A.P. National Park [Arthur's Pass National Park]

Photographs of mountains and valleys in the Arthur's Pass National Park, including numbers of views of the Otira Tunnel under construction, with interior and exterior views. Various photographers have been identified, some with only their surname. They include H C Peart, A A Lee, [?] Manson, [?] Beck, T.C., John Pascoe, W D Frazer, [?] Barrett, and C Beken. From information about William Alexander Kennedy it appears that a large number of the photographs were taken by him, taking groups of former students on mountaineering trips. Many of the images show groups of young people, none of whom are identified, taken circa 1925-1926. (See article at http://www/nzine.co.nz/features/wak.html)

Many of the images show winter views including icicles formed on waterfalls, frozen spray on twigs, and one with frozen spume near the Otira Tunnel.

Image no. 25 shows an undentified woman standing at the foot of a semi-frozen waterfall, and image no. 64 shows an undentified woman wearing a woollen coat with fur collar and a felt hat, looking at icicles in Arthur's Pass.

Image no. 43 shows "The Birches" in winter, near the summit of Arthur's pass on the Bealey side.

Image no. 65 shows four women and a men with armfuls of mountain lilies in Arthur's pass.

Images no. 70-71 show a small ferry [?] by the pier at Lake Brunner.

Image no. 89 shows three men and a dog standing near a mountain hut, with a camera on a tripod.

Most of the places shown are listed above.

Other Titles - Arthur's Pass National Park

Quantity: 150 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints.

Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".