Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item set
- Alternative Title
- Cradock, Cape Colony
- Description
- The Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa collection is a substantial digitised archival resource from the Cory Library and Historical Archives at Rhodes University documenting the history and material culture of Cradock, a key town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This collection forms part of The Frontier Collection—specifically under The Development of Settler Towns—and includes approximately 197 digitised items comprising historical photographs, maps, plans, engravings, and manuscript images that capture a wide range of social, economic, and built environments in Cradock’s past. The collection contains visual records of early town plans, colonial-era illustrations such as a drawing of an ox-wagon ascending Cradock Pass, scenes of historic events like the aftermath of the Victoria Hotel fire (1904), photographs of local businesses and railway engines, community activities and groups (including Pathfinders and Wayfarers), and mission and church life at St James Mission. These items document urban development, infrastructure, community life, religious and social organisations, and transportation history in Cradock from the 19th century through the early 20th century.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Cradock (South Africa) -- photographs
- Pathfinders
- Wayfarers
- St James Mission
- Cradock Pass, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Victoria Hotel (Cradock) -- Fire
- Eastern Cape -- History
- Settler towns, South Africa
- Spatial Coverage
- Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Temporal Coverage
- Primarily 19th–early 20th century
- Format
- Digital images
- Plans
- Maps
Items
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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. -
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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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A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a group of young boys, known as Cubs and Jeff (wearing a cap). They are sitting around fire in a camp outing -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing Mrs Davies and two mothers demonstrating to Wayfarers on how to take care of infants. Probably one of infant/toddler progam run by missionary wives to educate African women -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing Mrs Davies and two mothers demonstrating to Wayfarers on how to take care of infants. Probably one of infant/toddler progams run by missionary wives to educate African women -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a group of people and two nurses standing infront of a dispensary or health clinic. They have probably come to collect medicine, or to get medical treatment -
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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A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing an African wedding ceremony infront of a church, bride and groom with the entourage -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing an African wedding ceremony, bride and groom led by the priest and two young boys wearing church outfit, probably alter servers -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing three European women Wafarer Officers carrying flower bouquet -
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Glass negative : View showing the camp of First City Regiment with Cradock in the background, December 1899. -
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