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Title: ANC election campaign rally, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Advertising, Political--South Africa--Cape TownPolitical campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: A giant balloon, with the words "ANC, a better life for all", flies over an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally.
Identifier: islandora:5300

Title: Elderly woman knitting, 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: An elderly woman sits and knits at a table in her 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:18517

Title: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1973
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Children, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Housing
Description: Children play among the ruins of an abandoned building in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17236

Title: Map of Cape Town central and neighbouring suburbs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows tramways, railways, principal buildings, bathing places (including the "New Swimming Baths" at Woodstock), the foreshore area and harbour area, marking Victoria Dock, Alfred Dock and the position of the New Basin. Map gives the distances from Adderley Street to various suburbs and other centres as well as available means of transport. There is additional tourist information on the verso of the map., South African Railways and Harbours.
Identifier: islandora:19894

Title: Edith Bruch and family car, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith, Automobiles--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A photo of Edith Bruch sitting in front of the family car, Cape Town, 1937. Part of the car's number plate is visible in the photo.
Identifier: islandora:29846

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: Entrance to a portion of the Governor's residence, Castle, Cape Town, before restoration.
Identifier: islandora:17103

Title: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town
Subject: Streets, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. Landscape proposal., Original drawing in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100; elevation/detail: 1:20
Identifier: islandora:22379

Title: Newlands House, Newlands, Cape Town, 1934
Subject: Newlands (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development
Description: Newlands House in Newlands Avenue, Cape Town, before the front door was moved to the back of the house after the estate's sub-division in 1938.
Identifier: islandora:17477

Title: Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Roads, Transport
Description: Shortmarket Street from Darling Street, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:17391

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Landscape design., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27955

Title: Young girl posing on the pavement, 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 young girl poses on the pavement against a tall building in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18548

Title: Foundation-stone for Van Rieebeck Festival's Gateway to Africa, Cape Town, 1952
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Afrikaner nationalism, Urban development
Description: The foundation-stone for the Gateway to Africa stands protected by a strong wire fence, but whipped by loose sand and rain in a desolate part of the Foreshore. The stone, then surrounded by the pageantry of the Van Riebeeck Festival, was laid on April 5 by a boy scout, a girl guide and a Voortrekker boy and girl. No decision has been made about making a start on building the monumental approach on the Foreshore.
Identifier: islandora:17116

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1900
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Commerce, Roads
Description: Long Street near the turn of the century. The building in the middle still houses John Marcus and Son.
Identifier: islandora:17362

Title: Anglican Church of St. Barnabas, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Built of Table Mountain sandstone and Kloof granite, St. Barnabas's Church has a red roof which contrasts pleasing with the pines that stand as sentinels. The building has the charm that is derived from solid mellowness of weathered stone.
Identifier: islandora:17290

Title: Map of central Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows names of principal streets, the railway system, Table Bay, foreshore development, and an index to main buildings and places of interest., The map is torn and poorly mended.
Identifier: islandora:19922

Title: Moravian Chapel in District Six, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The battered 101 year old Moravian Chapel in what was District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17320

Title: High Constantia, Constantia, Cape Town, 1954
Subject: Constantia (Cape Town South Africa), Colonialism, Culture, Historic buildings, Urban development
Description: Rambling High Constantia, built by Robertson Fuller Bertram early this century, with its chimneys and gables. High Constantia - it has 29 bedrooms - [?] six acres of land was brought today (subject to confirmation) by Mr Duncan Taylor for - 0, 100[?] The seller was the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which received the property as a gift from Sir Henry Price, one of the founders of the Institute. The auctioneers were Zoutendyk and Brand, Ltd.
Identifier: islandora:17467

Title: Sea Point swimming pool, Cape Town
Subject: Sea Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Water
Description: The public swimming pool at Sea Point, Cape Town, 1985.
Identifier: islandora:17197

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