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Title: Freed prisoner receiving hug, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Welcome: Freed Robben Island prisoner Mr Reed Macozoma gets a welcome home hug from a relative.
Identifier: islandora:16496

Title: 132 Long Street, Cape Town, 1983
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Computers, Technology, Business
Description: 132 Long Street, Cape Town, built circa 1909.
Identifier: islandora:17457

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Historic buildings -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Each sheet shows the plan and vertical cross-section of buildings on the blocks bounded by: Sheet 1, Wale, St George's, Waterkant and Adderley streets; Sheet 2, Wale, Burg, Waterkant and St George's streets; Sheet 3, Wale, Long, Waterkant and Burg streets; Sheet 4, Wale, Loop, Waterkant and Long streets; Sheet 5, Wale, Bree, Waterkant and Loop streets; Sheet 6, Wale, Buitengracht, Waterkant and Bree streets; Sheet 7, Boom, Plein, Darling and Zieke streets; Sheet 8, Stal, Grave, Darling and Plein streets; Sheet 9, Garden of new Houses of Parliament, Adderley Street, Standard Bank buildings and Grave Street., Each sheet indicates the materials used in the construction of buildings, the uses of most buildings, height in stories, roof type and street widths., Black and white photographic copies. The original plan is colour coded.
Identifier: islandora:19904

Title: Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Infrastructure, Historic districts, ,
Description: Residences in Loader Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15207

Title: Palm Tree Mosque, Long Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Islam, Historical monuments
Description: The remaining palm tree outside the Palm Tree Mosque, the oldest substantially unaltered building in Long Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17460

Title: Muzzle-loading cannon, Salt River, 1957
Subject: Salt River (Cape Town, South Africa), Historical monuments, Archaeology, Urban development, Railways
Description: This old muzzle-loading cannon was unearthed when the foundations for the railway workshops at Salt River were being sunk. Giving it an affectionate polish is Mr C. A. Driescher.
Identifier: islandora:17117

Title: Parliament Street, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Public buildings, Historic buildings, Urban development, City planning
Description: View of Parliament Street, which is to be handed over to the State by the Cape Town City Council. The section to be handed over stretches from the lower end of Marks Buildings to Stal Street, on Stal Plein.
Identifier: islandora:17342

Title: The Heerlingh Pump, Cape Town
Subject: Historic sites, , ,
Description: The Heerlingh Pump, the only one of its kind which is still in exsistence. The pump handle, which was washed by slaves, can be seen on the right hand side of the picture and the water sprouted out of the lion's mouth in the centre. / The Heerlingh Pump, Cape Town, the only one of its kind still in existence.
Identifier: islandora:15257

Title: Historic Valkenberg homestead, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Valkenberg Mental Hospital, ,
Description: The historic Valkenberg homestead at Observatory - rotting in the rain.
Identifier: islandora:15581

Title: St. Stephen's Church, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Architectural heritage: wooden casement windows in the historic St. Stephen's Church on Riebeeck Square are being replaced as part of a restoration project sponsored by the Vernacular Architecture Society. The church was built in 1800 as the first theatre in South Africa and helped relieve the garrison's boredom during the first British occupation. It became part of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in 1857. Restoration workers, from left, Mr Kennet Plaatjies, Mr Sedick Slemming and Mr Shaheed Hendricks help conservation architect Mrs Pat Riley of the National Monuments Council size up a replacement window.
Identifier: islandora:17273

Title: Principal helping pupils fish, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Fishing, Education
Description: Keen fisherman: The waters around the island are rich in fish and Mr Jors de Ridder seldom misses an opportunity to catch something for the pot; even if he has to pass on some of the finer points of fishing to his pupils.
Identifier: islandora:16509

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Youth, Church buildings
Description: The Anglican Church on Robben Island was built in 1841 and is now a historical monument. Whenever a child is born to an islander, a special flag - a green stork on a white background - is flown from the steeple.
Identifier: islandora:16555

Title: Robben Island reunion
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Limestone
Description: Freed prisoners revisit the island, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16498

Title: Parow East Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Almost futuristic in design, the Parow East Dutch Reformed Church in Tygerberg Road was built three years ago. The unusual tower rests on a triangular base and dwindles to a pinpoint at the top. The front wall is symbolically curved to welcome the congregation on Sundays. Steel, stone and metal have been combined into a harmonious, spacious place of worship.
Identifier: islandora:17297

Title: Greek Orthodox Church, Woodstock, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Woodstock (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Greek Orthodox Church in Mountain Road Woodstock, was built in 1901 by a congregation of less than 80 people. To-day there are about 1, 100 people in the congregation.
Identifier: islandora:17307

Title: Family fitness programme, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Health, Physical fitness, Historic sites
Description: Round Robben: Fish Hoek Primary School children join Robben Island staff on a "big walk" around the island to promote family fitness and the eating of red meat. The event forms part of a national project by the Directorate of Sport Advancement, sponsored by the Meat Board, for the Heart Foundation. Entrants in this and a host of other walks in the Western Cape stand to win R10 000 in a draw on October 13.
Identifier: islandora:16481

Title: Home-made toys in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1960s
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Children, Recreation, Historic districts
Description: Child pulling a home-made trolley in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17233

Title: Groot Constantia: general restoration
Subject: Wine estates, Groot Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic farms--South Africa--Cape Town, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Wineries--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Sections through New Sloot: Cut and Fill: hand-drawn pen and ink cross-section drawings on tracing paper, showing the earthshaping and finish levels required to form the new sloot running through the courtyard between the historic manor house and cellar buildings of the old farm werf at the historic Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa., Scale 1:50 on A1. Drawing number 301/WD/05
Identifier: islandora:22459

Title: Old Mill in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, ,
Description: Beauty Spot: The old mill on De Waal Drive at Mowbray is one of the Cape's famed relics of earlier and probably one of most photographed tourist attractions in the Peninsula. But it will be a dexterous tourist indeed who will be able to photograph it this summer [...] the bristling barricade of electric standards which are being erected [...]t among the street-name signs and traffic bollards.
Identifier: islandora:15364

Title: Freed prisoner receiving hug, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Elated: An excited well-wisher hugs Mr Mpumelelo Gaba, who spent nine years on Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16495

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