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Title: Conophytum wettsteinii (A.Berger) N.E.Br.
Subject: South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Conophytum wettsteinii (A.Berger) N.E.Br. Drawn from a collection made at Copperberg [Koperberg] in Namaqualand by N.S. Pillans (5763), 1926.
Identifier: islandora:23343

Title: Conophytum ectypum N.E.Br. subsp. ectypum
Subject: South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration -capsule relating to the illustration - Conophytum ectypum N.E.Br. Scanned contents of capsule from a collection made by Brown (sub-National Botanical Garden 1089/27). [Refer to Bolus Herbarium 130828 for illustration of plant and to Bolus Herbarium 131032 for illustration of plant and dissected flower parts]. [No locality details are given. Plant species endemic to South Africa; Northern Cape Province distribution].
Identifier: islandora:23350

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fishing, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood
Description: Snoek run: the snoek boats are moving with the early morning sun because large shoals have moved in on the Peninsula's Atlantic coastline. Catches of up to 500 fish a boat are being made. Prices have dropped from R3 for a snoek early this week to R1,40. The boats have been working along the coast from Clifton to Slangkop. Fishermen say it could be one of the best snoek seasons in years.
Identifier: islandora:15017

Title: Report on a surface site near Yzerfontein.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, , ,
Description: Report on a surface site at De Hoek, near Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa. The site contained a hammer stone and an upper grindstone.
Identifier: islandora:21749

Title: Grabouw Forest Reserve
Subject: Protea cynaroides--Western Cape (South Africa), Proteaceae--Western Cape (South Africa), Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Protea grandiceps--Western Cape (South Africa), Botanists--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Caledon, Location: Grabouw Forest Reserve., Ecology: Protea cynaroides / P. grandiceps.
Identifier: islandora:3084

Title: Mesembryanthemum sp.
Subject: South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of--Little Namaqualand, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Mesembryanthemum sp. Drawn from a collection made by V.S. Peers ( sub-National Botanical Garden 1387/33), Little Namaqualand.
Identifier: islandora:22771

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 9
Subject: Xalanga (South Africa)--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 9 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, showing the districts of Xalanga and St. Mark's, locations, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30076

Title: Erepsia patula (Haw.) Schwantes
Subject: South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Erepsia patula (Haw.) Schwantes. Drawn from a collection made between Pakhuis Pass [Pakhuispas]and Durbanville by C.L. Leipoldt (sub-Bolus Herbarium 20356). Exact location unknown.
Identifier: islandora:23724

Title: Mandela and De Klerk at a meeting, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Ex-presidents--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem),
Description: Nelson Mandela and F.W. De Klerk at a meeting between the ANC (African National Congress) and the then South African government, the NP (National Party).
Identifier: islandora:12605

Title: Sketch map of the Cango Cave
Subject: Cango Caves (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Cango Cave drawn to face page 44 of the First Annual Report of the Geological Commission, 1896 [G81-1897]. Drawn by H.M. Luttman-Johnson, a student of the South African College, in January 1897, to accompany the Notes on the Cango Cave by G.S. Corstophine in the report., The map gives details of the chambers of the cave, showing the location of dolomite, stalactites and stalagmites.
Identifier: islandora:19608

Title: Dancing at a beer-drink
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: Dancing at a beer-drink.
Identifier: islandora:5385

Title: Anglo American Farms, Groot Drakenstein
Subject: Anglo American Farms (Western Cape, South Africa),
Description: Anglo American Farms, Groot Drakenstein, Western Cape. Landscape proposal: screening of new bottled wine cold storage warehouse., Original hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:250
Identifier: islandora:22256

Title: Mandela walks amongst ANC [African National Congress] supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Crowds--South Africa, African National Congress, Post-apartheid era
Description: Nelson Mandela and supporters
Identifier: islandora:14428

Title: Report on a Late Stone Age burial site in Melkbosstrand.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, , ,
Description: Report on a Late Stone Age burial site in Melkbosstrand, Western Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:22147

Title: South Africa
Subject: Railroad stations--South Africa--Maps, Transportation--South Africa--Maps,
Description: Map of South Africa with illustrations showing railway routes and links, air routes, neighbouring countries, cities and towns, international boudaries, railway stations, and rivers. Scale: 2.5 in. to 100 miles. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29929

Title: Image from rock painting site, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., ,
Description: Rock painting of animal figures in red and black.
Identifier: islandora:21482

Title: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman and members of the -Kassie Family stand in front of the Tree of Family.
Subject: Tree of Family ; Kleinman, Karel, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park--Religious aspects, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Found on the eastern border of the Old Bushman Camp, the Tree of Family is of great importance to the ǂKhomani San community and was both a resting and meeting place for the community. The tree also marks the grave of a member of the San community who died there in 1935. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27067

Title: Interior, Hondeklipbaai, Namaqualand
Subject: Older people--South Africa--Hondeklipbaai, Dwellings--South Africa—Hondeklipbaai, Hondeklipbaai (South Africa)--Social conditions,
Description: Elderly women sitting on a bed, Hondeklipbaai, Namaqualand.
Identifier: islandora:5166

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