Record # 918 -- Image Metadata
Historical photograph record:
| Record ID | 918 |
| Photographer | Pole Evans |
| Digital image number | PE_TF04_017 |
| Date of photograph | 1919/--/-- |
| Original caption | Venterskroon. Virginland. Originally covered Acacia horrida, Zizyphus mucronata, Celtis rhammifolia, Bush, being broken up for maize, wheat and tobacco. 3. A.k. |
| Location description | Venterskroon |
| QDS | 2627CD |
| Coordinates | -26.864936627195 27.287157654762 |
| Attribution | rephotosa.adu.org.za - UCT & SANBI |
Repeat photograph record:
| Repeat id | 165 |
| Record id | 918 |
| Digital image number | PE_TF04_017 |
| Photographer | de Speville, Lisa |
| Day | 4 |
| Month | 1 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Time period | 15:00 |
| Height camera (cm) | 150 |
| Height camera quality | ESTIMATED |
| Location description | To take this photograph, I stood facing north-east, just off the road between Riversong Farm and Thabela Thabeng. There is a bit of a rise that gives you a good view of the valley. |
| Location cairn | NO |
| Landscape changes | The original looks like it was taken after a harvest - probably in winter. This land here is no longer farmed for plants but rather is privately owned and used for tourism (accommodation) and to keep some game (antelope, like bontebok; and goats too on Thabela's land). There is a huge amount more vegetation growth along the river so even in winter you can't see the water (as is visible in the original to the right). Aside from the grasses and thorn trees, there is a cultivated pecan nut tree 'forest' on the river past Thabela - probably one of the oldest pecan nut plantations in the area (and there are now many of them). |
| Weather conditions | A magnificent day - hot and clear. |
| Additional notes | |
| Latitude | -26.864936627195 |
| Longitude | 27.287157654762 |
| Coords uncertainty description | Google Map zoom-level: 18 |
| Coords source | Google Map |
| Attribution | de Speville, Lisa; rephotosa.adu.org.za; PCU; UCT |
| PCU repeat | NO |
| Published | YES |
| Date uploaded | 2018-02-21 20:44:41 |
| Date last updated | 2018-02-21 20:44:41 |
Main repeat photo:
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