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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: Table Mountain etc. from the Beach of Table Bay
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town at the foot of Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head just right of centre and Signal Hill on the right, with several ships in the Bay and figures in the foreground. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26398

Title: Dredging soil from Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Industries, Building, ,
Description: Dredging of five million cubic metres of soil from Rietvlei, near Milnerton, started at the weekend. Picture shows the end of an 8.5km pipeline through which the soil, mixed with sea water, is pumped to Table Bay (opposite Paarden Eiland) to fill a huge area being reclaimed from the sea to extend Cape Town Docks. Reclamation will continue till November.
Identifier: islandora:15307

Title: Protesters push against locked gates of Table View police station, Cape Town
Subject: Table View (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Police stations
Description: Locked out: Protesters push against the locked gates of the Table View police station yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17757

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: 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: Aerial view towards Table Bay
Subject: Table Bay, Aerial view
Description: "Feb 1964"
Identifier: islandora:7506

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Table Bay (South Africa), Fishing industry, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood, Weather, Winds
Description: A fairly large number of Saldanha-based trawlers were forced to take shelter in Table Bay this week because of the high winds at sea. According to port officials the vessels were all wooden pelagic catchers and their skippers had indicated that the off-shore area between Saldanha and Cape Town had been hammered by south-easterly winds of up to 70 knots. Table Bay itself was lashed by a gale with gusts of up to 55 knots.
Identifier: islandora:15022

Title: Fishermen on the beach, Table Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Recreation, Beaches, Environment, Families
Description: Cape Town mountain taken from the beach.
Identifier: islandora:17133

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: View from rugby fields
Subject: People, Table Mountain, Devil’s Peak, Rugby fields, Jameson Hall
Identifier: islandora:7522

Title: Tablecloth on Table Mountain, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Weather
Description: A bank of cloud over Table Mountain and Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17048

Title: Navy technical trainees clean beach between Milnerton lagoon and Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Environment, Refuse and refuse disposal, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: More than 100 Navy technical trainees from Wingfield tackled the mammoth task of trying to clean the beach between Milnerton lagoon and Blouberg. The operation, which took place during a three-week recess of the SA Defence Force Technical Institute, was chosen because most of the debris fouling that beach came from passing shipping. Picking up rubbish are, from left, ratings Lloyd Ventre, David Sivertsen, Harold Beyers, Johan Roux, Harold Harte, Michael Terblanche and David Williams.
Identifier: islandora:15297

Title: Sitting outside
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, man, table, jars, sitting, hut, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12342

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: Table Bay and Cape Town, from the foot of Table Mountain
Subject: Table Bay (South Africa)--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town and Table Bay beyond, from a vantage point on Table Mountain. There is shipping in Table Bay and Bloubergstrand can be seen in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26366

Title: Map of Table Mountain
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps., Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The Mountain Club of South Africa is responsible for the preparation of the map. Lithographed by Van der Sandt de Villiers Printing Company, Ltd., Topographical map of the Table Mountain area including the coastline from Sea Point to Kommetje's Bay [Kommetjie]. The map shows detailed features of Table Mountain including the Central Table, Back Table, Orange Kloof, Victorskloof or Kronen Dal and Modder Gat. It also indicates the location of the major water sources on the mountain including the Woodhead Reservoir, the Hely Hutchinson Reservoir and the Wynberg Reservoirs, as well as the Molteno Dam and the Newlands Reservoir at the foot of the mountain on its north and east flanks. It also shows the Wynberg Disa Stream, the Palmiet River, Camp's Bay Tram station and the route of the Camp's Bay tramline. Other peaks and ridges depicted are the Twelve Apostles, Little Lion's Head, Klaasen Kop and Constantia Nek. The key indicates (a) the Catchment area, Cape Town Waterworks, (b) the Catchment area, Wynberg Waterworks and (c) the Reserve (fenced). Also shown are heights of peaks in English feet., This sheet map was originally issued as a folded map glued into a cover. Both front and back covers of copy 717 are intact but only the back cover of copy 17 is still appended.
Identifier: islandora:19593

Title: Table Bay : reclamation of Foreshore. Plan No. 2, to accompany report by Cathcart W. Methven
Subject: Harbors--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps, Table Bay (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A hydrographic map of Table Bay Foreshore showing 1858-60 survey lines and 1902 fathom contours, with boundaries of the properties of the Imperial War Department, the Cape Government Railways, the Harbour Board, the Municipality of Cape Town and private owners, Woodstock Municipal freehold land and land to be expropriated by the Railway Department. The map also shows the Victoria Basin, the Amsterdam Battery, the railway station and railway line, the Castle, the Market, the military hospital, Fort Knokke, the Salt River workshops and the Salt River mouth and a few streets. Colour. Scale 1 inch to 800 feet.
Identifier: islandora:29788

Title: The City Bowl from Signal Hill, 1940s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historical, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: A beautiful view of Cape Town from the slopes of Signal Hill.
Identifier: islandora:17044

Title: Aerial view towards Bishops Court
Subject: Aerial view, Table Mountain
Identifier: islandora:7508

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