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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:19909

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Urban development, Building
Description: One of Long Street's historic buildings, restored to mint condition. It and others like it will be protected permanently if the plan to have the street declared an historical area is accepted.
Identifier: islandora:17448

Title: Observatory Congregational Church, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Observatory Congregational Church building cost R2,000 when it was up in 1894 in one of the green fields near the Royal Observatory. Today it is completely surrounded by houses and shops. Recently the old church hall, built in 1911, was replaced and the stage was transformed into a children's chapel, [part of which is seen above right. The oak pulpit on the immediate right was installed in 1944 and matches the pews, which come from the Caledon Square Church.]
Identifier: islandora:17289

Title: Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Wittebome, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Situated immediately below the Wittebome station, the red-roofed, white-walled church of Corpus Christi serves a large congregation. It stands in a block with the presbytery, a school and a convent, and is one of four churches in the Wynberg parish.
Identifier: islandora:17300

Title: St. James's Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Saint James (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. James's Church, which gave its name to the suburb, faces the main road at St. James. It was built from stone quarried near by. Beyond the church is a new presbytery which is still being built of faced stone to match the walls of the church. The entrance porch was added in 1947.
Identifier: islandora:17304

Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historic buildings, Commerce
Description: No. 7-9 Bree Street. A warehouse and a good example of late Victorian industrial architecture (The Functional Tradition).
Identifier: islandora:17502

Title: City Bowl and Devil's Peak
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Aerial views, Historic buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950.
Description: View of central Cape Town towards Devil's Peak, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17047

Title: Arderne Congregational Church, Claremont, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray - Congregational Church (Claremont) - The 'Arderne Church', as the Claremont Congregational Church is known to its members, is one with a proud record of fine work among its own people and among those of neighbouring non-European churches. Its architecture is a mixture of Elizabethan and Gothic styles combined with Greek and a Swiss steeple. Its pleasing lines are floodlit every night of the year.
Identifier: islandora:17284

Title: Table Mountain and the old Pier, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Cape Town Harbour, Architecture, Recreation
Description: Unused postcard titled "Promenade Pier and Table Mountain from bay, Cape Town".
Identifier: islandora:17059

Title: Gas explosion in Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Utilities, Energy, Disasters
Description: Devastation: the Heerengracht sewer, above, shattered by the gas explosion at the point where Mabel Stacey was crossing. The old Stuttafords store is on the immediate left, with Markhams, still in existence, on the next corner.
Identifier: islandora:17358

Title: Corner of Loop and Hout Streets, Cape Town, 1974
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Roads, Urban development, City planning, Historic buildings
Description: This building on the corner of Loop and Hout streets is not one of the oldest in the area, but it is one of the best preserved and will be affected by the road widening.
Identifier: islandora:17513

Title: Greenhouse and rose garden in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1960
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Historic buildings, Infrastructure, Colonialism
Description: The greenhouse in the Company's Gardens, near the rose garden that was designed and built in 1929.
Identifier: islandora:17253

Title: Long Street, Cape Town,
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Demolition, Urban development, City planning
Description: Long Street?, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17461

Title: St Stephen's Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings
Description: St Stephen's Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town, 1966.
Identifier: islandora:17339

Title: Demolishing the Pier, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Cape Town Harbour, City planning, Building
Description: Cape Town's disappearing pier [taken] f+D41rom an unusual angle. Workmen are busy demolishing the concrete upper-structure, [and when they] have finished, the pier itself will be blown up.
Identifier: islandora:17060

Title: Demolition, Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Historic buildings, Historic districts
Description: Demolition of houses in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1970s
Identifier: islandora:17237

Title: Vredelust Church, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Vredelust Dutch Reformed Church in Bellville, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17331

Title: Lloyds' Building, Cape Town, 1953
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Demolition, Political organisations, Urban development
Description: The Communist Party of South Africa (Cape District) had its offices at Lloyd's Building in Burg St, Cape Town, before its banning.
Identifier: islandora:17198

Title: Wynberg, Cape Town
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban development, Motorcars, Roads, Historic buildings
Description: Stone pines in Wynberg, Cape Town, in the first half of the twentieth century.
Identifier: islandora:17509

Title: Cape Town Church
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17335

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