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Title: Mother with five children, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Armed forces
Description: Babeta, wife of Lieutenant Commander John Henry Wicht, who is in charge of the Robben Island naval base, poses with their five children (left to right) Jolene, Louise, David, Peter and Johan. Mrs Wicht was once a social worker in Harlem, New York.
Identifier: islandora:16517

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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