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Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
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Subject
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South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Prayer groups--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
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Description
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Women and children of Crossroads gather to pray for the Nyanga bush squatters, who had staged a hunger strike in St George's Cathedral in an attempt to persuade the authorities not to demolish their plastic shacks. The protest was fruitless - the shacks were torn down during the wet Cape winter, causing hardship, Cape Town, 1982
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Identifier
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islandora:917
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Art Nouveau architecture on Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Art, Culture, Historic buildings
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Description
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Merchants, Long Street, Cape Town. One of the oldest buildings on Long Street, the original building at Merchants dates back 350 years and was made [with] slate from Table Mountain. After many iterations through the centuries it survives today as a fine example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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Identifier
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islandora:17456
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17th century water canal, Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1982
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Water, Archaeology, Building, Urban development
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Description
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Water canal found in city: Council workers laying water pipes in Adderley Street stopped digging when archaeologist, Miss Gabebah Abrahams peered down the hole and discovered a 17th century water canal. Miss Abrahams, 25, who says she makes a habit of looking into holes, saw a levelling of stone where the workers were digging which seemed to be a wall. Further excavations unearthed a canal which seems to connect to the wall. The canal runs under Adderley Street and joins up with canals running from Government Avenue up Wale Street to Long Street and Buitengracht Street. CASTLE: The mortar and brickwork is the same as the wall of Wagenaar's Reservoir, unearthed in the Golden Acre. Miss Abrahams said it was of the same period as the Castle and was probably built in the 17th century during the Dutch occupation of the Cape. "There used to be a moat around the Houses of Parliament. The ducts could have led into this to carry water off", she said. "This is one of the oldest structures in Cape Town . People are digging up valuable cultural and historical material all the time and they don't know about it. We are losing the history of Cape Town", she added. Miss Abrahams also found some clay pipe, an old bottle base, porcelain, bone and pottery, which date back to the 17th century. The porcelain is the same type as that discovered in the Golden Acre. Some of the canal will be demolished when the City Council lays water pipes.
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Identifier
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islandora:17490
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Child being arrested by policeman, Cape Town, South Africa, 1982
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South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Shoplifting--South Africa, Police--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
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A youthful shoplifter is arrested by a policeman in Loop Street, Cape Town, 1982
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Identifier
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islandora:920
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Palm Tree Mosque, Cape Town, 1982
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Islam, Architecture, Historical monuments
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The Palm Tree mosque and the two remaining in Long Street from which it derives its name. It was not built as a mosque but is a converted house serving as a mosque upstairs and the Imam's house below. It is believed to have been built around 1787 by Carel Lodewijk Schot.
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Identifier
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islandora:17445
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Blue Lodge, Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Hotels, Historical monuments
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Description
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206-208 Long Street, Cape Town: a late Victorian building erected at the turn of the 19th century and declared a national monument in 1983.
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Identifier
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islandora:17462
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Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Urban development, Building
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One of Long Street's historic buildings, restored to mint condition. It and others like it will be protected permanently if the plan to have the street declared an historical area is accepted.
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islandora:17448