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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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Near Tankatara, Port Elizabeth
Plant of Acmadenia obtusata.
Near Tankatara, Sunday's River Valley
Helen vd Plank at lunch picnic during flower-collecting trip.
Near Tankatara, Sunday's River Valley
Spread of low-growing Felicia Daisies and Sutera microphyllum in a spendid season in mixed bushveld.
Near The Willows, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Piles of black dried Gelidium seaweed stripped legally from rocks. Ready for bagging and loading. Note spread of flowering Gazanias behind Pieter Coetzee.
Near The Willows, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Veltheimia viridifolia in good flower. Others nearby.
Near The Willows, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Spread of Mesems and Cotula after good rains.
Near The Willows, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth - Campsite for collectors of Gelidium seaweed from rocks
Piles of black dried seaweed being bagged ready for loading on lorry in background.
Near Witelsbos, Tsitsikamma
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora at edge of pinetree plantation.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ground behind electrified fence on west side of Marine Drive, near Noordhoek
View from same aspect as CO 1 above looking west over ground. Note the strong regrowth of a grass sp. 7 years after the fire of 14 Jan 1998.
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point.
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point - Flat stony ground.
No. 6 Deare Street at Redhouse
Home of Mrs. Florence Paterson, an outstanding plant-collector and amateur botanist of the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
No. 6 Deare Street at Redhouse
Home of Mrs. Florence Paterson, an outstanding local plant-collector and amateur botanist of her time.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Red Lichen on rocks. Typical of the dry rocks along this coast.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
A mallow Hibiscus erineum in dune vegetation.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Fine spread of Gynandriris cetacea on short grassy parking area. Others nearby.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Cluster of Gynandriris cetacea. Part of a much larger group on short grassy parking area.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Patch of about 58 Haemanthus albiflos in an aggregation seldom seen in such numbers. Likely to be disturbed by human development.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Portion of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants in flower.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Portion of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants in flower on east slope of lone boulder near sea.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Site of patch of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Upper portion of cluster of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants against lone boulder.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Cluster of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants against lone boulder.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Cluster of 63 Haemanthus albiflos plants against boulder facing East.
Noordhoek, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Cluster of Gasteria acinacifolia in dense, ankle-deep coastal scrub (mostly wind-clipped milkwood Sideroxylon inerme). Other clusters, though smaller, grew in the area.