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Title: Homesteads on Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Beaches, Residential buildings
Description: A desolate windswept beach overlooked by two lonely homesteads: Fish Hoek beach 100 years ago.
Identifier: islandora:15006

Title: Residences in Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: The Loader Street area has been a renovator's paradise for the past few years. According to estate agent, Mr John Hocknell, property in the area is almost completely sold out and there is little still to be had. Some renovated properties are still changing hands for under R20 000 though.
Identifier: islandora:15206

Title: Houses in Burton Street, Maitland, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, , ,
Description: Old houses in Burton Street Maitland provisionally occupied by N/White groups.
Identifier: islandora:15197

Title: Muizenberg Pavilion in ruins, Cape Town
Subject: Ruined buildings, Infrastructure, ,
Description: Crumbling concrete and fallen walls - this is the scene of devastation at the Muizenberg Pavilion where many of us have whiled a warm summer evening playing "table football" at the amusement stands, attended a variety concert or a political meeting. Right: As it was in its hey-day.
Identifier: islandora:15385

Title: Loader Street residences to be demolished for parking space, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Infrastructure, Wrecking, Historic districts, ,
Description: Some of the Loader Street houses to be demolished by the Department of Community Development which plans to convert the area into parking space.
Identifier: islandora:15208

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: Construction work happening in Lakeside where houses are to be built, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, ,
Description: This striking picture by Argus photographer Andrew Pratt shows the start of dredging at the Marina Da Gama site in Lakeside. In the background are some of the 42 pilot houses which will be shown to the public when the selling of plots begins at the end of the year. Progress in the construction of the first phase of the R100 000 000 project is now well under way.
Identifier: islandora:15246

Title: Zandvliet's Georgian-style main house in a state of disrepair, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Historic buildings, ,
Description: Zandvliet's Georgian-style main house: with a sagging roof, termite-ridden mahogany ceiling beams, destroyed floorboards and ruined fireplaces, the house and original outbuildings would cost R2-million to restore.
Identifier: islandora:15186

Title: The recently completed canal that contains the Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Water, Trees, Nature, Mountains, Building, Urban areas
Description: Gracefully curved concrete banks contain the Liesbeek for many miles and save hundreds of tons of earth which would otherwise be washed down to the sea in winter. Serious erosion is still taking place in the upper reaches of the river, but canalization is being steadily pushed forward. This picture, in a setting of oaks, shows work recently completed at Newlands.
Identifier: islandora:16575

Title: Residences in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Residences in Mowbray, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15442

Title: Old wine cellar at Koornhoop in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Farmhouses, Dovecotes, ,
Description: The old wine cellar at Koornhoop, Mowbray. It was later decided not to proclaim the house and wine cellar, as it would cost too much to keep them in repair, so only the dovecote and gables were proclaimed. This dovecote was said to be the only one of its kind in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:15428

Title: Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, City planning, Urban development, Environment
Description: High-rise development at Blouberg, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16891

Title: Gabled building at Zandvliet farm, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, ,
Description: The original gabled building dating back to 1699 at Zandvliet farm.
Identifier: islandora:15185

Title: Houses in Wale Street / Waal Straat in the Malayan Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Residential buildings, Home, ,
Description: Houses in Wale Street / Waal Straat in the Malayan Quarter, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15171

Title: Skeleton, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, South African Police, Crimes, Building
Description: A building worker, Mr Albert Tshotho, of Guguletu, with the skeleton which was uncovered at a site in Sir David Baird Drive, Bloubergstrand, yesterday. Police are investigating.
Identifier: islandora:16888

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