C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
Item set
- Title
- C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
- Creator
- Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John)
- Description
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The Jack (Cuthbert John) Skead Collection comprises a substantial body of photographic material that documents the natural environments, vegetation types, and ecological habitats of the Eastern Cape and the wider southern African region. The photographs—taken over several decades—capture landscapes, plant communities, wetlands, forests, grasslands, and other habitat formations that were central to Skead’s extensive research interests. Many images also document environmental change, land use patterns, and field sites associated with his ornithological and botanical studies.
The collection provides a valuable visual record for researchers working in the fields of environmental history, ecology, biogeography, conservation, and Eastern Cape natural heritage. The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts. - Language
- English
- Provenance
- Materials received from the Skead Family.
- Type
- Collection
- Genre
- Photographs
- Subject
- South Africa--Addo Elephant National Park
- Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa)
- Natual history -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Vegetation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Habitats -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Ecology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Landscape photography -- South Africa
- Photograph collections
- Environmental change -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Biogeography -- South Africa
- Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Albany District (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John), 1912–2006
Items
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Elaborate electric pumping arrangement drawing water from deeply-dug spring near top of hill. Spring emerged naturally just to left of photo. As pumping increased so the water table dropped forcing pumping. -
Excavated sit of spring which flowered originally from site under the tall bushes at right. Dry at time of photograph, water pumped electrically. The bracken-filled hollow shows man's excavations as the water slowly dropped when drawn for irrigation. -
Man's excavations immediately below (4.5 - 6m) sorping (sic) natural emergence, showing great depth of man's excavations to allow to gravitate before pumping installed. -
The tall Eucalyptus growing in deep bed of river have so choked the water-flow that what was once a riverpool on which a dinghy was kept is all but useless. -
Looking westwards from the homestead. The row of tall Eucalyptus trees (centre right) grow in the bed of the Elands River, choking the water-flow there. -
The spread of yellow is Dodder - Cuscuta campestris on the floor of river tributary. -
Dodder, Cuscuta campestris on the bed of a dry stream feeding the river. -
Typical open veld. Cockscomb Mt. In distance. Wattles at roadside. -
Looking east down riverbed heavily stacked with Falcate Yellowwood. Afrocarpus falcatus. Wattle trees at front left. -
1785 m asl showing veld in western valleys of Elands River. -
1785 m asl showing veld in western valleys of Elands River. -
The only outcrop of rock known in what was once dense Valley Bushveld. Well stocked with succulent plants including Crassula perfoliata. Note Spekboom bush in right background. -
The only outcrop of rock known in what was once dense Valley Bushveld. Well stocked with succulent plants including Crassula perfoliata. -
Its water irrigates citrus orchards below. Also receives water from deep well at top of hill to the right. -
Crassula perfoliata on lone rocky outcrop. Others elsewhere at same site. The green plant is Portulacaria afra. -
Patch of Cuspidia cernua in hard, shallow limestone at roadside. End of good spell and beginning of dry spell. -
Patch of Cuspidia cernua in hard, shallow limestone at roadside. End of good spell and beginning of dry spell. -
Good stands of Crassula perfoliata, var. coccinea, 21 blooms in the pictures. -
Massed Prickly-pear, Opuntia sp. Along right bank of Coega River. River in trees in middle-distance. Photo taken from a lone rocky outcrop. -
Aloe ferox in full flower. Typical veld with an abundance of aloes. -
Mixed aloe species in good number on dry veld. Aloe ferox in flower with probably Aloe africana among them. -
Batch of Crassula ovata. -
Fine flowering of Crotalaria capensis. -
Far western end of Upper Elands River valley. -
Baviaans Rivier Poort, Humasdorp, below where Groot River becomes Gamtoos River