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Title: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town
Subject: Cottages, Albertyn's Cottage (Simon's Town, South Africa), Historic buildings--South Africa--Simon's Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Albertyn's Cottage, Simon's Town. Base drawing of Albertyn's Cottage and Albertyn's Stables. Conceptual site layout plan., Original, hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22238

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: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

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: Car in front of Loader Street residence, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Historic districts, ,
Description: Car in front of Loader Street residence, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15205

Title: Former church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: Customers buy fruit and vegetables in what was a church.
Identifier: islandora:17311

Title: Pinelands Methodist Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray - Methodist Church (Pinelands) - The modern-styled Methodist Church at Pinelands is guarded by two pine trees and fronted by a garden and a crazy-paved path. Wide teak doors, surmounted by high wooden caves, lead from Union Avenue into the porch of the church, which superseded the old church next door in 1952. The church buildings include a hall, opened in 1940, and a manse.
Identifier: islandora:17278

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

Title: Plein Street, Cape Town, 1963
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historical, Motorcars, Roads
Description: Traffic police in Plein Street, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17506

Title: St. Mary's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray: St. Mary's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt is the mother church of Roman Catholicism in South Africa. Built in 1851, it was restored and enlarged in 1927. Its fine cedar wood ceiling is as sound as it was when the cathedral was first built.
Identifier: islandora:17283

Title: Released prisoner, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Harbors, Docks, Elderly people
Description: 31 Years on Robben Island - wife of technician in the Public Works Department, 70 year old Grace Robson, leaves this week.
Identifier: islandora:16536

Title: Freed prisoners demonstrate limestone mining, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Mine tools, Limestone
Description: We did it too: Former Robben Island political prisoners were not to be outshone by President Mandela and the other leaders in displaying their skills with the pick-axe.
Identifier: islandora:16501

Title: Man inspecting sick bird, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Birds
Description: Warrant-Officer Mynhard Kitshoff of Prison Services inspects a sickly Hartlaubs's gull. The gulls have an extensive breeding ground on the island.
Identifier: islandora:16510

Title: Muratie Estate, Stellenbosch
Subject: Trees, Planting plans, Muratie Wine Estate (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Stellenbosch--Designs and plans, Historic farms--South Africa--Stellenbosch,
Description: Muratie Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Proposed landscape design master plan. Tree planting and dimension plan. Revision of August 1989 plan., Original hand-drawn, ink amendments on sepia copy of hand-drawn base.
Identifier: islandora:27962

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: Laterite Road and Path, Low retaining wall and steps: this hand-drawn, technical working drawing, using pen and ink on tracing paper, shows the hard-landscape construction detail of the historic avenue leading up to the manor house, with gravel surface and stone pitched side channels, smaller pedestrian pathways with cobble edging, stone retaining walls; and masonry steps with plastered and painted edge walls within the historic farm werf of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The drawing includes a detailed plan, and detailed sections, with dimensions and annotations indicating materials, finishes and connections., Scale 1:20 and 1:10 on A1 size. Drawing number: 301/WD/07. Details No. 4,7,12. (Cross Reference: Dwg. No. 301/WD/01 & 02)
Identifier: islandora:22444

Title: Church Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Roads
Description: Looking up Church Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17507

Title: Muratie Estate, Stellenbosch
Subject: Water gardens, Muratie Wine Estate (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Stellenbosch--Designs and plans, Historic farms--South Africa--Stellenbosch,
Description: Muratie Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Proposed water garden: plan and section., Original, hand-drawn, ink on paper, rendered with colour pencils.
Identifier: islandora:28070

Title: General view of the City Bowl, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Cape Town Harbour, Urban development, City planning
Description: Cape Town City Bowl towards Devil's Peak, showing the old harbour, docks and power stations, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17046

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