Search results

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: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town
Subject: Cottages, Albertyn's Cottage (Simon's Town, South Africa), Historic buildings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Simon's Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town. Landscape sketch-plan of Albertyn's Cottage and Albertyn's Stables., Tracing paper copy of original drawing., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22240

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: Observatory Methodist Church, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Methodist Church Observatory - A fine picture of the Observatory Methodist Church shows Devil's Peak in the background. The church was built in 1894 on a site given by Mr J. W. Wood, and it was opened on November of the same year. The congregation then numbered 100.
Identifier: islandora:17285

Title: Zonnekus with Table Mountain in background, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Historic buildings, ,
Description: The front façade of Zonnekus.
Identifier: islandora:15295

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: Van Riebeeck Day
Subject: Statues, Historical monuments, , ,
Description: Van Riebeeck Day - April 1947. From left to right: Dr H.J. Levelt, Dr D.C.M. van der Merwe, Mr J.G. Corinus, Mr A. Bloomberg, Maj. P.V.G. van der Byl attended the memorial service at the Jan van Riebeeck Statue at the bottom of Adderley Street.
Identifier: islandora:15264

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: Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch
Subject: Guesthouses (dwellings), Rust en Vrede (Wine estate : Stellenbosch, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Stellenbosch--Designs and plans, Historic farms--South Africa--Stellenbosch,
Description: Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Proposed garden design for guest cottages, with new pool and braai area. Sketch plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27973

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: Christ Church, Anglican Church, Constantia, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Constantia (Cape Town South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Christ Church (Constantia) - When church bells ring out over the vineyards of Constantia there need be little doubt that the sound comes from Christ Church, the picturesque place of worship which has served the surrounding community for nearly 90 years, for it is the only church in the valley. Built in a corner of the Silverhurst estate in 1895, Christ Church, Constantia, has the picturesque qualities of an old church in the English countryside. Its walls are of rough stone and it stands in the shelter of a grove of pine trees.
Identifier: islandora:17287

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: Anglican church of St Mary, The Virgin, Woodstock, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Woodstock (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: I had the pleasure of seeing an interesting film at the BP Cinema on the restoration of ancient castles, abbeys and palatial homes in Britain. Restoration is not the correct description of what is being done, for the workmanship being carried out in some cases is a matter of survival of historic ruins. The complete restoration is beyond the realms of possibility in the present depressed economic situation. There came to mind a beautiful little stone church in Lower Main Road, Woodstock, which is in need of tender loving care. The dressed stone of the outside walls is black with the accumulated grime of car exhaust fumes and the smoke of many steam trains over the years. As a Christmas gesture, could not the citizens of Cape Town contribute towards the cleaning of these walls and thus earn the gratitude of the rector and his parish? I , for one, would be happy to make a donation.
Identifier: islandora:17288

Title: Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, ,
Description: Mostert's Mill.
Identifier: islandora:15369

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

Share