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Title: Sendinggestig, Cape Town, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Link with the past: This is the 163-year-old Sendinggestig in Long Street, which may soon be demolished, in spite of efforts by the Historical monuments Commission to have it preserved. [See report and another picture, page 20.]
Identifier: islandora:17301

Title: St. Georges Street, Cape Town, circa1894
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Historic buildings
Description: Eighty years ago, about 1894, this is what the top of St. George's Street looked like, with the post office then occupying the site at the corner of Church Street later making way for the Cape Times Building, until in recent years it has been renamed Fairbairn Building. The double-storeyed building on the immediate right was re-built into the Argus Building. The handsome old St. George's Cathedral has long since been demolished.
Identifier: islandora:15109

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Building
Description: "Ons Huisie," one of the oldest houses in the Blouberg - Milnerton area, has recently been restored to its former graceful simplicity. This Blouberg-strand landmark has now been opened as a restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:16885

Title: Government Avenue, Company's Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Botanical gardens, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: Taking a stroll down Government Avenue through the Company's Gardens and next to the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:17251

Title: Near old Cape Town Station, pre-1960s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition, Transport
Description: Area around the old Cape Town Station, prior to its demolition in the 1960s.
Identifier: islandora:17437

Title: Voorspoed Manor, Tokai, 1936
Subject: Tokai (Cape Town, South Africa), Historical monuments, Culture
Description: Cape Dutch-style Voorspoed Manor, Tokai, built in 1903.
Identifier: islandora:17476

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1908
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Transport, Urban development, Tramways
Description: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1908. Electric trams, Cape carts and drays.
Identifier: islandora:17353

Title: Old Opera House, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Demolition, Urban development
Description: The old Opera House on the corner of Darling and Parliament Streets, Cape Town. Demolished in 1937.
Identifier: islandora:17215

Title: Kloof Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Communications, Historic buildings, Telephones
Description: The United Tobacco Company's buildings in Kloof Street Cape Town, on which the Government is to spend £170, 000, on the purchase and conversion into a new telephone exchange which will provide 4,000 more telephones in the area. This picture was taken from the top of Signal Hill with a telephoto lens.
Identifier: islandora:17510

Title: Historic building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: Cape Town historic building
Identifier: islandora:17014

Title: Man compares a photograph of a street in the Malayan Quarter to what it looks like now, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Residential buildings, Historic districs, ,
Description: Mr Austen compares the old with the new. Bo-Kaap Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:15170

Title: Old Post Office, Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1950
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Communication, Architecture
Description: The old Post Office in Adderley Street, constructed of Saldana Bay stone on the site of the old Commercial Exchange
Identifier: islandora:17202

Title: Recreational area, Robben Island Prison, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Physical fitness, Historic sites
Description: The recreational area at the prison on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16486

Title: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, Cape Town, 1969
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, City planning, Transport
Description: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, 1969.
Identifier: islandora:17442

Title: YMCA Building, Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1989
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Restoration: The old YMCA building at 44 Long Street sold by the Cape Town Heritage Trust to the National Parks Board for R500 000. The Building, sold subject to the new requirements, is to be the new southern region head office of the Parks Board.
Identifier: islandora:17443

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Entertainment
Description: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, prior to its restoration
Identifier: islandora:16886

Title: Morgenster
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Somerset West, Wine estates, Morgenster (Somerset West, South Africa), Historic farms--South Africa--Somerset West, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Somerset West, Historic farms--South Africa--Somerset West, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Somerset West, Wineries--South Africa--Somerset West, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Somerset West
Description: Upper Morgenster: (remainder of farm MORGENSTER No. 1319, Somerset, West). Pen and Ink on tracing paper site analysis drawing series: Master plan / site development plan (this drawings indicates development proposals - including the position of a new dam, new paddocks and new residential erven for potential development, as well as upgraded roadways and high intensive agriculture), Scale: NTS (scale bar indicated)
Identifier: islandora:22677

Title: Rondebosch fountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Suburbs, Landmarks, Monuments, Historic buildings
Description: The fountain, Rondebosch.
Identifier: islandora:16625

Title: Wash basins, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Plumbing, Toilets, Interior architecture
Description: Wash basins in a communal bathroom at Robben Island Prison, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16544

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: Alterations to Stairs at Bus Parking: this hand-drawn, technical working drawing, using pen and ink on tracing paper, shows the hard-landscape construction detail of an additional masonry plastered and painted 'werf' wall to an external staircase adjacent the historic farm werf of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The drawing indicates the setting out, materials and dimensions in detail plan, long-section and typical cross section., Scale 1:25 and 1:10 on A1 size. Drawing number 301/WD/08. Detail No. 11. (Cross reference: Dwg. No. 301/WD/03)
Identifier: islandora:22445

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