Independent Newspapers Archive
University of Cape Town
This significant, under threat and extensive archive of about 850 000 images, now housed at UCT, spans a period from about the 1900’s – 2000. The archive has been identified as having highly significant social history and heritage value with a particular connection to Cape Town, Western Cape and UCT. Topics range from social conditions in and around Cape Town, key protests in pre- and post apartheid periods as well as a broad spectrum of political activity, sport and very large collection of images on prominent figures (sport, social, political). UCT Libraries has selected and scanned nearly 6 000 images with appropriate metadata. It will complement other collections on the history of Cape Town and the province in Special Collections. The archive intersects with History, Film and Media Studies, Sociology, and African Studies and is a valuable portal of our regional social history.
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Standard Bank's main Cape Town office, which dates from many years ago. Early this century it was described as the most imposing building in Adderley Street. …
Part of the renovated Adderley Street branch of the Standard Bank. …
Streets on the site presently occupied by the General Post Office and was built before the present Standard Bank Building was extended from Adderley Street through to Parliament Street (or Grave Street as it …
Horses and carriages outside the Standard Bank in Adderley Street, Cape Town, before the addition of the two upper storeys in the 1930s …
this site,though one of the better examples of modern architecture, dwarfs the beautiful old Standard Bank Building in its original setting. (Published 15 August 1974). Cape Archives. …
The interior of the Standard Bank, Adderley Street, before refurbishing took place. …
Explosion: When it came, it burst an Adderley Street water main. The Standard Bank building is behind the water jet. …
Last-minute preparations before today's opening.
Cape Town Adderley St. branch of the Standard Bank after the addition of two upper storeys in the 1930s …