Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa

Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa. The photographer is standing on the right side of the street looking south by southeast. There are a set of cars and trucks driving in the foreground on the right hand side of the image. A woman is waiting to cross the road in the foreground. A partial view of Cape Town Main Train Station is in the foreground on the left hand side of the image. A set of music note and treble clef lights are attached to a wire which extend across the street on the right hand side of the image. There are two buildings, one with a clock tower to the right of the railway station in the middle ground. A partial view of Table Mountain is in the far background. This is Slide 17 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Chief Officer on board the fishing stern motor trawler Salvia (1972) owned by Irving & Johnstone of Cape Town from 11 December 1972 to 8 January 1973. The series consists of 21 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16425
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: Between 6 and 8 January 1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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