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armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
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documentary artifact: ship plan: docking(part)
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Bell, Charles Davidson
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Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa
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A Naval battery at one of the emplacements outside Ladysmith during the siege. (Roll film negative)
Natal cotton field (Photograph)
A street view in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A large number of parked cars in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Driving along Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view overlooking the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A half length portrait of a 6 year girl named Cheryl at Cape Point in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Seafarer's Club Building in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A distant front view of the South African National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
The entrance to the Governor's Quaters inside the Castle Military Museum complex in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view overlooking the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Castle Military Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Three baboons climbing onto a car in the Cape Point Nature Reserve near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A display of fish inside the Natural History Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view of the Kommetje Hotel near Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
An obscured view of the Tikvath Israel Synagogue in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from high above and only just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
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