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Title: Searle street resident receives blessing, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Religion, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Mrs Mabel Dias, 91, of Searle Street hopes that she will die before the bulldozers reach there. Here she receives a blessing from Father Basil Van Rensburg of Holy Cross parish.
Identifier: islandora:17984

Title: Ticket inspector helps commuters with timetable, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Infrastructure, Railroad trains, ,
Description: Railways ticket inspector Mr Cornelius Jackson was on hand at the Mitchell's Plain station early today to help commuters with a timetable. The new rail service came into effect today.
Identifier: islandora:15353

Title: Bulldozer destroys shacks at Modderdam Road, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa)
Description: Shacks at Modderdam Road squatter camp in Bellville South, home to Africans regarded as being in Cape Town illegally by apartheid authorities, was destroyed by two bulldozers during one week in August 1977
Identifier: islandora:16838

Title: Cranes, Cape Town Harbour, 1978
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Harbours, Infrastructure, Building, Industry
Description: An everyday sight at the docks, perhaps, but it needed the keen eye of Argus photographer to recognise the artistic possibilities of strong geometric shapes set off against the muted backdrop of Table Mountain, and compose this picture.
Identifier: islandora:17136

Title: Church Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Roads
Description: Looking up Church Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17507

Title: Children play outside, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Squatter settlements, Poverty, Apartheid, ,
Description: Children play outside the black tents. Without passes their parents can not get permanent jobs so there is no money for Christmas presents or festive foods.
Identifier: islandora:15589

Title: OK Bazaar staff canteen, Cape Town
Subject: Employees, ,
Description: Mitchell's Plain - T/Centre / OK Bazzaar Mitchell's Plain staff canteen.
Identifier: islandora:15336

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: Docks pre-1950, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), Ships, History
Description: Cape Town docks, pre-1950.
Identifier: islandora:17961

Title: Winnie Mandela mingles with celebrities, Cape Town
Subject: circa 1990, Mandela, Winnie, Gabriel, Peter, 1950-
Description: Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela. Left: Peter Gabriel, singer and songwriter.
Identifier: islandora:14730

Title: Aerial view, Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Cemeteries, Aerial views, Buildings, Infrastructure, Urban areas
Description: St Peter's Cemetery, Observatory, is on the left of the picture, between Main Road and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:15126

Title: The Mouille Point blue train, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Railroad trains - Maintenance and repair, ,
Description: Mr Johnny Peters, driver of the Mouille Point blue train, fondly touches the wheel of the engine as it is lifted off the tracks to undergo a well deserved overhaul.
Identifier: islandora:15375

Title: Clerk and interpreter talk to squatters about relocating, Cape Town
Subject: Authority, Forced removals (South Africa), Homeless persons, ,
Description: Transit talk: Milnerton town clerk Mr Peter Gerber uses an interpreter in discussions with squatters about their relocation to the temporary transit area next week.
Identifier: islandora:15298

Title: AIDS campaigns, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), AIDS activists, HIV-positive persons
Description: Being positive: Peter Uitdenbosch, left, Noel Pillay and Cindy Robins, right, are all HIV positive and not afraid to say so. With them is Cape Town mayoress Mrs Trish van der Velde, an active AIDS campaigner.
Identifier: islandora:17637

Title: World War I Battle of Delville Wood memorial service, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Veterans, Memorials
Description: George Rusell, 70, left, met up with World War 1 veterans Mr Peter Coetzee, 98, Mr Ben Crouss and Mr Reg Linden, 92, at a Delville Wood Memorial Service in the Gardens yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16639

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Mrs Gazeba Jacobs, who has sold flowers in or near the City centre for 60 years, was able to produce heer permit to sell proteas when Nature Conservation Officer Mr John Samuels (left) and trainee inspector Mr Peter Walker visited the Adderley Street flower arcade.
Identifier: islandora:15050

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Mrs Gazeba Jacobs, who has sold flowers in or near the City centre for 60 years, was able to produce heer permit to sell proteas when Nature Conservation Officer Mr John Samuels (left) and trainee inspector Mr Peter Walker visited the Adderley Street flower arcade.
Identifier: islandora:14649

Title: Mother with five children, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Armed forces
Description: Babeta, wife of Lieutenant Commander John Henry Wicht, who is in charge of the Robben Island naval base, poses with their five children (left to right) Jolene, Louise, David, Peter and Johan. Mrs Wicht was once a social worker in Harlem, New York.
Identifier: islandora:16517

Title: Party members arrive for the council's opening session, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Federal Party members arrive at the Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) today for the official opening of the council's third session at Bellville. From left (front): Mr Peter Swartz, administrative secretary of the party, Mr Tom Swartz, leader of the party and chairman of the CRC executive, and Dr C.C. Pilcher, chief whip.
Identifier: islandora:15983

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