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Title: Table Bay breakwater
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Shipping
Description: Lighthouse at the end of the Breakwater scaffolding, Table Bay.
Identifier: islandora:17084

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: South African Railways, Table Bay Harbour
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Table Bay (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Plan shows Table Bay harbour area including Victoria Basin, Alfred Basin, the graving dock, Craig's Battery, R.N.V.R. Drill Battery, Fort Knocke, Military Hospital, City Corporation fruit and vegetable market, African "Location", the Prestwich Street burial grounds, Green Point Common, Corporation Athletic Ground, feather market, the Seamen's Institute, Adderley Pier, the convict station, the electric power station, traffic offices, Somerset Hospital, Fort Wynyard, the disused lighthouse at Mouille Point and the municipality of Woodstock as well as the Sea Point railway, Cape Town railway station and contour areas in the Bay. The reference key gives details of the breakwater light, the noonday time signal and soundings in the Bay., South African Railways and Harbours.
Identifier: islandora:19899

Title: Young brothers standing at a table in their home, 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 boy stands with his baby brother at a table in their 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:18529

Title: Table Mountain and the old Pier, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Cape Town Harbour, Architecture, Recreation
Description: Unused postcard titled "Promenade Pier and Table Mountain from bay, Cape Town".
Identifier: islandora:17059

Title: Council members sit around a table having a meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) after registration of S. Leon.
Identifier: islandora:15982

Title: Ships in Table Bay
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Shipping, Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: Ships in Table Bay prior to the expansion of the harbour and the Foreshore reclamation. The Breakwater Prison building is visible at centre left.
Identifier: islandora:17083

Title: Aerial view with Table Mountain in the background, Cape Town, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Harbours, Pollution
Description: Aerial view towards Lion's Head, Cape Town, from Epping Industria.
Identifier: islandora:17094

Title: Worker at Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Africans, Dock Workers, Apartheid, Food, Harbours
Description: It's all hard work down in Table Bay harbour these days, but a man does get the odd opportunity to make just that little bit extra - as this satisfied worker has done with his three harders (South African mullets).
Identifier: islandora:15854

Title: Cape Colony harbours : Table Bay : plan shewing breakwater extension as sanctioned : a future harbour referred to in Sir John Coode's report dated Novr. 1880. Drawing No. 1
Subject: Harbors--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps, Table Bay (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map showing a breakwater extension to Table Bay Harbour, with hydrographic information. The coastline is shown from Mouille Point showing the convict station, the Amsterdam Battery, part of Cape Town with the Custom House and Parade, Fort Knockle and the Craig Tower Battery. The coast relief is shown by form lines. Chiefly colour. Scale 2 inches to 1000 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25102

Title: Victoria Dock in Table Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), History, Ships
Description: This flashback to 1936 shows the Victoria Dock in Table Bay, the northern portion of which the Railways now contemplate closing. At the East Pier is the Stirling Castle loading for Britain, at No. 7 Quay (to her left) is the Dunbar Castle, at No. 2 Jetty is the Italian steamer Sabbia engaged on the round-African service, and at No. 6 Quay on the left is the Hamburg-America line steamer, Rendsbuurg, on her way to Australia. Entering port is the African Maru from Rio, and at the South Arm is the Windsor Castle shortly before being re-engined and given two funnels. Waiting in the Bay is the Clan Urquhart, at the time one of the largest refrigerated ships in the world.
Identifier: islandora:17951

Title: Children sitting around a table in a classroom doing art and craft activities, 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: Children sit around a table and partake in arts and crafts activities in a classroom in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18501

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