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Cape Town's District Six

Theme: Tomorrow It's Going To Be You


Call Number: D06.01.01
Identifier: SAHA_TUT_p038
Title: Cape Town's District Six
Subject: District Six;
District 6;
Removals
Description: This is a black and white photograph of Cape Town's District Six. One of the best-known coloured areas in the 1940s and 1950s. District Six was declared white and demolished by the 1960s. This photograph was provided by the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) for reproduction on page 38 of Julie Frederikse's book 'The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa' originally published by Ravan Press in 1990. Included in SAHA's online edition of the book and in the virtual exhibition 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa', courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
Creator: Photographer unknown
Type: Photograph
Format: Jpeg
Source: UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
Coverage: Cape Town, South Africa
Rights: Courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
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