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Title: Mansion on Beach Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Property, Residential buildings, Mansions, ,
Description: House of many archways and balconies has had its valuation increased from £23,530 to £37,175. It is Mymering, Beach Road, Muizenberg, home of Mrs F.M.E Schlesinger. It has 17 rooms, two bathrooms and two kitchens. One room is used as an art gallery. The increase in valuation is now the subject of an objection before the Valuation Court. The figures include the valuation of the site and all the buildings on it.
Identifier: islandora:15416

Title: Aerial view of Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Aerial view of Observatory, showing Hartleyvale in the foreground and Grootes Schuur Hospital on the slopes of the Table Mountain.
Identifier: islandora:15583

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Building
Description: "Ons Huisie," one of the oldest houses in the Blouberg - Milnerton area, has recently been restored to its former graceful simplicity. This Blouberg-strand landmark has now been opened as a restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:16885

Title: Man compares a photograph of a street in the Malayan Quarter to what it looks like now, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Residential buildings, Historic districs, ,
Description: Mr Austen compares the old with the new. Bo-Kaap Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:15170

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: N.G Kerk, Three Anchor Bay - The Dutch Reformed Church at the Three Anchor Bay has an impressive tower and entrance porch and a bell tower near the gate.
Identifier: islandora:17306

Title: The Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, 1980
Subject: Kirstenbosch (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The Good Shepherd Church is a hundred years old this year.
Identifier: islandora:17314

Title: Maitland Garden Village, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Communities, ,
Description: Maitland Garden Village still stands, but 23 years of uncertainty under the Group Areas Act has brought a destruction of a different kind to this closely-knit community.
Identifier: islandora:15189

Title: A restored Koornhoop, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential Buildings, Architecture -Conservation and restoration, ,
Description: Koornhoop restored: The restoration of this historic farm homestead and dovecote at Mowbray has just been completed by the Simon Van Der Stel Foundation at a cost of more than R30, 000. The building, which is more than 200 years old and was one of the first farm homesteads to be built at the Cape, now contains three dwellings into which families have already moved. The official opening of the restored Koornhoop will take place at some future date. The foundation is at the moment busy restoring another old Cape building - Hoop op Constantia.
Identifier: islandora:15446

Title: Members of the Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) look at architect models of houses that are for sale, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, ,
Description: Mrs Althea Jansen, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), visited Mitchell's Plain yesterday with other members of the CRC and management committee. A tour arranged by the City Council's executive committee began at the new town's visitors' centre, which opens to prospective home buyers next Monday. Mr David Jack, left, the City Council's director of planning, showed architects' models and sketches of various houses on offer. Beween them is Mrs Bronnie Harding, a Councillor, and on the right Mr Arthur Stanley, CRC member for Liesbeeck.
Identifier: islandora:15348

Title: Church memorial, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Church buildings, Death and remembrance
Description: Robben Island church - memorial. Plaque unveiled. A couple are pictured inspecting the memorial dedicated to those who died in World War 2, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16532

Title: Thatching, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Labour, Architecture, Building, Development
Description: Repairing an old thatched building at Blouberg, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16883

Title: Builder's at work, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, Infrastructure, Labor, ,
Description: Building teams at work in a sector of Mitchell's Plain. Several houses are under construction at one time - each at a different stage of development - and work is synchronised so that there are minimum delays.
Identifier: islandora:15341

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Buildings, Roads
Description: Robben Island: a scene in the main street.
Identifier: islandora:16552

Title: Bellville Civic Centre, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Afrikaners, Buildings, Architecture, Civil services
Description: 1970s architecture: Bellville Civic Centre and clock tower
Identifier: islandora:16776

Title: What Mowbray's main road used to look like, Cape Town
Subject: Historic districts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Mowbray, Old Main Road. What Mowbray's main road used to look like, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15439

Title: Residences at Flamingovlei, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Table Mountain forms a backdrop to new housing at Flamingovlei.
Identifier: islandora:15281

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