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Title: Aerial view of dredging operations at Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Infrastructure, Landscapes, Real estate development, Engineering
Description: Dredging operations at Rietvlei, just beyond the racecourse at Milnerton, from where sand is being pumped through a pipeline to the site at Paarden Eiland where extensions to the Table Bay docks are being undertaken.
Identifier: islandora:16172

Title: Aerial view of Du Noon near Milnerton, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Infrastructure, Industries, Landscapes, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Du Noon.
Identifier: islandora:15299

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Urban areas, Transport, Infrastructure, Trains
Description: Sites have been cleared for Cape Town's new railway station and the £1,180,000 S.A. Railways administrative block. They are being built on the seaward side of the present station, shown in this aerial photograph. Dominating the Foreshore is the £3,158,00 Culemborg goods terminal and sheds.
Identifier: islandora:15111

Title: Aerial view, Rondebosch Common, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban parks, City planning, Real estate development, Building
Description: Rondebosch Common: the clump of trees in the middle marks the site of Barnabas Shais Tabernacle and two graveyards. The aerial view of Rondebosch Common shows many of the places mentioned by Jose Burman in his article. A: The Camp Ground Road, flanked by a long strip of stone-pines. B: Park Road, running along the south side of the common. C: The newly built Milner Road North, completed in spite of the protests of lovers of the common. D: The group of pines which marks the place where the old chapel known as the Tabernacle once stood (there were also two graveyards there). E: The Red Cross Children's Hospital. F: The Rustenburg Girls' High School. The network of paths revealed by this photograph is hardly noticeable from the ground.
Identifier: islandora:16613

Title: Aerial view, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Urban development, Apartheid
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town after the demolition of District Six (foreground), showing the Castle, railways and freeways into Cape Town, and Woodstock.
Identifier: islandora:17024

Title: Aerial view of the Civic Centre and surrounds, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, City planning, Urban development
Description: An aerial view of the new Civic Centre which is being occupied by the office workers from all over Cape Town in one of the biggest furniture moving operations of all time for the city. The Civic Centre is the tall, dark building to the left of the picture. In the left foreground is the Nico Malan complex, while in the right foreground is the Cape Town Centre. Behind is the Paul Sauer Building which houses the railway headquarters for the Western Cape. Right behind this building is the overall deck of the railway station.
Identifier: islandora:17088

Title: Aerial view of Otto du Plessis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Ocean, Lion's Head (Cape Town, South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Infrastructure, Building, ,
Description: The Otto du Plessis Drive over the new railway to the container berths in Table Bay harbour has been opened to traffic. The bridge was constructed by Murray and Stewart (Cape Town).
Identifier: islandora:15302

Title: Aerial view of central Cape Town, circa 1940s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historical, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town before the development of high-rise buildings.
Identifier: islandora:17045

Title: Aerial view of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Railroads, ,
Description: In the centre of the picture is the beginning of a new station for Mitchell's Plain. In the foreground are three-unit and four-unit dwellings nearing completion.
Identifier: islandora:15343

Title: Aerial view of people gathering for a funeral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Grief
Description: Crowd which gathered at the location for the funeral of the three killed in the Langa Riots. View of a small part of the huge crowd which gathered at Langa yesterdayfor the funeral of the Africans who were killed in the riot in the township. The photograph was taken before the funeral procession moved off to Langa cemetery, about a mile away.
Identifier: islandora:16296

Title: Aerial view of Milnerton Racecourse, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Infrastructure, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: This impressive aerial picture by the Argus of Milnerton racecourse shows the 1 400 metres straight in the foreground, the round course with the near and far bends in the middle and the white track where the racehorses are worked. The big building on the left is Rietvlei Centre on Koeberg Road.
Identifier: islandora:15291

Title: Aerial view of Chapman's Peak, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Ocean, ,
Description: Chapman's Peak got its name from Caapmans / This unusual view of Chapman's Peak drive taken by The Argus photographer shows the white sands of Noordhoek on the right and Fish Hoek in the background. In the distance across False bay can be seen Cape Hangklip.
Identifier: islandora:15569

Title: Aerial view of a golf course under construction, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscapes, ,
Description: Aerial view of golf course, now under construction, east of Prince George Drive. According to Gary Player, golf course architects in the United States "would part with a favourite putter" to have a slice of coastline like this.
Identifier: islandora:15248

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, ,
Description: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15407

Title: Aerial view, Signal Hill, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Tourism, Environment, Urban development
Description: Aerial view of the Lion Battery and Noon Gun on Signal Hill above Green Point, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17028

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: Right: The beach front at Muizenberg soon after sunrise on a clear winter's morning. This photograph shows the area of beach once occupied by the now demolished Muizenberg Pavilion.
Identifier: islandora:15396

Title: Aerial view of the Delft show village, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid
Description: An aerial view of the Delft show village, the House of Representatives' housing project. Phase I, consisting of 2 000 units, should be sold out by the end of January. Houses are priced from R12 500 to R17 500.
Identifier: islandora:17626

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport
Description: Aerial view of the Foreshore in Cape Town shows the Monumental Park in the foreground, on which the opera house is to be built, flanked on the left by the industrial buildings close to the Culemborg goods yards and on the right by the Sanlam Centre and the new Medipark building. The new station complex and the Paul Sauer Railways Administration building can be seen in the open space between the station, and the Monumental Park is the site for the new Cape Civic Centre.
Identifier: islandora:15119

Title: Aerial view of Cape Town city centre, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, City planning, Urban development, Railways
Description: A fine aerial view of the city centre with the railway station complex in the middle, the Golden Acre towards the top right and the Heerengracht fountains dominating the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:17090

Title: Aerial view of Nyanga, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, ,
Description: This is Nyanga, where police patrols were active this week after the riots at Langa on Monday night. / Nyanga - township for Natives on the outskirts of Cape Town is well planned, but many of the houses are temporary structures erected by the Natives themselves, until modern brick homes can be built for them.
Identifier: islandora:15601

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