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Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Title: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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

Hierarchies: The Frontier Collection
The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
The Frontier Wars (92 items)
The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
Alice (40 items)
Bathurst (16 items)
Bedford (3 items)
Cathcart (5 items)
Cradock (200 items)
East London (22 items)
Grahamstown (91 items)
King William's Town (32 items)
Port Alfred (19 items)
Port Elizabeth (34 items)
Queenstown (6 items)

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View of Dundas Street, Cradock, with an ox- team, September 1901
Glass negative : View of Dundas Street, Cradock, with an ox- team, September 1901.
View of flags, bunting, and crowds in the park for the reception during the visit of the Governor to Cradock on 7 April 1905
View of flags, bunting, and crowds in the park for the reception during the visit of the Governor to Cradock on 7 April 1905
View of flags, bunting, and crowds in the park for the reception during the visit of the Governor to Cradock on 7 April 1905
View of flags, bunting, and crowds in the park for the reception during the visit of the Governor to Cradock on 7 April 1905
View of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock.
View of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock.
View of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock.
View of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock.
View of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage.
View of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage.
View of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage.
View of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage.
View of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage.
View of the aftermath of the Victoria Hotel fire, Cradock, July 1904
View of the aftermath of the Victoria Hotel fire, Cradock, July 1904
View of the Fish River from the Fish River raven
F G Butler (donor)
View of the Fish River in flood, looking down from Marais Sloot, 1900
View of the Karoo Garden, Cradock, 1944
View of the Karoo Garden, Cradock, 1944
View of the Kruger wedding, showing the bride and her father, Cradock 1936
Glass negative : view of the Kruger wedding, showing the bride and her father, Cradock 1936.
View of the Lily Pond, Karoo Garden, Cradock, 29 March 1934
View of the new waterworks, Cradock, 22 April 1928
Glass negative : Views of the new waterworks, Cradock, 22 April 1928.
View of the new waterworks, Cradock, 22 April 1928
Glass negative : Views of the new waterworks, Cradock, 22 April 1928.
View of the opening speeches and ceremonies for the new waterworks, Cradock, 16 May 1928
Glass negative : Set of 7 negatives: Seven views of the opening speeches and ceremonies for the new waterworks, Cradock, 16 May 1928.