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Title
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Lidbetter Collection
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Alternative Title
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William Walpole Lidbetter Collection
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Creator
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Lidbetter, William Walpole
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Description
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The William Walpole Lidbetter collection housed at Rhodes University constitutes a primary source for the study of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, during the early to mid-twentieth century. Lidbetter, a prominent photographer based in Cradock, is recognised for his prolific and detailed visual documentation, which offers insights into the region's social, political, and environmental history.
The archive, primarily comprising glass-plate negatives and lantern slides, functions as a visual ethnography of the Cradock district and the broader Karoo.
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Date Issued
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Circa 1890–1945
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Subject
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Cradock (South Africa) -- History
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Hotels -- Fires -- Cradock -- Photographs
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Landslides -- South Africa -- Karoo -- Photographs
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Rockfalls -- South Africa -- Karoo -- Photographs
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Railroads -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- Photographs
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Processions -- South Africa -- Cradock -- Photographs
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South Africa -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
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Carriages and carts -- Photographs
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Nature (Aesthetics) -- Rivers -- South Africa -- Photographs
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Hutchinson, Walter Francis Hely-, Sir, 1849-1913
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Bloukrans Bridge (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Photographs
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Lidbetter, Helen Stirling Cotton
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Medium
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Glass negatives and lantern slides