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Title: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1973
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Children, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Housing
Description: Children play among the ruins of an abandoned building in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17236

Title: Green Valley House, Constantia
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Green Valley House, Constantia, Cape Town. Landscape sketch-plan. Conceptual site layout plan., Original, hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22440

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
Description: Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
Identifier: islandora:15077

Title: New housing development, Blue Downs, Cape Town
Subject: Blue Downs (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Townships, Apartheid, Housing, Architecture
Description: A new housing development at Blue Downs, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16879

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Entrance to a portion of the Governor's residence, Castle, Cape Town, before restoration.
Identifier: islandora:17103

Title: Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Roads, Transport
Description: Shortmarket Street from Darling Street, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:17391

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Landscape design., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27955

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1900
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Commerce, Roads
Description: Long Street near the turn of the century. The building in the middle still houses John Marcus and Son.
Identifier: islandora:17362

Title: Anglican Church of St. Barnabas, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Built of Table Mountain sandstone and Kloof granite, St. Barnabas's Church has a red roof which contrasts pleasing with the pines that stand as sentinels. The building has the charm that is derived from solid mellowness of weathered stone.
Identifier: islandora:17290

Title: Lecture theatre complex
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, University of the Western Cape, Universities and colleges--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans
Description: University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, Western Cape. Landscape sketch proposal for lecture theatre complex, University of the Western Cape. Plan, and paving detail., Plan: scale 1:200; paving detail: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22518

Title: Construction of Strand Street extension, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, City planning, Urban development
Description: Construction of the extension of Strand Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17419

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Outer court or Bailey at the Castle, Cape Town, before restoration, looking towards De Kat balcony.
Identifier: islandora:17107

Title: Salvation Army citadel, Cape Town, 1971
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Citadel: The Salvation Army's new citadel in the Gardens, which will be opened on Saturday.
Identifier: islandora:17308

Title: Re-opening of Adderley Street branch of Standard Bank after renovations
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Commerce, Architecture, Building
Description: Last-minute preparations before today's opening.
Identifier: islandora:16750

Title: Rondebosch Congregational Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Congregational Church (Rondebosch) - In the porch of a pretty stone-and-brick church at Rondebosch, where Devil's Peak dominates the skyline, is the stone which once lay on the grave of Dr. Johannes van der Kemp - one of the pioneer missionaries who brought Congregationalism to South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:17276

Title: The S A Railways building on the Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Building
Description: Cape Town Foreshore: S. A. Railway Building.
Identifier: islandora:17433

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Cape Town, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Yesterday marked the 130th anniversary of the dedication of St Mary's Cathedral and after Solemn High Mass, His Eminence Owen Cardinal McCann, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town, braved the rain together with Monsignor C G Watkins (on the archbishop's left), the Rev Father Rodney Hall (on his right) and the choir to pose for the Cape Times outside the cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17296

Title: City Bowl and Table Bay in the 1930s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Environment, Architecture
Description: Cape Town view from Signal Hill about 1936.
Identifier: islandora:17053

Title: Sentry box at the Castle, Cape Town, 1954
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Environment, Architecture
Description: One of the sentry boxes at the gateway to the Castle, Cape Town, is slowly being broken up by the huge East Indian rubber-type tree which shades the entrance. The picture shows the damage done to one wall of the box.
Identifier: islandora:17096

Title: Portswood Square
Subject: Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans
Description: Portswood Square, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape. "Security office bench details". Plan, two elevations, section and detail hand-drawn in pen and ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:10; elevations: scale 1:10; section: scale 1:5; detail: full size
Identifier: islandora:22697

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