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Lidbetter Collection

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Title
Lidbetter Collection
Alternative Title
William Walpole Lidbetter Collection
Creator
Lidbetter, William Walpole
Description
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

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