C.J. Skead Photograph Collection

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Title: C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
Creator: Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John)
Description: 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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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

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Wild fig tree growing from under the branches of a palm

Caption: "Wild fig tree growing from under the branches of a palm. In grounds of Roman Catholic church, King Williams Town. 1960."
Ficus craterostoma

Caption: "Ficus craterostoma. Fine wild figs at Cweba Halt, near Hamburg, C.P. May 1960. Stand about 40 ft. high."
Large Ficus beside road between Impetu and Komga

Caption: "Large Ficus beside road between Impetu and Komga n which green pigeons, trumpeter hornbills, etc. were feeding heavily. Oct. 1963."
Wild fig planted at De Hoop, Bredasdorp

Caption: "Wild fig planted by Mr. van Oordt at De Hoop, Bredasdorp, in April 1957. One years growth."
Young wild fig tree growth

Caption: "Gerry Broekhuysen kneeling beside the fig tree planted by Mr. van Oordt at De Hoop. Sept. 1961. Seen in August 1988 this tree was a robust and wide-spreading tree of good size."
Ficus capensis

Caption: "Ficus capensis in Gordon Ranger's garden, Kei Road. June 1963."
Streamers of fruiting branches of Ficus capensis

Caption: "Streamers of fruiting branches of Ficus capensis Kei Road. June 1963."
Green fruits of Ficus capensis

Caption: "Green fruits of Ficus capensis about full size. June 1963."
Large wild-fig leafless

Caption: "Large wild-fig leafless. Norris's. Nov. 1961. Been this since March."
A wild fig tree growing out of a stone wall ruins

Caption: "A wild fig tree growing out of the stone wall ruins of the fort at Kaffir Drift on the Great Fish River, Bathurst district. 1982. The site of the old fort is now a police station."
The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria, April 1965

Caption: "The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria. April 1965. The central parent trunk was 12 ½ feet in diameter. The secondary growth consists of 7 separate daughter groups but two of these form grand-daughters which form a third circle around the central parent. The whole canopy is given as about 165 feet in diameter, and about 75 feet high. The measurements were 186 feet. The mother tree consists of 5 close-growing stems and her canopy is about 99 feet overall. A notice at the site says that this tree was probably able to develop in this way through being held sacred and dedicated by burial to a chief and then given tribal protection. Although it is large overall it attains this by virtue of the daughter and grand-daughters groups. The fig tree at Kaffir drift has 5 central stems and no daughter groups. It is about 168 feet in diameter of canopy, i.e. without the secondary groups. The big fig tree in Bathurst village has only one central stem yet its canopy diameter is 162 feet in diameter, i.e. from one stem."
The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria, April 1965

Caption: "The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria. April 1965. The central parent trunk was 12 ½ feet in diameter. The secondary growth consists of 7 separate daughter groups but two of these form grand-daughters which form a third circle around the central parent. The whole canopy is given as about 165 feet in diameter, and about 75 feet high. The measurements were 186 feet. The mother tree consists of 5 close-growing stems and her canopy is about 99 feet overall. A notice at the site says that this tree was probably able to develop in this way through being held sacred and dedicated by burial to a chief and then given tribal protection. Although it is large overall it attains this by virtue of the daughter and grand-daughters groups. The fig tree at Kaffir drift has 5 central stems and no daughter groups. It is about 168 feet in diameter of canopy, i.e. without the secondary groups. The big fig tree in Bathurst village has only one central stem yet its canopy diameter is 162 feet in diameter, i.e. from one stem."
Ficus capensis grows from a krans

Caption: "Wild fig, F. capensis, grows out of krans at Great Kei River drift between Bolo and Tsomo. Oct. 1961."
Wild fig grows from a krans

Caption: "Wild fig, F. capensis, growing from krans at Great Kei River drift between Bolo and Tsomo. Oct. 1961."
Roots of wild fig grows down rock face at Great Kei drift, 1961

Caption: "Roots of wild fig, F. capensis, growing down rock face at Great Kei drift. 1961."
Large wild fig tree at Grey Hospital, King Williams Town

Caption: "Very large wild fig beside Grey Hospital. King Wms Town. 1959."
Large wild fig tree at Grey Hospital, King Williams Town

Caption: "Very large wild fig beside Grey Hospital. King Wms Town. 1959."
Wild figs used as shade at seaside hotel

Caption: "Wild figs used as shade at seaside guest hotel, The Angler, Anglers Inn, Hamburg, C.P. May 1960."
Wild fig in Graaff Reinet garden, 1959

Caption: "Wild fig in Graaff Reinet garden. June 1959."
Arch of Wild Fig trees over Commercial Road, East London, 1959

Caption: "Arch of Wild Fig trees over Commercial Road, East London. 1959."
Arch of Wild Fig trees over Commercial Road, East London, 1959

Caption: "Arch of Wild Fig trees over Commercial Road, East London. 1959."
Congealed aerial roots of a Wild Fig tree, King Williams Town, 1959

Caption: "Congealed aerial roots of a Wild Fig tree outside Deeds Office, Alexandra road, King Williams Town. 1959."
The aerial roots of Wild fig corner, King Williams Town, 1959

Caption: "The aerial roots of Wild fig corner of Queens Road and Raglan St. King Williams Town. 1959."
Truncheons of Wild Fig sprouting near King Williams Town, 1959

Caption: "Truncheons of Wild Fig sprouting near King Williams Town. 1959."
Wild fig trees - King Williams Town, 1959

Caption: "Wild fig trees next to the Library and Post Office, King Williams Town. Jan. 1959. Lovely shade in a town that needs shade desperately in summer."