lilies, World War 2 memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations
Description: Protesters carry lilies while standing in front of the World War 2 memorial.
Identifier: islandora:16415

Title: Transvaal Arch, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, Monuments, Colonialism, History
Description: South African union, Cape Town, 1910, Transvaal Arch
Identifier: islandora:14908

Title: Tram in Camps Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Transport, Tramways, Recreation, History, Urban development
Description: This photograph is a very clear view of a tram operating in Camps Bay streets. It depicts busy streets with crowds waiting to 'catch a ride' on the tram.
Identifier: islandora:16951

Title: St. Peter's Cemetery, Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Cemeteries, Memorials, Land, Wrecking
Description: Soon to be razed: St. Peter's Cemetery in Observatory, which is being sold to a developer. It is believed permission will be sought to have the land rezoned to allow for residential development. The church is to use the funds to buy a block of flats.
Identifier: islandora:15146

Title: District Six museum, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Post-apartheid era
Description: District Six Museum, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18013

Title: UCT student protest, Jammie steps, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations
Description: In favour: students at the University of Cape Town give an overwhelming "aye" to proposals for an action committee and continued protests.
Identifier: islandora:16395

Title: English Mission Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Landscapes
Description: The English Mission Church at Protea Village. Villagers working at night helped to build it more than 50 years ago.
Identifier: islandora:16052

Title: Police dog bites school girl, Mowbray school, Cape Town
Subject: Mowbray (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth, School children
Description: Police dog bites school girl at Mowbray school after illegal occupation.
Identifier: islandora:17790

Title: Black River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Black River (South Africa), Water, Weeds, Environment, Plants, Parrot's-feather (Plant)
Description: Left: Close-up of parrot's feather. This insidious weed has choked parts of the Black River and is making its way into the Liesbeek.
Identifier: islandora:16581

Title: Railway link being built between Langa and Nyanga, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping Industria (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Transport, Infrastructure
Description: Railway link now being built between Langa and Nyanga will run between the factories of Epping Industrial Township (at the left) and natives' homes in Langa location (right). Future development of Epping is planned to extend over the expanse of bush in the left background.
Identifier: islandora:18137

Title: Women chain themselves to a gate in protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Robben Island (South Africa), Hunger strikes, Apartheid
Description: Women chain themselves to a gate in protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16089

Title: Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Monuments, Landscapes
Description: Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16215

Title: Goodwood Cape Show Ground, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agriculture, Apartheid
Description: Aerial shot of the Cape Show Grounds, Goodwood, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15866

Title: Cape Colony Arch, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Monuments, Colonialism
Description: Cape Colony Arch, 1910, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14898

Title: Inaugural congress of the South African Domestic Workers' Union, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Trade unions, Domestic workers, Apartheid
Description: Domestics unite: Delegates to the inaugural congress of the South African Domestic Workers' Union (SADWU) at the University of Western Cape (UWC) at the weekend which united 50 000 domestic workers from several organisations in one union.
Identifier: islandora:18037

Title: Police major issuing instructions, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Media, Law enforcement
Description: A police major issues instructions in Parliament Street yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16435

Title: Woman holds a tissue as she cries over the loss of her son, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Grief, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: Mrs Elizabeth Fortuin weeps over the death of her son Bernard, 15, who was shot dead by police in Halt Road, Elsie's River, yesterday. Bernard, a standard five pupil, was one of two youths shot dead when police opened fire on a stone throwing crowd.
Identifier: islandora:16179

Title: De Waal Drive march, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Concord
Description: De Waal Drive march.
Identifier: islandora:16053

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