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Title: Final stages of dismantling the bridge that spanned the Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Building, Urban areas, Development
Description: Six-ton girders, the last of the bridge that spanned the Liesbeek River at Mowbray, being removed today. The area reclaimed has been filled in and the road will soon run straight through.
Identifier: islandora:16576

Title: Men look at architect's model of houses to be constructed in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, ,
Description: The mayor of Cape Town Mr John Tyers (right) and guests of the Council examine the Homes model of Houses to be [const]ructed as part of [...] [f]irst mass housing [...] [cont]ract to be awarded [...] Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. The co[ntr]act does not include the double-storey houses.
Identifier: islandora:15350

Title: Residence, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: A residence on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16513

Title: Maitland Garden pensioner washing clothes, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Pensioners and Senior Citizens Organisation (South Africa), Forced removals (South Africa), ,
Description: At the age of 109, Mrs Rachel Wrentz may soon have to start a new life. She is still active, doing washing and cleaning. But, she says, to expect her to begin a new life now is asking too much. The oldest resident in Maitland Garden Village, she is one of many old-age pensioners in the area threatened with removal under the Group Areas Act. Many still living in the village are among those who originally moved there in 1921 when the City Council built 220 homes for employees, most of whom had apparently fought in World War 1. To Mrs Wrentz the thought of having to move is bad enough. But the spectre of being pushed into a Cape Flats township with a high crime rate haunts her.
Identifier: islandora:15190

Title: The dovecote at Koornhoop in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Farmhouses, Dovecotes, ,
Description: Historic dovecote at "Koornhoop" Mowbray.
Identifier: islandora:15426

Title: The sun porch of Zonnekus in Milnerton, Cape Town
Subject: Furniture, Residential buildings, Historic buildings, ,
Description: The beautiful vaulted sunporch of Zonnekus. / Zonnekus, the magnificent beach home at Milnerton, built in 1929 for the late Sir David Graaff, stands today as an opulent, rambling monument to a past era of luxury living. It is the only house on the island that was recently sold for R3-million to the Harry Fuchs Investment Company, which plans to turn into a luxury Mediterranean-style village of 350 houses that will sell for a total of about R70-million. The company plans to install all services, build a new bridge, town houses, condominiums and a convenience shopping centre.
Identifier: islandora:15292

Title: St. Peter's Church celebrates 100 years, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Religion, Church buildings, Centennial celebrations, etc., ,
Description: St. Peter's church, Mowbray which celebrated its centenary yesterday. The rector, the Rev. John Carter, can be seen standing at the church gates.
Identifier: islandora:15440

Title: Homestead to be demolished for office block, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Eviction, ,
Description: Two hundred years old - This old homestead is to make way for a modern office block at Rondebosch. It is in a dangerous state of disrepair, and notices warning against a close approach have been placed outside it. In the foreground is a decorative foundation. Nobody can remember when it last played.
Identifier: islandora:15544

Title: Maitland resident with hammer standing guard over property, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Human security, Protection, ,
Description: Mr Piet Wiese - trying to keep the skollies out.
Identifier: islandora:15193

Title: Robben Island Lighthouse, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Buildings, Ships
Description: The Robben Island lighthouse, built in 1864.
Identifier: islandora:16551

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: Muizenberg - once a premier resort in The Cape, now said to be losing some of its glitter.
Identifier: islandora:15397

Title: A row of apartments on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Fires, ,
Description: Smoke seeps out from under the iron roof of a row of maisonettes in Lower Main Road, Observatory, today after one of the upper stories of the building had been destroyed by fire. About 150 people watched the blaze which was controlled by firemen in 15 minutes.
Identifier: islandora:15584

Title: Aerial view of Marina Da Gama, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscapes, Residential buildings, ,
Description: An aerial view of Marina Da Gama. Next month, building will start on a new townhouse block opposite the Visitors' Centre. The centre itself will be used as a boating centre. A private club called Club Da Gama is to be formed using the centre as headquarters as well as a place to exhibit boating merchandise.
Identifier: islandora:15252

Title: Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, Infrastructure, Commerce, Roads
Description: Voortrekker Road, Bellville, is town's biggest business centre.
Identifier: islandora:16799

Title: Catholic church of St. Joseph, Cape Town.
Subject: Kommetjie (Western Cape, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: On the hillside at Kommetjie a small church with a bell tower. This is the Catholic church of St Joseph, built by a devoted wife in honour of her husband. Guiseppe Rubbi came to South Africa from Italy at the turn of the century as a humble carpenter but struggled on to become one of the foremost builders in Cape Town. The Old Mutual building in Darling Street, which in its day was considered outstanding, was built by him. He owned one of the first four holiday homes in Kommetjie and loved to walk in the mountains behind. He expressed the wish that he could be buried there as the view was reminiscent of his birthplace, Marostica. When he died in 1946, Mrs Rubbi bought the piece of land where he used to sit and admire the view and had a tomb and ventilated vault erected there. She persuaded Bishop O'Reilly to allow her to build a chapel in memory of her husband. In 1948 Mr Garnelli, the nephew who had inherited the family business, built this chapel. No expense was spared. On the ceiling are three paintings in the style of an Italian church, with different marbles imported from the Alps and Vicenza for the altar and the floor. Around the walls are tablets depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross, and a mosaic of the Holy Mother and Child. When the church was completed, Mrs Rubbi arranged for a Salesian father to conduct a service there once a month, except at holiday times, when a priest came each Sunday. With foresight the Catholic Church had brought two adjoining plots and in 1968 when Ocean View township was established, a monastery was built behind the church. From then on, regular services were held in the church. Father Smeets looks after the new church at Ocean View and the local congregation from the kommetjie and Sun Valley areas.
Identifier: islandora:17274

Title: Church entrance, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Christianity, Religion, Church buildings, Historic sites
Description: Outside Robben Island's more-than-a-century-old church, Mrs C.S. Haugerud, an islander since 1946, said: "I will be sorry to go. It's clean and open - no traffic noises and petrol fumes. I started the Sunday school on the island. I don't know who will take over from me." Mrs Haugerud is in charge of catering in the wardroom of S.A.S Robben Eiland, the training establishment.
Identifier: islandora:16523

Title: The remains of the Mowbray wash house after a fire, Cape Town
Subject: Fire, Self-service laundries, Ruined buildings, ,
Description: Burnt out - Mowbray wash house.
Identifier: islandora:15443

Title: Church interior, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), circa 1945, Historic sites, Church buildings, Interior architecture, Leprosy
Description: The little church on Robben Island where once the lepers worshipped has been desecrated by sea birds.
Identifier: islandora:16529

Title: Church Hall in Parow, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church Hall in Parow, Cape Town, 1966
Identifier: islandora:17330

Title: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Church buildings, Urban areas, Development, Roads
Description: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16526

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