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Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Roads, Urban development, City planning, Recreation
Description: The entrance to Adderley Street from Government Avenue, Cape Town, 1962.
Identifier: islandora:17254

Title: Air Force guard of honour salute Governor-General and his wife, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Armed forces, ,
Description: Governor-General (Dr. E.G. Jansen) and Mrs Jansen acknowledged the salute of an Air Force guard of honour as they arrived for the opening of Parliament today.
Identifier: islandora:15732

Title: Church Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Roads
Description: Looking up Church Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17507

Title: Cape of Good Hope, St. John's River (Umzimvubu)
Subject: Mzimvubu River (South Africa)--Maps, Port Saint Johns (South Africa)--Maps, Pondoland (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map of St. John's River with hydrographic information on river soundings and sea miles. "Soundings in feet reduced to low-water ordinary springs." The land along the river has relief shown by contours, shading and pictorially. Place names are Cape Hermes and Fort Harrison. There is a rectilineal figure lettered a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, x, m and n, plus points j, k and l. "The stations a ti I, x, m, are laid down from co-ordinates furnished by Mr. F. S. Watermeyer, Govt. Surveyor, and the stations j, k, l are scaled from his lithographed map and were fixed by compass bearings only by Lt. Cameron RE." The boundary from station m encloses with the river the area purchased from Umquilso by the Cape Government. Scale 1 inch to 1200 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25068

Title: Parliamentary cars, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Transport, Motorcars, ,
Description: Parliamentary cars.
Identifier: islandora:15781

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This street plan of Cape Town shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including the City Bowl area, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, the Cape Flats and the False Bay area. Included are Woodstock, Good Hope model village, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Lotus River, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), schools, hospitals and sanatoria, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., Includes an index sheet., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1930 edition of this map. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19846

Title: Salt River, Cape Town
Subject: Salt River (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: A view of a road in Salt River, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:5119

Title: Mendelssohn - Songs without words: a joint recital by the piano students of the University of Cape Town and the Stellenbosch Konservatorium, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30310

Title: Young boys playing in the street, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A group of young boys play around a table on the side of a road in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18506

Title: Louis Maholo live in concert, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Musicians--South Africa, Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Moholo, Louis Tebago,
Description: Louis Maholo performs live at a jazz concert in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18208

Title: [Insurance plan of Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa]
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps.
Description: This plan is numbered Sheet 13. The sheet shows details of the construction and use of buildings within the area bounded by Queen Victoria, Bloem, Bree and Wale Streets. The sheet records street names, widths and numbers; fire-protection facilities (including the location of salt and fresh water hydrants); materials, shape, height, placement and use of buildings; the location of openings, types of stored materials and areas of high-risk activites on industrial sites., "Copyright 1949". Handwritten: "Rev'd to Sept 1956"., The original sheet has been updated by the pasting of new sections over the original plan.
Identifier: islandora:19896

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Mount Fletcher
Subject: Mount Fletcher Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Lesotho -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Mount Fletcher and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the area surrounding Mount Fletcher., Relief shown by contours, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, fuel, grazing, suplies, towns and horse sickness., Includes four ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles): Stanford's Drift, Keneka Drift, Tina River Drift, Tsitsa River Drift. Includes three ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 1 mile): Mount Fletcher, Matatiele, Keneka Drift., Sheet South-H-35/Q., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24939

Title: Chris Barnard explains an answer to journalists, Cape Town
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Press conferences
Description: Chris Barnard
Identifier: islandora:14461

Title: Model of an old steam train, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport
Description: Model of an old steam train, Cape Town, 19??
Identifier: islandora:17404

Title: Church Street, Cape Town, 1974
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Commerce, Roads
Description: Standard General Insurance Company has paid R150 000 for this Church Street, Cape Town, property adjoining its building at the corner of Church and Adderley streets. The site area is 157,5sq m. The building comprises ground floor shops and two office floors. The company says the property was brought as an investment but offers the possibility for future extension of its present building.
Identifier: islandora:17497

Title: Chris Barnard at a press conference, Cape Town
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Press conferences, Heart--Surgery
Description: [Chris] Barnard
Identifier: islandora:14786

Title: Two men and two women socialising, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Men--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Two men and two women pose for a picture at a social event, while one of the men pours a drink, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:18442

Title: Young girls standing at a fence in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Two young girls peer over a fence outside a shared property in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18523

Title: Map of the Cape Government Railways, the Royal Mail route to the Orange River Colony, Transvaal and Rhodesia
Subject: Railroads -- South Africa -- Maps., Railroads -- Africa, southern -- Maps., Shipping -- South Africa -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal, Natal, Bechuanaland, and Rhodesia, showing the routes of the Cape Government Railways and other existing railways (those already in use and those still under construction) as well as lines that had been proposed or authorised. The map also indicates cities, towns (with an alphabetical index to places on the map), rivers and shipping routes from London to Cape Town and along the South African coast., Townshend, Taylor and Snashall (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:19581

Title: General view of the City Bowl, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Cape Town Harbour, Urban development, City planning
Description: Cape Town City Bowl towards Devil's Peak, showing the old harbour, docks and power stations, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17046

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