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One of the tasks of the photographer working for the Western Cape Archives and Records Service is to capture images of contemporary events, buildings, the evolving urban landscape and life in Cape Town. The Digital Collection follows the CA (Cape Archives) Collection (black and white photographs).

Malcolm Cobern was the photographer of the Cape Archives during the 1970’s. Much of the photographs in the CA Collection were taken by him. The photographs, slides and negatives in the Coburn Collection were donated to the archives in 2003 by his widow.
1 – 599 colour slides: Cape Town buildings and streets 1960s – 1990s
600 – 1555 black and white negatives: Train stations; trains; Copper Railway and mines in Namaqualand; towns and caravan parks in Namaqualand, West Coast, Karoo and Namibia; museums; ships; battlefields; and trains and railways in German South West Africa (Namibia).