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Title: Family sits outside their house in Ocean View, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), , ,
Description: Ocean View.
Identifier: islandora:15609

Title: Map shewing railways of Cape Colony, open in 1882
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, , ,
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems of railways, with an inset of 'Enlarged map of lines near Cape Town.' The System lines show all the train stations and distances. The map also shows towns. Some colour. Scale about 1/2 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25188

Title: Cape Colony. Upington
Subject: Upington Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Upington and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Upington., Relief shown by contours, hachures, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, fuel, grazing and Upington., Includes ancillary map: Upington (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles)., Sheet 128-D., Copies 917 and 952 mounted on cloth. Copy 953 printed on cloth. Copy 952 is discoloured.
Identifier: islandora:24924

Title: Woman posing for a portrait holding a plant, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman poses for a portrait holding a plant in a garden in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18445

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Planting plans, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Redevelopment of the east gardens. Dimension and plant plan. Revision of February 1996 plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27950

Title: Stal Plein, Cape Town, 1946
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: Stal Plein, a suggested site for a civic theatre.
Identifier: islandora:17203

Title: Victorian Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Cape Town Victorian Church
Identifier: islandora:17325

Title: Map of Cape Town (central)
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bulletin ; no. 141, Map shows principal streets and places of interest including the Company Gardens, the Public Library (National Library of South Africa), St George's Cathedral, the opera house, Tivoli Music Hall, the Old Supreme Court Buildings (Slave Lodge), University of Cape Town, Cartwright's Corner (the halting place for all trams), Monument Station, The Alhambra, Wolfram's Bioscope, the Railway Institute, the Boer War Memorial, the Art Gallery, the War Memorial, the offices of the Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie, the Michaelis School of Art, public conveniences and the position of several statues., Map shows quarter, half and three-quarters of a mile radius lines from the city centre., Inset: Cape Peninsula. Scale 1: 354 816. 1 in. to 5.6 miles., Advertisements on verso of map.
Identifier: islandora:19915

Title: Plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Public works--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Map showing a plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, with districts, district boundaries, cities and towns, rivers, routes, and hachures. Some colours. Scale 30 Miles to 1 Inch. At head of title: Papers respecting the Cape of Good Hope
Identifier: islandora:30032

Title: Nurses say farewell to their chief matron, Cape Town
Subject: Medical care, Nurses, Groote Schuur Hospital (Cape Town, South Africa), ,
Description: Groote Schuur Hospital nurses say goodbye to their chief matron, Miss Patricia Brassell, at the end of her last shift. She retired yesterday after 37 years of service.
Identifier: islandora:15610

Title: Chris Barnard and his wife, Barbara Barnard, Cape Town
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Barnard, Barbara
Description: Chris Barnard and his wife, Barbara
Identifier: islandora:14808

Title: President Swart and his wife at the opening of parliament, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Armed forces, ,
Description: Mr and Mrs C.R. Swart at the opening of Parliament.
Identifier: islandora:15734

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: Cape of Good Hope. Rietfontein and surrounding country
Subject: Rietfontein Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Rietfontein and other towns and villages, roads, farms, kraals, rivers, springs, pans, vleis, wells, dams, drifts, mountains, dunes and other terrain in the area surrounding Rietfontein., Relief shown by shading, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., "Cape of Good Hope reconnaissance series."--Cover., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24913

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

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