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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: Formal Garden - Planting Plan: this hand-drawn, technical working drawing, using pen and ink on tracing paper, shows the detailed planting plan of a proposed formal parterre garden, aligned on the side steps leading from the kitchen of the manor house of the historic Groot Contantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The drawing gives the plant species lists, planting out ratios and plant quantities., Scale 1:50 on A1 size. Drawing number 301/PP/05.
Identifier: islandora:22447

Title: Mostert's Mill to be restored to its former glory, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, , ,
Description: Old Landmark will not remain "shabby". In new of the Royal Visit, the old Mostert's Mill at Mowbray, a relic of the days of the Dutch East India Company, is undergoing a thorough renovation by the Public Works Department. This historic monument will soon be resplendent with posh plaster and brightly coloured woodwork.
Identifier: islandora:15365

Title: The first single-decker trams in Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Historic buildings, Photography, Media
Description: Picture history of Mother City - "Cape Town down the years", the Cape Times photographic exhibition, is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Cape Town, Mr John Tyers, at the Shell Gallery in Greenmarket Square on Wednesday, April 6. The exhibition, which consists of about 160 photographs, will remain open from April 7 to 29 as part of the Cape Town Festival. The gallery will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The picture above was taken about 80 years ago in Adderley Street, when the first single-deck trams were introduced in the City. (Published 1 April, 1977)
Identifier: islandora:17341

Title: Freed prisoners disembark from the boat, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Prisoners.
Identifier: islandora:16494

Title: Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, ,
Description: The construction of a building next to Mostert's Mill, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15370

Title: Steam trains at Cape Town Station, circa 1900
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Architecture
Description: Left: Wynberg Tower Cape 3rd Class, 1898. Right: Wynberg Tank Class 02, 1882.
Identifier: islandora:17414

Title: Cemetery, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Cemeteries
Description: The old cemetery on Robben Island - only personnel are buried here.
Identifier: islandora:16520

Title: Bell for St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Cape Town, circa 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church bells, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Weighing more than one ton, this church bell, cast in Germany, will be hung in the German Lutheran Church (St. Martin's), Long Street. Discussing ways of getting the bell into the tower are (from left) Mr P. E. Ulm, Mr W. Nossek, Mr K. H. Naumann, pastor at the church, and Mr C. A. Angermann, representative in Cape Town of the bell manufacturers.
Identifier: islandora:17277

Title: Baptist Church at Meadowridge, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Meadowridge (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Baptist Church at Meadowridge, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17337

Title: Rhodes Memorial, Devil's Peak, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Historical, Environment, Devil's Peak (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Fallow deer on the slopes of Devil's Peak below Rhodes Memorial, 1966
Identifier: islandora:17178

Title: Table Mountain, Cape Town, from the City Bowl
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Environment, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Before Table Mountain can be declared a national monument as urged by public bodies, the area, about 180 morgen, between the dotted line and the white line (municipal boundary) [not visible on image] will first have to be expropriated. There is a similar large tract of land on the Camps Bay side of the mountain.
Identifier: islandora:17042

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: Slope Orientation / Aspect (this drawing interprets the contour information to map different slope orientation)., Scale: NTS (scale bar indicated)
Identifier: islandora:22681

Title: Aerial view of the old station in Cape Town, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Historic sites
Description: Aerial view of the old station in Cape Town, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16159

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: Holy Trinity Church of the Church of England, Cape Town, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The site on which the first Roman Catholic church in South Africa was built, and on which one of the oldest Anglican churches in the country now stands, will be sold at public auction next month. Holy Trinity Church of the Church of England in South Africa was completed in 1846 in Harrington Street, in what is now District Six, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17299

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: Church of Christ, Scientist, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Churches of the Peninsula: Church of Christ Scientist in Orange Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17333

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Robben Island (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Art, Statues, Historic sites, Political prisoners
Description: Sculpture of a bushman and a dog outside the prison on Robben Island, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16483

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