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Title: Dredging soil from Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Industries, Building, ,
Description: Dredging of five million cubic metres of soil from Rietvlei, near Milnerton, started at the weekend. Picture shows the end of an 8.5km pipeline through which the soil, mixed with sea water, is pumped to Table Bay (opposite Paarden Eiland) to fill a huge area being reclaimed from the sea to extend Cape Town Docks. Reclamation will continue till November.
Identifier: islandora:15307

Title: Mule teams at Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agriculture, Apartheid
Description: Mule teams in the arena at the Cape Show. It was claimed by the announcer that the Western Province is the only place in the world where such a show of spans of mules can be seen.
Identifier: islandora:15865

Title: Interior of prison cell, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Interior architecture
Description: The inside of a typical communal cell. The wall cupboard is used as a locker for personal belongings as well as a writing table.
Identifier: islandora:16548

Title: Crossroads residents trying to salvage their possessions, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Crossroads residents try to salvage sodden possessions from the remains of their shelter in a badly-flooded section of the squatter camp.
Identifier: islandora:17523

Title: Railway accident, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railways, Apartheid, Labour, Industrial accident, Transport
Description: Workers repair damage after a railway accident at Bellville, Cape Town, in 1979
Identifier: islandora:16834

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of human figures in red.
Identifier: islandora:21472

Title: Bellstar Junction, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Commerce, Transport
Description: Bellstar Junction shopping mall adjacent to Bellville Station
Identifier: islandora:16831

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Ruiterbosch 1, Hartenbos, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of human and animal images in red.
Identifier: islandora:21694

Title: Shelters being demolished, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Crossroads squatters look on angrily as their shelter are torn down.
Identifier: islandora:17555

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Rondable 124, 1, Prince Albert, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Same image as slide 292
Identifier: islandora:21719

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of figures, possibly animal and human in black.
Identifier: islandora:21453

Title: Street in Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Labour, Industrialisation, City planning
Description: There are now more than 600 houses completed and occupied by employees of new industries at Atlantis.
Identifier: islandora:16701

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Bosluiskloof 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of male and animal figures, an eland and a buck, in red.
Identifier: islandora:21593

Title: Black woman petrol attendant, Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Women, Influx control, Transport,
Description: An African petrol attendant, one of six employed on the same driveway, fills up at a BP service station in Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15873

Title: Squatter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women
Description: Crossroads - A squatter woman who was one of the many in Nyanga yesterday. The women asked to return to the land they occupied before the fighting last year. Hammers carried by some were symbolic of their wish to build homes.
Identifier: islandora:17574

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Roodeheuwel, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting consisting of finger dots in black, 5.5 inches wide.
Identifier: islandora:21670

Title: Devil's Peak, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Landscapes, natural scenery, Environment, Mountains
Description: Table Mountain and Devil's Peak with vlei and birds.
Identifier: islandora:16620

Title: Fishermen at Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Fishing industry, Beaches
Description: It is 6.30 am and the fisherman are folding nets into the boat in preparation for the catch. Their livelihood will be seriously affected by restrictions imposed on them by the Fish Hoek Town Council this week. The fisherman have no other source of income.
Identifier: islandora:15004

Title: Agricultural control boards in the apartheid era , Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agricultural industries, Apartheid, Commerce
Description: The Agricultural Control Boards Hall which was redecorated for the Cape Show at the Goodwood showgrounds.
Identifier: islandora:15868

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