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Title: Teacher reading to students, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Miss Poppie Liebenberg, youngest teacher (20) on Robben Island, takes a class of young islanders. She shares teaching duties with Miss Hermine Rens and Miss Retha van Niekerk. Mr Pierre le Roux is principal of the primary school on the island.
Identifier: islandora:16516

Title: Natal Arch, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, History, Monuments, Colonialism
Description: South African union, Cape Town, 1910, Natal Arch
Identifier: islandora:14541

Title: Detail on grave at Kimbo cemetery
Subject: Sepulchral monuments
Description: Detail on grave in the Kimbo cemetery for the 32nd 'Buffalo' Battalion.
Identifier: islandora:6892

Title: Robben Island coastline, Table Mountain in background, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Sandy shore: For residents, at least the more privileged, there is this stretch of pristine beach, unspoilt by litter. The water, of course, is icy cold.
Identifier: islandora:16484

Title: Mothers praying for sons facing trial, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Religion
Description: Waiting and praying: Mrs Else Schreiner and Mrs Nomonde Nkwandla, mothers of hunger-striking trialists Jenny and Wellington, at the service in St George's Cathedral yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16505

Title: Natal Arch, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, History, Monuments, Colonialism
Description: South African union, Cape Town, 1910, Natal Arch
Identifier: islandora:14909

Title: Rally against democratic tendencies of NP government, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa), Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Demonstrations--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Thousands of whites gather at the Voortrekker Monument, the symbol of Afrikaner culture, in support of Conservative Party leader, Dr. Andries Treurnicht, to rally against democratic tendencies of the National Party (NP) Government, Pretoria, South Africa, May 1990.
Identifier: islandora:5363

Title: Robben Island Primary School, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Headmaster: Robben Island Primary School principal, Mr Jors de Ridder, and his three teachers, Mrs Christa de Lange, left, Mrs Marina Kitshoff and Mrs Maggie Viviers, and the school's 65 pupils.
Identifier: islandora:16508

Title: Grindstone for Josephine Mill being rolled into place, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historical monuments, ,
Description: Rolling a new one-ton grindstone to its placing in the renovated Josephine Mill are, from left, Mr Jim Ndudula, Mr Elijah Gxenya, supervisor Mr D.J. Smit, Mr Jameson Manziwa (obscured), Mr Hendrik Mathuphi and carpenter Mr Tony Michaels.
Identifier: islandora:15556

Title: Mostert's Mill to be restored to its former glory, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, , ,
Description: Old Landmark will not remain "shabby". In new of the Royal Visit, the old Mostert's Mill at Mowbray, a relic of the days of the Dutch East India Company, is undergoing a thorough renovation by the Public Works Department. This historic monument will soon be resplendent with posh plaster and brightly coloured woodwork.
Identifier: islandora:15365

Title: Statue of Jan Van Riebeeck, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Monuments, Colonialism
Description: Standing guard: with the illuminated statue of Jan van Riebeeck in the background, members of the Girl Guide, Boy Scout and Voortrekker movements stand guard over the Flame of Civilisation (left) at the opening of the Union Jubilee Festival in Cape Town on Saturday night.
Identifier: islandora:14525

Title: Freed prisoners disembark from the boat, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Prisoners.
Identifier: islandora:16494

Title: Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, ,
Description: The construction of a building next to Mostert's Mill, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15370

Title: Cemetery, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Cemeteries
Description: The old cemetery on Robben Island - only personnel are buried here.
Identifier: islandora:16520

Title: Protesters stand in front of statue of Louis Botha, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Political prisoners, Demonstrations, Hunger strikes, Monuments
Description: Protesters stand in front of statue of Louis Botha, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16063

Title: Table Mountain, Cape Town, from the City Bowl
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Environment, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Before Table Mountain can be declared a national monument as urged by public bodies, the area, about 180 morgen, between the dotted line and the white line (municipal boundary) [not visible on image] will first have to be expropriated. There is a similar large tract of land on the Camps Bay side of the mountain.
Identifier: islandora:17042

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Building
Description: "Ons Huisie," one of the oldest houses in the Blouberg - Milnerton area, has recently been restored to its former graceful simplicity. This Blouberg-strand landmark has now been opened as a restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:16885

Title: Historic building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: Cape Town historic building
Identifier: islandora:17014

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