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Tramway, Camps Bay , Cape Town
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Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Infrastructure, Tramways, Recreation, Transport, History,
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Description
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Mountain Tramway, Camps Bay.
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Identifier
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islandora:16958
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ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
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Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
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Identifier
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islandora:12592
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Stop police violence, protest, Cape Town
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
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Sign at anti-apartheid rally reads, STOP POLICE VIOLENCE. Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:12611
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Dock workers, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Ships, History, Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), Stevedores
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Description
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Dock workers, Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:17972
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CAP Mural Collective
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Subject
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Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Art--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town
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Description
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Members of the Community Arts Project Mural Collective. From left: Sophie Peters, Mashabalala Mkonto, Mahlomola Seakoloane, David Hlongwane and Hamilton Budaza.
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Identifier
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islandora:29074
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Woman hanging washing, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
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Subject
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
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A woman hangs up her washing in the backyard of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
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Identifier
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islandora:18503
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Works by David Hlongwane on exhibition
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Subject
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Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Art--South Africa--Cape Town--Exhibitions, Art--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town,
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Works by David Hlongwane on exhibition, at unidentified venue.
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Identifier
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islandora:29056
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Great Trek Commemoration, Uitenhage, South Africa
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South Africa-- History--Great Trek, 1836-1840--Anniversaries, etc., Role playing, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Afrikaners--Social life and customs
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Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa, December 1988.
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Identifier
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islandora:5353
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Title
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International Children's Day art workshop
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Subject
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Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Arts and children--South Africa--Cape Town, Art--Study and teaching (Preschool)--South Africa--Cape Town
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International Children's Day art workshop for pre-school children at Blackpool Hall, Salt River.
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Identifier
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islandora:29107
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Police reload at funeral, Duduza, 1985
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Subject
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Police shootings, Funeral service, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Policemen reload their guns after firing at mourners during the funeral for the young activists killed in the "grenade incident" in Duduza township, Transvaal (now Gauteng), July 1985. Deaths followed funerals with sad predictability.
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Identifier
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islandora:910
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Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
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Slaves -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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The details regarding Elizabeth, Nicolas Visscher's widow, are drawn from Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7759505j.notice. See also: Atlas nouveau … by Guillaume de L'Isle (Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1730); R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 120; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 180 (note)., The inset of the Cape of Good Hope is of particular importance. It indicates the presence of slaves on Robben Island ("daar de Slaven in de Ketting loopen"). It also gives "extensive detailed and fairly accurate topographical information ... together with the names of owners of farms and plots of that period. Amongst these are de Beer, Swart Pieter, Martin de Smit, Roelof Pasman, Gerrit Kloeton, and the French Huguenot settlement. These place names add considerably to the knowledge of the history of the ... Cape of Good Hope"--Norwich's Maps of Africa, p. 203., Three insets: "Élévation du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (5 x 11 cm); "Plan du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (10 x 11 cm); "[Cabo de Bona Esperanca]" (13 x 23 cm)., Text primarily in French. The inset of the Cape is also in Dutch with some Portuguese notations., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
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Identifier
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islandora:19819
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Woman holding tea in a kitchen, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
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Subject
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
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A woman holds a cup of tea and poses for a picture in the kitchen of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
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Identifier
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islandora:18518
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Group of young children eating ice-cream on the stairs, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
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A group of young boys and girls sit and eat ice-cream on the steps leading up to adjacent homes in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city. Their mothers appear in the background holding babies.
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Identifier
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islandora:18514
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Visual Arts Group workshop sign, Zolani Centre
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Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Art--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town
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Visual Arts Group workshop sign painted by Isaac Makeleni.
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Identifier
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islandora:29049
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Release of political prisoners
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Men--South Africa,
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Political prisoners on their release from Robben Island prison, accompanied by prison personnel, Cape Town Harbour.
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Identifier
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islandora:12576
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Save the Press campaign, UCT
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, University of Cape Town--Students, Youths--South Africa, Universities and colleges--South Africa,
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Save the Press' campaign meeting in the Beattie Lecture Theatre at the University of Cape Town (UCT)., circa 1980s
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Identifier
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islandora:12637
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Language map : draft, Map item #3
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San (African people)--Languages, San languages--History, Africa, Southern--Maps,
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A draft map showing the distribution of N|uu, !Kung and Khoekhoegowab languages throughout Southern Africa. [Scale included]
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Identifier
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islandora:27324