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Title: Postcard from Lisel Alsberg, Cape Town to Edith Bruch, Green Point (Cape Town, South Africa), 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Alsberg, Lisel--Correspondence
Description: Postcard from Lisel Alsberg, Cape Town to Edith Bruch, Green Point (Cape Town, South Africa), 1937. On the front of the postcard is a photograph of a farmer ploughing a field with a horse-drawn plough. There is a South African Springbok stamp on the reverse.
Identifier: islandora:29870

Title: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Poverty, Water supply, ,
Description: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15817

Title: Muizenberg from Boyes Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Historic districts, ,
Description: An old photograph of Muizenberg from Boyes Drive - "a revival of tourism would once again return this lovely surburb to its earlier grandeur."
Identifier: islandora:15382

Title: !'u = Marman. Old Bushman, (unable to stand) from Hope Town Stuurman's [Puts?]
Description: man squatting back to camera
Identifier: islandora:5849

Title: Shrines near Bakoven suffer damage from floods, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Weather, ,
Description: Cape Town's Muslim community nearly lost part of its "protective holy circle" of shrines in the floods last week and calls have been made to give urgent attention to protecting these historic burial sites against vandals and natural disasters. Damage to several tombs near Bakoven during last weekend's floods has renewed fears among the Muslim community that the circle could be broken if nothing is done to stop the deterioration of the shrine.
Identifier: islandora:15495

Title: Aerial view of coastline from Muizenberg to Fish Hoek, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, Landscapes, ,
Description: The coastline stretching from Muizenberg to Fish Hoek is to undergo a great deal of development in the near future. The Marina Da Gama at Lakeside, an enlarged harbour at Kalk Bay and extensions to Boyes Drive are included in the plans for this area. / Calm day at Muizenberg as the rollers break iver the beach. In the left foreground is the pavilion and the surrounding lawns.
Identifier: islandora:15399

Title: Graeme Bloch following his dismissal from the post of editor of the University of Cape Town's student newspaper
Subject: Bloch, Graeme, Political activists, Student protestors, Apartheid era
Description: Student editor dismissed. A court of Discipline at the University of Cape Town yesterday dismissed Mr. Graeme Bloch from his post as editor of the student newspaper "Varsity" , following publication of a front-cover montage in the first issue this year. The court also barred Mr. Bloch from acting as editor or serving on any editorial board of a university publication for one year.
Identifier: islandora:14813

Title: Envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Linder, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1946, George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936--On postage stamps, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--On postage stamps
Description: An envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940. At the top right-hand corner of the envelope is a British stamp featuring Queen Victoria and George V, the latter the reigning monarch of Britain at the time.
Identifier: islandora:29875

Title: Woman crouches against rock to protect herself from the elements, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Homeless persons, ,
Description: Nawandle Ngongo crouches against a rock in Nyanga. All she has left to protect her from the elements is a blanket.
Identifier: islandora:15605

Title: March from the Cape Town City Centre for Arch[bishop] Tutu [receiving the] Freedom of the City
Description: March to celebrate the bestowing of the Freedom of the City [of Cape Town] on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 20 May 1998
Identifier: islandora:6620

Title: Inauguration Day of President Mandela at the City Hall Cape Town, from the Grand Parade
Description: Front of the City Hall in Cape Town, taken on the day of the inauguration of President Mandela, 10 May 1994
Identifier: islandora:6606

Title: 20 May 1998. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu receives the Freedom of Cape Town, March starts from here to City Centre
Description: Crowds gathered outside the Cape Town City Hall on the occasion of the bestowing of the Freedom of the City [of Cape Town] on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 20 May 1998
Identifier: islandora:6619

Title: Woman wipes tears from her face with tissue, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, ,
Description: The pain of being left behind shows as a woman says goodbye to friends.
Identifier: islandora:15503

Title: Minstrel from the Jolly Johnson troupe, Cape Town
Subject: Entertainers, Performing arts, Amusements, ,
Description: Coon Carnival troupes gyrate through the city: Heppy Nuwe Djaar, says Achmat Adams, of the Jolly Johnson Troupe, at the Coon Carnival at Hartleyvale today. This picture was taken by staff photographer Dana Le Roux after the gaily dressed troupes had marched exuberantly through the streets of the city on their way to the carnivals at Hartleyvale and Athlone.
Identifier: islandora:15323

Title: Woman scoops up sand from window-sill, Cape Town
Subject: Weather, Residential buildings, Winds, ,
Description: Mrs Mariam Stoutz scoops sand blown on to her bedroom window-sill.
Identifier: islandora:15339

Title: Ngive (a border town in Southern Angola) in ruins after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province of Angola is deserted and ruined after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7077

Title: Police stop Graeme Bloch from protesting, Cape Town
Subject: Bloch, Graeme, Political activists, South African Police, Demonstrations, Apartheid era
Description: Graeme Bloch protesting agains Section 29
Identifier: islandora:14814

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