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An aerial starboard broadside view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Cape Town city and Table Bay from Table Mountain. (Sheet film negative)
A slightly distant aerial port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) just under way off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard broadside view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from Table Bay (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town city and harbour from Table Mountain. (Sheet film negative)
Richards' map of Cape Town and its suburbs. (Chart)
The British troopship Pasteur (1939) at Cape Town, South Africa (Copy Negative)
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cutaway model; Plank-on-frame; Stores
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cutaway model; Plank-on-frame; Stores
The passenger/cargo liner Dominion Monarch (1939) at Cape Town, South Africa. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Pretoria Castle (1948) at Cape Town, South Africa. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Edinburgh Castle (1948) under way at Cape Town, South Africa. (Negative)
Looking towards Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A flower market in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Castle Military Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the motor coaster King On (1949) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
The wheelhouse of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A close view of canna lillies in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
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