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Plague in Cape Town: convicts cleansing and disinfecting infected buildings. Drawing by H. Johnson, 1891.

Cape Town, South Africa: horses and carriages on Adderley Street, with Table Mountain in the background. Photograph by George Washington Wilson, 1896.

'It is up to me to CHOOSE to have a test!" : free confidential voluntary counselling & testing (VCT) / City of Cape Town.

Boer War: a large crowd in Cape Town on hearing news of the relief of Kimberley. Halftone, 1900, after J. Bruton.

Get your free condoms here! / City Health, City of Cape Town.

Ryk Tulbagh : governor at the Cape, 1751-1771 / Union-Castle Line.

Cape Town, South Africa: Parliament House with Table Mountain behind. Photograph by George Washington Wilson, 1896.

Cape Town, South Africa: Adderley Street. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

Cape Town, South Africa: Table Mountain from The Vineyard Hotel at Newlands. 1896.

"I've been taking AZT, 3TC and NVP for almost 4 years. I'm healthy and happy." / City of Cape Town, Medicins sans frontiers.

Annual report of the Cape Hospital Board, Cape Town.

Welcome to South Africa : to our distinguished visitors of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association, July, 1929.

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

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Cape Town

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cape Town

Works from the collections

Annual report of the Cape Hospital Board, Cape Town.

Welcome to South Africa : to our distinguished visitors of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association, July, 1929.

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

Annual report of the Cape Hospital Board, Cape Town.

Cape Town

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cape Town

Works from the collections

Annual report of the Cape Hospital Board, Cape Town.

Welcome to South Africa : to our distinguished visitors of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association, July, 1929.

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

Annual report of the Cape Hospital Board, Cape Town.

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