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Title: Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Concerts, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Cape Town's historic Gardens will make an attractive setting for three concerts by the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, two under the baton of Edgar and the third conducted by Brian Priestman. All events in the Gardens during the Cape Town Arts Festival are free of admission charge. The organisers hope passers-by will stop and listen to music or watch the variety shows while enjoying their lunch-time sandwiches on the lawn.
Identifier: islandora:17221

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, central Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Recreation, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town from Mouille Point towards Devil's Peak, showing the Green Point Common and stadium, the central city and harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17027

Title: Gunners' Memorial, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Recreation, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Gunners' memorial, part of the Delville Wood memorial complex in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1966.
Identifier: islandora:17256

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 of roads being constructed in Cape Town, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Development, Transport, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: New national road into Cape Town begins to take shape: This aerial view from above the contour plough-lines on the Bellville hills shows the wide, white ribbon which is the path of the new national-road approach to Cape Town. The road, now being made, will have double-width traffic lanes and the route will by-pass the populous areas of Parow and Goodwood, seen on the left, as well as Wingfield airport. The new highway will open up a vast area of as yet undeveloped country.
Identifier: islandora:16565

Title: Settlers Way, Devil's Peak in background, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Motorcars, Urban areas, Development, Roads, Infrastructure, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: The magnificent setting of the modern Settlers' Way with the ancient Table Mountain in the background. The expressways have completely changed the pattern of driving in Cape Town. Now motorists can plan their routes to move from one part of the city to another swiftly, almost entirely avoiding slow, heavy-traffic areas.
Identifier: islandora:16479

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: 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: 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: Table View , Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Table View (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, City planning, Apartheid, Beaches
Description: Plot by the sea: Table View is one of the few areas in the Peninsula where one can buy a plot on the sea front and build a house. There are 1 631 plots in the area. Most of them are for sale.
Identifier: islandora:16969

Title: Sailing ships, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Sailing ships, Shipping, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Sailing ships at anchor against a backdrop of Table Mountain
Identifier: islandora:17085

Title: Whites only restaurant, Cape Town, 1977
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Race discrimination, Resistance
Description: A Pakistani seaman, Petty Officer Shah Muzamil, with his Mauritian girlfriend, Miss Rehana Mohamed, left, and a South African coloured woman, Miss Sandra Vercuiel, eating in the Table Mountain restaurant for whites.
Identifier: islandora:17125

Title: Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Architecture, Urban development
Description: In this undated picture of Greenmarket Square, only the Methodist Church, the Town House and The Argus building behind it have survived modernisation.
Identifier: islandora:17017

Title: Delville Wood memorial complex, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1992
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Recreation, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Fishpond at the Delville Wood memorial complex in the Company's Gardens, against a backdrop of Table Mountain
Identifier: islandora:17258

Title: Van Reenen family graveyard, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Graves, Graveyards, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Passed by thousands of motorists daily, on De Waal Drive below Rhodes Memorial, is the original graveyard of the Van Reenen family who owned Welgelegen, a farm which encompassed part of the present paddocks on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Gysbert van Reenen is buried here and in 1796 his son-in-law Sybrand Mostert built and operated Mostert's Mill. The mill and its threshing floor are open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. The thatched upper section can be turned to face the prevailing wind. The Welgelegen homestead of today was designed by Sir Herbert Baker on the site of the original farmhouse, and is a private house not open to public. The gateway, built by the Van Reenens at the end of the 18th century, has been declared a national monument.
Identifier: islandora:17121

Title: Aerial view, Cape Peninsula, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Cape Peninsula
Description: An aerial view of the fairest Cape.
Identifier: islandora:17129

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