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Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, circa 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Aerial view of the Castle, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17101

Title: Winston Mankunku Ngozi playing live at Luxurama, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Saxophonists--South Africa, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, 1943-2009
Description: Winston Mankunku Ngozi, jazz saxophonist, plays live at Luxurama in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18248

Title: Metropolitan Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: Mellowed by its 80 years the Metropolitan Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square holds the secret of Cape Town's old bells which are thought to be in the church tower. It is hoped that in the near future a long enough ladder will be obtained to enable someone to investigate their state and the possibility of ringing them again.
Identifier: islandora:17271

Title: Basil Coetzee and Abdullah Ibrahim practicing before a live performance, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Pianists--South Africa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, 1934-, Coetzee, Basil
Description: Basil Coetzee (left) and Abdullah Ibrahim practice before a live performance in Strandfontein, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18254

Title: Frances and Nia at the beach, Cape Town
Subject: Women--South Africa, Pregnancy, Beaches--South Africa,
Description: Frances and nine-month pregnant Nia (with Nicholas) at Kommetjie beach, Cape Town, 1991. Frances and Graeme were visiting Simon and Nia at their home in Kommetjie.
Identifier: islandora:1385

Title: City Hall, Cape Town, circa 1934
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Roads, Urban development, Local government
Description: Cape Town City Hall, circa 1934.
Identifier: islandora:17365

Title: Spin Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Architecture, Roads
Description: Traffic relief : a new picture of the fine wide thoroughfare created out of the Spin Street extension that is helping to relieve the City's traffic problems. Trees were planted down the centre islands during the Van Riebeeck Festival.
Identifier: islandora:17344

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:15047

Title: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan gives a speech to various politicians, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Speeches, addresses, etc., Legislation, Prime ministers, , ,
Description: Historic picture of Mr Macmillan's "Winds of Change" speech taken in the House of Assembly dining room where the Prime Minister addressed both Houses of Parliament.
Identifier: islandora:15762

Title: Roger Sorrell, Sea Point, Cape Town, 1941
Subject: Sorrell, Roger, Sorrell family, Babies, Sea Point (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: A photo of Roger Sorrell on the grass in Seapoint, Cape Town. The photo is inscribed on the back: "Roger Sorrell 9th February 1941".
Identifier: islandora:29855

Title: Drawing room of Newlands House, Cape Town, with double sash windows, 1977
Subject: Newlands (Cape Town, South Africa), Housing, Architecture, Interiors, Antiques
Description: The elegantly proportioned drawing room, scene of family celebrations, may be the main room of the new restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:17266

Title: First telegraph office, Cape Town, circa 1876
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Communication
Description: Cape Town's first telegraph office. It stood at what is now Cartwright's Corner in 1876.
Identifier: islandora:17195

Title: Darling Street, Cape Town, 19th century
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Horse-drawn vehicles, Street-railroads, Transport
Description: Horse-drawn cart and tram on Darling Street, Cape Town. Published 29 October 1977. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17385

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Arts, Culture, Antiques
Description: The top storey of John Marcus and Sons it is today, retaining the original glass and cast iron roof. One of the many artists that lived and worked in Long Street in the first half of the century rented this gallery.
Identifier: islandora:17450

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1934
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings
Description: Adderley Street, Cape Town. Cape Town holiday. Visit of Prince George, 1934.
Identifier: islandora:17392

Title: Plan of Cape Town showing tram lines and places of interest
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Street-railroads -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps.
Description: Title and key in English and Dutch., Map shows the tramline from Cape Town central to Camps Bay over Kloof Nek, the Sea Point railway line, streets and street block divisions in Cape Town. Also indicated are 35 places of interest including the Castle, Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Opera House, the Tivoli, swimming baths in Long Street and Camps Bay, a pavilion in Camps Bay, places of worship, hotels and the lighthouses at Mouille Point and Green Point.
Identifier: islandora:19897

Title: Steep street in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Housing, Historic districts
Description: A row of semi-detached cottages climb a steep street in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1950s.
Identifier: islandora:17241

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
Description: Demolition in progress, District Six, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:12525

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