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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Strelitzia juncea in good flower. The species grows naturally in the bushveld sector of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage districts, not along the coast. -
Arum lilies in garden of 38 Walton Park, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth -
Exceptionally good flowering of an aloe patch, probably Aloe ciliaris or the like. In this case the plant was allowed to creep over other bushes. Destroyed in 1999. -
Boophone disticha, rescued from veld. -
C.J. Skead at bowl of Cyrtanthus sanguineus, 82 blooms from almost as many bulbs, all grown from a single bulb acquired in the 1970's. -
Cyrtanthus sanguineus in pot at C.J. Skead's cottage. Second season of flowering. Four bulbs flowered this year, about same in 1998. This was last. Many new bulbs emerging. Originals from fine display at Miss HJ Vanderplank's potted specimens at Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth (her originals from Grahamstown). This shows how well the plant does in pots and gardens. -
Gladiolus alatus in pot, bulbs aquired from Western Cape. An eastern Cape race, Gladiolus alatus algoensis was recorded in 19th century with specimens in Kirstenbosch Herbarium but nothing known of it since. -
Windblown plastic bags from town. Coega Kop in the distance. A new genus of plant Plasticbaggia. Nobody bothers to clean them up. -
Plastic bags strewn against low shrubs. Coega Kop in the distance. Not far from Municipal offices. A new genus of plant Plasticbaggia. Nobody bothers to tidy up the mess. -
Once covered in mixed bush. The Vanderkemp Kloof gash in western escarpment at Bethelsdorp in right distance. Built-up area centrally. A remnant of natural veld in foreground, itself badly treated. -
Once covered in mixed bush. The Vanderkemp Kloof gash in western escarpment at Bethelsdorp in right distance. Built-up area centrally. A remnant of natural veld in foreground, itself badly treated. -
Desecration of Swartkops River valley looking east from kwaMagxaki eastwards towards Redhouse, the Perseverance factory area in between. Once good grass bush veld but cleared and littered with rubbish from good class black homes behind photographer. -
Nice houses in centre photo overlooking urban sprawl beyond. Bethelsdorp Saltpan near top of photo, thinned out original veld in foreground in which Sanseviera plants thrive. More good type homes behind photographer. -
Centrally, with squatter-settlement (blue extreme left). Corner of Saltpan at extreme right top, with old Papenkuilsfontein (Cradock Place) beyond centre of photo. Good kwaMagxaki homes below littered with rubbish but with a small patch of pink-flowered Carpobrotus surviving in right bottom corner. -
Two very old Indian Fig trees, Ficus, Moreton Bay Figs venerated to the extent by local residents that a proposed felling was stopped by public opinion. -
Single plant of Helichrysum aureum, one of several similar plants in the immediate vicinity. -
Fine spread of Senecio ilicifolia among wattles. In wasteland passed by many thousands of cars daily, the flora unseen. -
Crinum lineare in long grassveld. This species is gradually disappearing here under encroaching urban sprawl. -
Crinum lineare in long grassveld. This species is gradually disappearing under encroaching urban sprawl. -
Baviaanskloof Mountains, north of Cambria, Humansdorp. -
Deep stand of Passerina on slope leading to gorge spanned by now-disused wire cableway. -
Looking down from Pisgoedvlakte into Baviaanskloof with small sight on Koega Dam water in centre of photo. -
Mrs. M.J.Collins examining a large shrub of Leucospermum cuneiforme in flower. -
Roadside stand of Pelargonium. -
Roadside stand of Pelargonium.