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Title: Aerial view of the Delft show village, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid
Description: An aerial view of the Delft show village, the House of Representatives' housing project. Phase I, consisting of 2 000 units, should be sold out by the end of January. Houses are priced from R12 500 to R17 500.
Identifier: islandora:17626

Title: Aerial view of Kenilworth Race Course and Youngsfield Army Base, Cape Town
Subject: Kenilworth (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Military, Apartheid, Segregation
Description: Aerial image showing segregated parking at Youngsfield Army Base near Kenilworth Race Course, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:15887

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: The view of Cape Town, looking in a south-easterly direction, is another of the series taken by The Argus photographer from the top of recently completed 300ft. chimney at the Dock-Road power station. In the centre of the picture are the railway motor transport sheds and marshalling yards, and to the right of them monument station, the goods yards and part of the main station. The Grand Boulevard, which is planned as the main road link with the southern suburbs, will join Adderley Street at the extreme left of the picture, and where the fun fair appears in the photograph, the 1,000,000 Van Riebeeck Hotel will be built.
Identifier: islandora:15110

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg in 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Ocean, Infrastructure, ,
Description: The first pavilion, a timber structure built in 1910, stands alone on the sands, isolated from the rest of Muizenberg. This picture was taken from the hills above the area.
Identifier: islandora:15406

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg and the empty plot where the Pavilion once was, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Ocean, Beaches, Infrastructure, ,
Description: Surfers-eye view of the beachfront at Muizenberg soon after sunrise on a clear winter's morning. This photograph, taken from a low-flying aircraft, shows the area of beach once occupied by the now demolished Muizenberg Pavilion.
Identifier: islandora:15422

Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: Parow, nine years ago a small Cape Town "dormitory," now a thriving industrial and business centre. Its council has ambitious schemes in hand for improving the amenities for its rapidly expanding population.
Identifier: islandora:15792

Title: Views of Cape Town and vicinity
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Three sketches: View from the road to Stellenbosch; View from the waste behind Dr Lieschings villa; View of the mountains, on entering Table Bay., The views include numbered and labelled topographical features including Devil's Hill [Peak], Lion's Head, Lion's Rump, Cape Town, Table Bay, Table Mountain, "Van Kamp's Bay" (Camp's Bay) and the mountains in the Stellenbosch region., Printed sketches extracted from Christian Ignatius Latrobe, A journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope (London : L.B. Seeley, 1818)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19749

Title: Aerial view of Milnerton's Rietvlei wetland, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscapes, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Protection, ,
Description: Threatened - The fate of Transnet-owned land in Milnerton's Rietvlei wetland is in the hands of Cape Administrator Mr Kobus Meiring, who will decide whether or not to allow Milnerton municipality to expropiate the land for conservation.
Identifier: islandora:15305

Title: Aerial view of Mowbray Golf Course, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Recreation area, ,
Description: Aerial view of Mowbray Golf Course, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15424

Title: Aerial view, Foreshore fountain, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Cities and towns, Urban areas, Land, Urban development
Description: Chequered sidewalks and zebra pedestrian crossings make a pleasing pattern in this air photograph of the Foreshore fountain. On the left are the Paul Sauer building and the War Memorial.
Identifier: islandora:15114

Title: Aerial view of Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Aerial view of Crossroads, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17541

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: Right: The beach front at Muizenberg soon after sunrise on a clear winter's morning. This photograph shows the area of beach once occupied by the now demolished Muizenberg Pavilion.
Identifier: islandora:15396

Title: Street in Ocean View, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), , ,
Description: Ocean View.
Identifier: islandora:15607

Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscape, Industrial, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: An aerial view of Parow showing Sanlam Centre in the background.
Identifier: islandora:15791

Title: Aerial view of Otto du Plessis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Lion's Head (Cape Town, South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Infrastructure, Building, ,
Description: The Otto du Plessis Drive over the new railway to the container berths in Table Bay harbour has been opened to traffic. The bridge was constructed by Murray and Stewart (Cape Town).
Identifier: islandora:15302

Title: Aerial view, central Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Recreation, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town from Mouille Point towards Devil's Peak, showing the Green Point Common and stadium, the central city and harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17027

Title: A view of the two oceans, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Beaches, Infrastructure, Aerial views, Suburbs
Description: A view of two oceans. Houses nestling on the mountainside above Sunny Cove on the Indian Ocean, with Fish Hoek beach and town in the middle distance and, through the gap, the long white stretch of Noordhoek beach defining the Atlantic shoreline.
Identifier: islandora:15002

Title: Aerial view of dredging operations at Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Infrastructure, Landscapes, Real estate development, Engineering
Description: Dredging operations at Rietvlei, just beyond the racecourse at Milnerton, from where sand is being pumped through a pipeline to the site at Paarden Eiland where extensions to the Table Bay docks are being undertaken.
Identifier: islandora:16172

Title: Aerial view of Du Noon near Milnerton, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Infrastructure, Industries, Landscapes, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Du Noon.
Identifier: islandora:15299

Title: Aerial view of Epping, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping Industria (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
Description: This striking aerial view shows the progress made in the development of Cape Town's big new industrial area at Epping, beyond Pinelands, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18131

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