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Title: House on Meadway Road, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: No. 4 Meadway belongs to Mr D.B. Sides.
Identifier: islandora:15828

Title: Mother and son stand with dog in front of their house, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Gardens, ,
Description: A modern house at Parow north.
Identifier: islandora:15793

Title: Black Sash, War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
Description: Members of the Black Sash attend a Dedication Service at the War Memorial, Gardens, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16869

Title: Water pump in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Botanical gardens, Infrastructure, Water
Description: Seized by the tree it watered : this curiosity of the public gardens (it may be seated in reply to F.S., Firmount-Road, Sea Point) dates from pre-1850 days, when there were a number of wells in the Gardens. When a proper water service was laid on, these wells were abandoned and filled in. This pump, which bears the date 1842 embossed on it, was at the head of one of these wells. It was absorbed and lifted nearly five feet from the ground by the maturing oak to which it was probably originally attached.
Identifier: islandora:17243

Title: Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town
Subject: National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Garden centers (Retail trade)--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town. Proposals for a gardener's hub at Kirstenbosch Garden. Axonometric sketch; section; and perspectives including spiral court water feature, garden centre shop interior, spiral court terrace, main entrance paypoint, and visitor information and orientation centre. Competition entry., Paper copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27983

Title: Victorian House, Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Residential buildings, Architecture
Description: Victorian house in Glynville Terrace, Gardens.
Identifier: islandora:15161

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: Devil's Peak, Cape Town, 1950
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Weather, Environment, Botanical gardens
Description: Looking as though covered in a light fall of snow, the lower slopes of Devil's Peak, above De Waal Drive, are carpeted with spring daisies.
Identifier: islandora:17512

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Water gardens, Planting plans, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. New water garden, east wing of hotel. Planting plan. Revision of November 1992 plan., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27940

Title: Government Avenue, Company's Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Botanical gardens, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: Taking a stroll down Government Avenue through the Company's Gardens and next to the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:17251

Title: Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town
Subject: National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Garden centers (Retail trade)--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town. Landscape proposals for a gardener's hub at Kirstenbosch Garden. Ground level layout plan. With notes on the spiral theme, organic form, the setting, detailed design, planting, and phased development., Paper copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27982

Title: Government Avenue, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Environment, Botanical gardens, Trees
Description: Walking under a canopy of oak trees in Government Avenue, Cape Town, late 1980s.
Identifier: islandora:17255

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: Lioness Gateway, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historic buildings, Colonialism, Botanical gardens
Description: The Lioness Gateway in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, designed by architect Louis Thibault in the early 1800s and with sculptures by Anton Anreith.
Identifier: islandora:17252

Title: Victorian Houses, Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Residential buildings, Architecture
Description: Gracious past: these elegant Victorian town houses in Hiddingh Avenue, Gardens, may be lost to residents, if a rezoning application for business rights is approved.
Identifier: islandora:15162

Title: Residence in Plumstead, Cape Town
Subject: Plumstead (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Residential buildings, Gardens, Roads
Description: Plumstead.
Identifier: islandora:15835

Title: Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Botanical gardens
Description: Children at the fish pond, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1987.
Identifier: islandora:17257

Title: Men play golf in the backyard, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Golfers, Residential buildings, Architecture, Gardens
Description: For the golf nut? This house at 4 Links Road, Pinelands, overlooks the 15th hole on the Mowbray Golf Course which Gary Player describes as one of the most beautiful in the world. It is selling at R49 000, having dropped from R70 000. Our Golf Correspondent observes there is too much weight on the right foot, too much swing in the shoulders, and a classic case of head up.
Identifier: islandora:15830

Title: Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town
Subject: National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Garden centers (Retail trade)--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town. Landscape design proposals for a gardener's hub at Kirstenbosch Garden. Plan showing roof layout and terrace; section looking towards Castle Rock; section looking towards Devil's Peak; view of the mountain skyline; and constraints/assets/liabilities flow diagram. Competition entry., Paper copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27984

Title: Holiday Inn Garden Court Cape Town Newlands
Subject: Hotel parking facilities--South Africa--Cape Town, Holiday Inn Garden Court Cape Town Newlands (Hotel : Cape Town, South Africa), Southern Sun Newlands (Hotel : Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Holiday Inn Garden Court Cape Town Newlands, Cape Town. Two photographic montages of parking area (compiled as design reference material)., Photographs pasted onto board.
Identifier: islandora:28090

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