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Title: Aerial view of dredging operations at Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Infrastructure, Landscapes, Real estate development, Engineering
Description: Dredging operations at Rietvlei, just beyond the racecourse at Milnerton, from where sand is being pumped through a pipeline to the site at Paarden Eiland where extensions to the Table Bay docks are being undertaken.
Identifier: islandora:16172

Title: Aerial view of Du Noon near Milnerton, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Infrastructure, Industries, Landscapes, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Du Noon.
Identifier: islandora:15299

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Urban areas, Transport, Infrastructure, Trains
Description: Sites have been cleared for Cape Town's new railway station and the £1,180,000 S.A. Railways administrative block. They are being built on the seaward side of the present station, shown in this aerial photograph. Dominating the Foreshore is the £3,158,00 Culemborg goods terminal and sheds.
Identifier: islandora:15111

Title: Aerial view, Rondebosch Common, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban parks, City planning, Real estate development, Building
Description: Rondebosch Common: the clump of trees in the middle marks the site of Barnabas Shais Tabernacle and two graveyards. The aerial view of Rondebosch Common shows many of the places mentioned by Jose Burman in his article. A: The Camp Ground Road, flanked by a long strip of stone-pines. B: Park Road, running along the south side of the common. C: The newly built Milner Road North, completed in spite of the protests of lovers of the common. D: The group of pines which marks the place where the old chapel known as the Tabernacle once stood (there were also two graveyards there). E: The Red Cross Children's Hospital. F: The Rustenburg Girls' High School. The network of paths revealed by this photograph is hardly noticeable from the ground.
Identifier: islandora:16613

Title: Aerial view, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Urban development, Apartheid
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town after the demolition of District Six (foreground), showing the Castle, railways and freeways into Cape Town, and Woodstock.
Identifier: islandora:17024

Title: Aerial view of the Civic Centre and surrounds, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, City planning, Urban development
Description: An aerial view of the new Civic Centre which is being occupied by the office workers from all over Cape Town in one of the biggest furniture moving operations of all time for the city. The Civic Centre is the tall, dark building to the left of the picture. In the left foreground is the Nico Malan complex, while in the right foreground is the Cape Town Centre. Behind is the Paul Sauer Building which houses the railway headquarters for the Western Cape. Right behind this building is the overall deck of the railway station.
Identifier: islandora:17088

Title: Aerial view of Otto du Plessis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Lion's Head (Cape Town, South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Infrastructure, Building, ,
Description: The Otto du Plessis Drive over the new railway to the container berths in Table Bay harbour has been opened to traffic. The bridge was constructed by Murray and Stewart (Cape Town).
Identifier: islandora:15302

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: Aerial view of people gathering for a funeral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Grief
Description: Crowd which gathered at the location for the funeral of the three killed in the Langa Riots. View of a small part of the huge crowd which gathered at Langa yesterdayfor the funeral of the Africans who were killed in the riot in the township. The photograph was taken before the funeral procession moved off to Langa cemetery, about a mile away.
Identifier: islandora:16296

Title: Aerial view of Milnerton Racecourse, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Infrastructure, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: This impressive aerial picture by the Argus of Milnerton racecourse shows the 1 400 metres straight in the foreground, the round course with the near and far bends in the middle and the white track where the racehorses are worked. The big building on the left is Rietvlei Centre on Koeberg Road.
Identifier: islandora:15291

Title: Aerial view, Signal Hill, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Tourism, Environment, Urban development
Description: Aerial view of the Lion Battery and Noon Gun on Signal Hill above Green Point, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17028

Title: Aerial view of the Delft show village, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid
Description: An aerial view of the Delft show village, the House of Representatives' housing project. Phase I, consisting of 2 000 units, should be sold out by the end of January. Houses are priced from R12 500 to R17 500.
Identifier: islandora:17626

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport
Description: Aerial view of the Foreshore in Cape Town shows the Monumental Park in the foreground, on which the opera house is to be built, flanked on the left by the industrial buildings close to the Culemborg goods yards and on the right by the Sanlam Centre and the new Medipark building. The new station complex and the Paul Sauer Railways Administration building can be seen in the open space between the station, and the Monumental Park is the site for the new Cape Civic Centre.
Identifier: islandora:15119

Title: Aerial view of Cape Town city centre, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, City planning, Urban development, Railways
Description: A fine aerial view of the city centre with the railway station complex in the middle, the Golden Acre towards the top right and the Heerengracht fountains dominating the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:17090

Title: Aerial view of Chrysler's Elsies River plant, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Elsies River (South Africa), Apartheid, Urban development
Description: Aerial view of Chrysler's Elsies River plant.
Identifier: islandora:18115

Title: Aerial view of fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires
Description: Aerial view of fire, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14962

Title: Aerial view of the Delft housing scheme, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Schools,
Description: An aerial view of the Delft housing scheme showing the primary school in the centre. The school was completed at the end of 1991.
Identifier: islandora:17625

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure
Description: A mosaic of concrete and glass formed by modern buildings in the central business district of Cape Town. This aerial view of the city was taken form the foot of the Heerengracht looking up Adderley Street towards the Public Gardens. The city centre today [seems to be] sprouting cars in beds of tar. ...must plan to remove the traffic circle on the Heerengracht, says the City Engineer. And he asks: Is it the best civic layout?'
Identifier: islandora:15115

Title: Aerial view of Paarden Island, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Industrial sites, Transport, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), , ,
Description: Paarden Eiland.
Identifier: islandora:15631

Title: Aerial of Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: An aerial view of part of the vast squatter complex around the University of the Western Cape, in Bellville South, all of which is to be demolished soon. The Coloured Representative Council (CRC) building and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) can be seen at the top left of the picture.
Identifier: islandora:17549

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