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Title: Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town, early 1940s
Subject: Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Roads, Architecture, Transport, Historical
Description: Claremont Main Road.
Identifier: islandora:17474

Title: Released prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Salt River (Cape Town, South Africa), Date unknown, Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Free men: Mr Rogerio Chamusso, Mr Mzwandile Dikana, Mr Martin Sehlapelo, Mr Mpumelelo Gaba and Mr Andries Maponya outside Cowley House in Salt River yesterday, after their release from Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16491

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Robben Island Primary School
Identifier: islandora:16518

Title: Reclamation of the Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Development, Docks, Historic buildings
Description: This view of Cape Town's first chimney at the Dock Road power-station was taken from recently-completed sister chimney, dubbed "Ugly Duckling No. 2". The lumps of carbon which have formed on the top of the stack are clearly shown. Traversing the picture from left to right can be seen Kingsway - the extension of Adderley Street to the docks. The new marine terminal will be built near the end of Kingsway. It will probably be at least ten years before any permanent building appears on the Sahara-like Foreshore area shown in this picture.
Identifier: islandora:17041

Title: Groot Constantia: general restoration
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Wine estates, Groot Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic farms--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Wineries--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Working Drawing / Plant Plan: following on from the previous sheet, this hand-drawn, landscape sketch plan drawing, using pen and ink on tracing paper, is part of a series of four sequential drawings showing the existing and proposed positions of trees, shrubs and groundcovers to the historic avenue and farm werf of the Groot Contantia Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The drawing gives plant species lists, planting-out ratios and quantities, as well as specifications for soil improvement and growing medium preparation. This particular drawing shows the visitors entrance and orientation centre and Jonkershuis Restaurant complex. The drawing continues onto the next sheet., Scale 1:200 on A1 size. Drawing Number 301/PP/02. (series of four sequential drawings, including Dwg. No. 301/PP/01, 301/PP/03, 301/PP/04)
Identifier: islandora:22454

Title: Old police station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Suburbs, Landmarks, Monuments, Historic buildings
Description: One of the oldest buildings in Rondebosch - which has served as a police station for more than 70 years - is up for auction shortly. Built around 1880, it was originally a labourer's cottage on the old Rozendaal wine estate, and later another storey was added. The building has served as a police station since 1906 and represents the last of the old "cottage" police stations so prevalent in the Peninsula until recent years. For this reason representations have been made to the Public Works Department and National Monuments Council in order to get something done to preserve the building - but so far without success.
Identifier: islandora:16626

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Cattle, Cows, Landscapes
Description: Dirt road on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16528

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, circa 1920s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Transport, Roads, Architecture
Description: Tramways, buses and motorcars in Adderley Street, Cape Town, circa 1920s.
Identifier: islandora:17372

Title: Groot Constantia: general restoration
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Wine estates, Groot Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic farms--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Wineries--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Working Drawing / Plant Plan: following on from the previous sheet, this hand-drawn, landscape sketch plan drawing, using pen and ink on tracing paper, is part of a series of four sequential drawings showing the existing and proposed positions of trees, shrubs and groundcovers to the historic avenue and farm werf of the Groot Contantia Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The drawing gives plant species lists, planting-out ratios and quantities, as well as specifications for soil improvement and growing medium preparation. This particular drawing shows the historic manor house, courtyard with constructed reflection pools, historic wine cellar building, and existing tavern building., Scale 1:200 on A1 size. Drawing Number 301/PP/01. (series of four sequential drawings, including Dwg. No. 301/PP/04, 301/PP/03, 301/PP/02)
Identifier: islandora:22453

Title: Warrant officer at grandmother's grave, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Cemeteries, Death and remembrance, Families
Description: Fourth-generation islander Warrant Officer G.E. Carroll at the grave of his grandmother, Mrs Mary Ann Agne Nutt, in the island's cemetery.
Identifier: islandora:16535

Title: Discovery of old cannons in Camps Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Weapons, Historic sites, Archaeology
Description: Children examine the recently discovered guns. The battery that once stood here covered the seaward approaches to Camps Bay.
Identifier: islandora:17114

Title: Entrance to prison, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Motorcars, Architecture, Historic sites
Description: The Island jail: The plain steps and heavy steel doors that form the entrance to the maximum security prison on Robben Island made famous by ANC [African National Congress' deputy president Mr Nelson Mandela and his peers.
Identifier: islandora:16487

Title: Rhodes Estate, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Landmarks, Monuments, Historic buildings
Description: National monuments: Rhodes Estate.
Identifier: islandora:16627

Title: Dunkley Square, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Labour, City planning
Description: Dunkley Square, central Cape Town, 1970.
Identifier: islandora:17515

Title: Officers next to the lighthouse, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Jails, Historic sites, Monuments, Prison administration
Description: The four officers of the Robben Island Prison Command. From left are Lieutenant Danny Claassen, Colonel John Richards, Major Piet Zandberg and Lieutenant Piet Prins.
Identifier: islandora:16541

Title: Marsh Memorial Homes chapel, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Children, Social services
Description: Marsh Memorial Homes have a backdrop of Table Mountain. This is the Victorian-style chapel, built in 1922.
Identifier: islandora:17321

Title: Robben Island reunion
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Past residents of Robben Island reunite, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16500

Title: Robben Island prisoners' relatives with attorney, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Justice, Administration of, Families
Description: Relatives of Robben Island prisoners discuss with the instructing attorney, Mr A.M. Omar, their urgent application brought in the Supreme Court, Cape Town, today to restore prisoners' visiting privileges.
Identifier: islandora:16549

Title: Victorian facebrick house and stonework, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: Guard House, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17204

Title: Gas explosion in Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical buildings, Utilities, Energy, Disasters
Description: The famous Adderley-street explosion.
Identifier: islandora:17352

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