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Title: Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Aerial view of UCT's Lower Campus in the early 1980s, including the Baxter Theatre
Identifier: islandora:16732

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: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Architecture
Description: Boarded up and derelict house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1960s
Identifier: islandora:17239

Title: Disa Park , Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, Apartheid, City planning, Architecture
Description: The photograph shows the 80 mile view from the Disa Park flat complex rising on the slopes of Devil's Peak, Cape Town. This is the first tower which will be completed this week. The contractors on Disa Park are Murray and Roberts Industrialised Buildings.
Identifier: islandora:16968

Title: Exterior, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Exterior of the University of Cape Town's Baxter Theatre, Rondebosch, Cape Town, designed by architect Jack Barnett in a modernist style inspired by the Scandinavian National Romantic Movement.
Identifier: islandora:16735

Title: The Coloured Representative Council (CRC) building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Gardens, Architecture, Landscapes
Description: Coloured Representative Council building - symbol of apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:16002

Title: Camps Bay beachfront development, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Building, Architecture, Recreation, Environment
Description: The new Promenade shopping centre on the beachfront at Camps Bay, currently being built by Ovcon (Cape) Building. The centre will be ready for beneficial occupation at the end of June [1987].
Identifier: islandora:16947

Title: Ballroom at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: Ballroom at De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries.
Identifier: islandora:17270

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: Cape Dutch homestead, Bergvliet Farm, Cape Town
Subject: Bergvliet (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Architecture, History, Housing, Cape Dutch architecture,
Description: Cape Dutch homestead in Bergvliet at Retreat
Identifier: islandora:16840

Title: Exterior of Tuynhuys, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: The exterior of De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries
Identifier: islandora:17269

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: Malay Quarter restoration, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Demolition
Description: These houses at the junction of Hout Street and Chiappini Street are beyond restoration. Under the second stage of the restoration scheme this site would be cleared and zoned for commercial purposes.
Identifier: islandora:17227

Title: Men taking care of the Coloured Representative Council's (CRC) gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Gardens, Architecture
Description: Two of the Coloured Representative Council's (CRC) 12 full-time gardeners tend the flower beds at the unused council building.
Identifier: islandora:16001

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: D.F.Malan Airport, Cape Town, 1960s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Travel, Architecture
Description: Waiting next to the tarmac to board a plane at D.F. Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1960s
Identifier: islandora:15886

Title: Parking at D.F.Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Travel, City planning, Architecture
Description: "Frustration Centre". Lack of covered space at D.F.Malan Airport in which cars and buses can off-load passengers out of the weather is illustrated in this picture of the entrance. Also shown is part of the parking area, which stretches a long distance from the terminal. Mr. Michael Chambers, who has just completed a thesis on airport design, believes that the money being spent on alterations to the airport could be better used on another design system.
Identifier: islandora:15877

Title: Malay Quarter restoration, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Local government
Description: Malay Quarter visit: members of the City Council's Finance and General Purpose Committee and other councillors yesterday inspected the two sections of the Malay Quarter where the Minister of Community Development, Mr P. W. Botha, is insisting that houses be reconstructed and restored on traditional lines. The committee will discuss the matter on Tuesday. Facing the camera in this picture taken in Wale Street with some of the affected properties in the back ground, are (left to right) Mrs J. Newton Thompson, Mr W. J. Peters, the Mayor, Mr H. M. Bowman, Mr F. Sonnenberg, Mr W. H. Andrag, Mrs E. D. Stott and, in the background, Mrs J. J. J. Bakker, chairman of the Housing Committee.
Identifier: islandora:17226

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

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