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Title: Apartheid-era whites-only restaurant at D.F. Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Airlines--Food service, Segregation, Architecture
Description: Restaurant at D.F.Malan Airport during the apartheid era. This restaurant was reserved for whites only.
Identifier: islandora:15878

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1957, Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15104

Title: Unveiling of Jan van Riebeeck statue, Cape Town, 1899
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Afrikaner nationalism
Description: Unveiling of the statue of Jan van Riebeeck at the entrance to the old pier by the mayor, 1899.
Identifier: islandora:17086

Title: Adderley Street fountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: The fountain pictured in Adderley Street today looks a thirsty sight. It may soon blossom into life again.
Identifier: islandora:15102

Title: Protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17836

Title: Cape Town Castle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Military infrastructure, Tourism, Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Voorplein at the Castle, Cape Town (published 4 October 1990).
Identifier: islandora:17205

Title: Fireman inspects damage done by petrol bomb, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Weapons, Education
Description: Fire Officer D. Arnold points out the circle of destroyed plaster typical of petrol bomb damage after a blaze which swept through classrooms, a library, a storeroom and parts of a laboratory at Langa High School last night.
Identifier: islandora:16293

Title: Steam trains, Cape Town, 20th century
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Sport, Bridges, Crowds
Description: Steam trains leaving Cape Town Station with Signal Hill in the background.
Identifier: islandora:17409

Title: Duncan Basin, Cape Town Harbour, 1974
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Infrastructure, Weather, Wind
Description: Wind-whipped corner of Duncan Basin.
Identifier: islandora:17141

Title: Apartheid signage, Cape Town, 20th century
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Railways, Race discrimination
Description: Loading SA Transport Services "whites only" signs at Cape Town Station yesterday were Mr J L van Zyl (foreground) and Mr R Roodt. The signs, currently spares, were not destined for the rubbish pile.
Identifier: islandora:17411

Title: The old Railway building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The old Railway Institute building in Adderley Street as it was and as it is today. Soon it will be no more.
Identifier: islandora:16160

Title: Argie boy, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Newspapers, Labour, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Children's rights
Description: 1950s depiction of an Argie Boy (newspaper vendor selling the Argus newspaper)
Identifier: islandora:16697

Title: Convoy of army trucks with smoke in the background, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Convoy of army trucks with smoke in the background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16213

Title: Protesters gather on Jammie steps, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, University of Cape Town
Description: University of Cape Town students gather on the steps of Jameson Hall before moving off to a silent demonstration on university property overlooking De Waal Drive yesterday afternoon.
Identifier: islandora:16386

Title: Offices of Herbert Penny & Co, St George's Street, Cape Town, circa 1925
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Real estate agents, Urban development, Commerce
Description: In the beginning: Herbert Penny's offices at 45 St Georges Street. The picture was taken about 1925.
Identifier: islandora:17188

Title: Principal helping pupils fish, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Fishing, Education
Description: Keen fisherman: The waters around the island are rich in fish and Mr Jors de Ridder seldom misses an opportunity to catch something for the pot; even if he has to pass on some of the finer points of fishing to his pupils.
Identifier: islandora:16509

Title: First World War Survivors of the Battle of Delville Wood, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: Retired soldiers, two of them survivors of the battle of Dellville Wood, attended a memorial service in the Gardens yesterday. They are, from left, Mr B H Crous, Mr P C Coetzee, Mr A W Burridge, a survivor , Mr E L Burgussm, and Mr A Liefeldt, also a survivor.
Identifier: islandora:14859

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Youth, Church buildings
Description: The Anglican Church on Robben Island was built in 1841 and is now a historical monument. Whenever a child is born to an islander, a special flag - a green stork on a white background - is flown from the steeple.
Identifier: islandora:16555

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This street plan of Cape Town shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including the City Bowl area, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, the Cape Flats and the False Bay area. Included are Woodstock, Good Hope model village, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Lotus River, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), schools, hospitals and sanatoria, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., Includes an index sheet., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1930 edition of this map. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19862

Title: Railway station being demolished, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Development, Transport, Motorcars, Building
Description: Bulldozers (centre of picture) are cutting a swath through the old main line railway station to make way for a new road leading into the centre of the city. From Adderley Street, the new freeway, an extension of Strand Street, will carry the Sea Point traffic bound for the suburbs, straight to the Castle, then to the traffic interchange at the old market. There the new street will join the Eastern Boulevard.
Identifier: islandora:16558

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