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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Caption "Fruit of White Milkwood. Sideroxylon. Line drift, Keiskamma R. valley. 11-07-1960." -
Caption "White Milkwood. 1968." -
Caption "A fine old White Milkwood tree on Kariega Farm in the grounds of the homestead, 1982. The Kariega River runs in the line of Eucalptus trees in the distance. Photo - C. J. Skead." -
Caption "Milkwood trees (Sideroxylon inerme) on de Hoop farm, Bredsdorp. Typical outline. See the same in the Eastern Cape. 1958." -
Caption "Letter box marks old post tree. Mossel Bay. E. P. Herald 21-12-1963." -
Caption "Milkwood (S. inerme) Post-office tree at Mossel Bay. 1958." -
Caption "Post Office Tree, Mossel Bay. Grows by Munro's Bay road." -
Caption "This Milkwood tree was one of several which were to have been cut down to make way for a dual carriageway on the Schoenmakerskop Road, but planner have realigned the road to save them. E. P. Herald 1 May 1979." -
Caption "Treaty tree gazetted. C. Argus. 27-05-1967." -
Caption "White Milkwood trees now protected. The White milkwood tree which has been proclaimed protected. Damaging it without having a permit carries a fine of R100, or six months in jail, or both. E. P. Herald, Port Elizabeth. 27-08-1974." -
Caption "Post Office Tree. Mossel Bay. Mr. C. J. Skead. 4 Maitland Road. King Williams Town." -
Caption "Post Office Tree did duty as a mailbox as early as 1501. Cape Argus. 11-07-1964." -
Newspaper article: "The old and the new at Seymour. This oak tree is believed to have been planted in 1853 on the founding of the town. Next to it stand newly planted poles to carry ESCOM electric power to the inhabitants. Gangs of construction workers are erecting the power lines and the first line in the town has about been completed. Private contractors are wiring dwellings. To start with there will be more than 20 consumers who will be connected up to the distribution lines. Distribution will be undertaken by ESCOM." -
Caption "TW 7. Araucaria tree on West Bank, East London. Visible down the length of Oxford Street. june 1960." -
Newspaper article extract: "One of the best-known landmarks in East London is the Norfolk Island pine growing beside the West Bank post office in Bank Street, opposite Prince Alfred's Park. To almost every person travelling southward down Oxford Street on any clear day the tree has the appearance of the mast and yards of an old-time sailing vessel making for Buffalo Harbour under bare poles. In the days long ago, when East London consisted of the West Bank and very little else, the building now used as a post office on that side of the Buffalo River served as the Court-house, Customs and Revenue Office." -
Caption: "œGiants Castel reserve, Drakensberg. Vegetation growing on top of a large boulder. 1956. C. J. Skead. Christine Skead in picture." -
Caption: "œWater-home sewerage in a Baobab Tree at Mutino-Mulilo (?Katima), Eastern Caprivi. Headquarters of Major Trollip, Native Commissioner. Ca. 1940"™s" -
Caption: "œTW 4. Trees left in Marine Glen, East London." -
Caption: "œTW 3. Trees left at roadside on National Road, just west of Umzimkhulu." -
Newspaper article: "Planted 100 years ago". At the bottom of the article, a typed addition reads: "In January 1960 the old tree which stood just inside the gates of the Botanical Garden's Grey Street entrance was partially blown down in a gale, and ordered to be removed in toto. It had been planted by Col. Grahams, the founder of Grahamstown." -
Newspaper article: "Century of growth". Article reads: "Lovely 20-year old Denise Baker reads a plaque on an almost forgotten oak in St. George's Park. The tree was planted 100 years ago today. The inscription reads, "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred, August 6, 1860." -
Newspaper article: "Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears". Plaque reads: "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860". -
Newspaper article: "Sit under oak and think of our ancestors". -
Typed note: "Oak Tree. As at 1977.11.19. In the northwestern part of St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth against the fence of the granstand at the Union Cricket Ground is an oak tree bearing a plate: 'This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860'. This tree has therefore been there fro 117 years, but it is a very poor specimen of oak with a weak spread of branches, certainly not a good example for its age. It is typical oak". -
Newspaper article: "Tree may be made a monument".