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Title: The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Architecture, Building, Afrikaners
Description: An example of the office building accommodation available in Bellville's growing central business district district is this modern building society block. The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville was officially opened this week by Dr C.F. Albertyn. In addition to the shopping space on the ground floor, there are seven floors of office space and the banking hall also provides for art exhibitions. Saambou now owns buildings in Bellville valued at more than R1 500 000. With office accommodation in big demand in the rapidly developing Tygeberg area, office blocks are going up all over. One of the latest and largest blocks is the Saambou National Building, opened towards the end of last year. This building offers shopping space on the ground floor and seven floors of office space.
Identifier: islandora:16830

Title: Bellville railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railways, Architecture, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Transport
Description: Entrance to the Bellville Station, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16811

Title: Prisoner cleaning window, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Architecture
Description: A prisoner cleaning his cell window.
Identifier: islandora:16533

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

Title: The Speaker's chair at the Union House of Assembly, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Legislation, Architecture, Chairs, ,
Description: The speakers chair (left, below) in the Assembly Chamber of the present Houses of Parliament (built in 1884) was used in the old Cape House.
Identifier: islandora:15764

Title: Prison cell, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Interior architecture
Description: An inside view of a typical single cell.
Identifier: islandora:16527

Title: Lowenstein Estate, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Urban development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, City planning, Environment
Description: Lowenstein Estate: An area of 291 morgen opposite the Karl Bremer Hospital on the northern side of the national road to Bellville (shown as white lines) has been sold for township development at a price of R550,000. The property ,which belonged to the Duminy family for a long time, has been acquired by Mr. K. W. Bates, of London, and Mr. Allen, of Johannesburg, after negotiations through John Bowie and Co. (Pty) Ltd. in collaboration with Mr. L. Howe. It is the intention to development the area in conjunction with Bellville Municipality and make it the Bishopscourt of the area. It will be laid out in 703 residential sites of between 10,000 and 25,000 sq. ft. each. There will be a school site of 12 acres facing the national road, a shopping centre of 4 acres and a flat site of 5 acres. Possibly a company will be formed to build the houses to accepted minimum qualifications.
Identifier: islandora:16787

Title: Laying the foundation stone of Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Architecture, Legislation, , ,
Description: Governor of the Cape Colony: In 1875, Sir Henry Barkly laid the foundation stone of the existing Houses of Parliament. But the building thus [...] was never completed and the corner stone in this occasion of all the pomp of circumstance above - has never since been traced. Extensive modifications were made in the buildings and they were not completed or occupied until 1885. The troops seen in the photograph are the Cape Volunteer Rifles, the Cape Town Cavalry and the 24th regiment whose members were massacred at Isandhlwana. Compare the houses in the background with the buildings which occupy Parliament street today.
Identifier: islandora:15757

Title: School principal, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Robben Island school principal, Mr J.J. Breinissen.
Identifier: islandora:16515

Title: Gereformeerde Kerk, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Afrikaners, Religion, Architecture
Description: Slender simplicity: the spire of the Gereformeerde Kerk in Broadway Street, Bellville, one of several ultra-modern churches in the town.
Identifier: islandora:16790

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Robben Island Primary School
Identifier: islandora:16518

Title: Cape Dutch farmhouse, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, History, Cape Dutch architecture, Architecture, Farms
Description: Cape Dutch farm building at Lowenstein, Bellville, Cape Town,
Identifier: islandora:16804

Title: Lamp post situated at the House of Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Politics, Architecture, Light, ,
Description: Houses of Parliament, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15773

Title: Interior of a residence with striking décor, Cape Town
Subject: Architecture, Interior decoration, ,
Description: All red and white, this is a house for a very vital with-it couple who obviously have no time for repose. The main feature of the overall striking décor is a ceiling "supergraphic" which sweeps into an arrow pointing the way to the boatshed and garage.
Identifier: islandora:15244

Title: Two men building a shack, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements, Homeless persons, Architecture, ,
Description: Heave-ho - Mr Joseph Themba Ntswanqela (foreground), helped by Mr Zulungle Vityolo, builds a shack in Noordhoek.
Identifier: islandora:15561

Title: P.W. Botha with his wife address the crowd before them, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Architecture, Audiences, ,
Description: Flanked by members of the National Party caucus, and with his wife, Elize, at his side, South Africa's new Prime Minister, Mr P.W. Botha, addresses the crowd from the steps of Parliament this afternoon.
Identifier: islandora:15718

Title: Office workers in Bellville,Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Commerce, Architecture, Office workers
Description: Three floors of office workers are seen in this picture of the inside of a big Bellville office block. Bellville has many fine commercial buildings and more are being built.
Identifier: islandora:16795

Title: Bellville, Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Business, Urban development, Architecture, Transport
Description: Shopping in Bellville, heart of the Tygerberg.
Identifier: islandora:16827

Title: Civic Centre, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, Civil society, Local government, Architecture
Description: The Civic Centre at Bellville where the annual congress of the Cape Western Regional Publicity Association will be opened by the Mayor of Bellville, Mr. W. J. Bezuidenhout, to-day. The Civic Centre contains a civic theatre, council chamber and administrative offices. A city hall will be added in 1967. The "Cape Times" will publish next Wednesday, November 4, a special supplement on the great progress that has been made in recent years at Bellville.
Identifier: islandora:16785

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

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