Cory Library and Historical Archives

Cradock location, 1900

Item

Lidbetter, William Walpole, “Cradock location, 1900”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/5657

Title

Cradock location, 1900

Creator

Lidbetter, William Walpole

Description

Glass negative : View of four women, one holding a baby, seated in front of a dome-shaped mud hut in Cradock location, 1900.

Subject

Cradock (South Africa) -- African population -- Photographs

Cradock (South Africa) -- Social Conditions -- Photographs

Type

still image

Extent

Original: 1 glass negative; 17 cm x 22 cm

Format

Glass negative

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/56682

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Date Issued

1900

Rights Holder

Lidbetter, William Walpole

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/GN 4507

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Item sets

Lidbetter Collection

Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Media

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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)

Lidbetter, William Walpole, “Cradock location, 1900”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/5657