Lidbetter Collection
Item set
- Title
- Lidbetter Collection
- Alternative Title
- William Walpole Lidbetter Collection
- Creator
- Lidbetter, William Walpole
- 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. - Date Issued
- Circa 1890–1945
- Type
- Collection
- Genre
- Photographs
- Subject
- Cradock (South Africa) -- History
- Hotels -- Fires -- Cradock -- Photographs
- Landslides -- South Africa -- Karoo -- Photographs
- Rockfalls -- South Africa -- Karoo -- Photographs
- Railroads -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- Photographs
- Processions -- South Africa -- Cradock -- Photographs
- South Africa -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
- Carriages and carts -- Photographs
- Nature (Aesthetics) -- Rivers -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Hutchinson, Walter Francis Hely-, Sir, 1849-1913
- Bloukrans Bridge (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Photographs
- Lidbetter, Helen Stirling Cotton
- Medium
- Glass negatives and lantern slides
Items
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Glass negative : View of the aftermath of the Victoria Hotel fire, Cradock, July 1904. -
Glass negative : View of Allan & Coleman, General Dealers, Cradock, circa 1906, showing the front view of the shop. -
Glass negative : View of the rear of Allan & Coleman, General Dealers, Cradock, circa 1906, showing agricultural implements and carriages. -
Glass negative : Five views taken in April/May 1935, showing: the silver jubilee celebrations in the Park, Cradock, on 6 May 1935; a view of Cradock from the veld; a steam engine pulling a train into the station; an unidentified man standing in the veld. -
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Glass negative : View of an Army Service Corps postman, mounted, 1900. -
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Glass negative : Views of the interior of Butler Bros., booksellers, stationers and importers, Cradock, possibly showing flood damage as the pictures show great confusion and mess. -
Glass negative : Views of the interior of Butler Bros., booksellers, stationers and importers, Cradock, possibly showing flood damage as the pictures show great confusion and mess. -
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Glass negative : View of the celebration of Mafeking Day in Cradock, after the lifting of the Siege of Mafeking on 17 May 1900. Original holding envelope marked "Taken from G. B.'s roof". -
Glass negative : Head and shoulder portrait of a Basotho man, Chere Mpatsa Mokema, 1944. Original holding envelope marked 'Native in hat'. -
Glass negative : Views of the Cradock Bowling Green showing people seated outside the club house, taken in 1944. -
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Glass negative : View of four women, one holding a baby, seated in front of a dome-shaped mud hut in Cradock location, 1900. -
Glass negative : View of the crowd on Market Square, Cradock, for Queen Victoria's memorial service, 1901. -
Glass negative : Views of a crowd watching the fire at George H. Byrnes & Co., Saddlers and Harness makers, Cradock. -
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Glass negative : View of the Dutch Reformed Church taken from Steven's corner, showing the front of the building, Cradock, 19 September 1901. -
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