Dawson Falls Mountain House

Accommodation house at Dawson Falls, on Mount Taranaki. Listed in Wise's Post Office Directory, 1910s

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Strauchon album

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: PA1-o-483

Description: Photograph album containing Taranaki scenes. Album created by John Strauchon, Chief Surveyor & Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Taranaki District between 1894 and 1902; photographs possibly taken by him? (Pages 32 onwards are empty). The first section of the album (pages 1-16) contain images of Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki), including two accomodation houses, the Manaia Mountain House (Or Dawson's Falls Mountain House), and the Egmont Mountain House; Fanthams Peak; the Kapuni Stream; and Bell's Falls and Dawson Falls. The second part of the album (pages 18-31) contains views in and around New Plymouth, including two of celebrations during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Inserted in page 11 are two untitled loose photographs, one of a South Island glacier, and the other a lake scene. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine with ornate gold decoration on spine, entitled "Album"; 20 x 29 cm

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Tan, Sunny (Mr), fl 2011 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1887-1950s]

By: Seaward, Neville Stephen, 1913-2005; Tan, Sunny, active 2011

Reference: PAColl-9900

Description: One group portrait, an albumen print, of men with guns, possibly hunters, titled 'At the Butts Reefton Queen's Jubilee'. Notes on back read 'Luch. NZ Alpine Photo'. Photographer unidentified. Taken in 1887 or 1897 (The Golden Jubilee of 1887 celebrated 50 years of Queen Victoria's reign. Her Diamond Jubilee was held in 1897.) One of men and a woman in a canoe on the Avon River, Christchurch, taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. One of Dawson Falls Mountain House, Mount Taranaki, showing children outside, taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Four taken during World War II comprising: A scene with troops on board a ship to Crete, Greece, showing Maori troops, possibly members of the Maori Battalion, performing an action song. They appear to be being accompanied by a piano accordian; Undated photograph of New Zealand troops playing rugby in Egypt before a very large crowd; a photograph of the camp at the 1st New Zealand General Hospital, Helwan, Egypt, 14 Jan 1941, with 'KSRA' noted on the back; soldier at an unidentified location photographing a tree with external roots and multiple trunks. Four scenic views of New Zealand taken circa 1950s. Three are taken by N S Seaward and show Wellington Harbour and surrounds, Milford Sound, and Queenstown. The fourth shows Oriental Bay, Wellington, and is taken by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and an albumen print Provenance: Donated by Sunny Tan, Wellington, 2011 Transfers: To Other - From Cartoon Archive: B-184-066 to B-184-070, and C-164-048: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- : [6 cartoons by Trace Hodgson] - To Ephemera Collection - Tanner Bros Ltd : The water front, Auckland. For auld lang syne. Maoriland postcard. FT Series X.2/704. [ca 1910] (Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Auckland-1910-01).

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Mount Egmont from Dawson Falls

Date: ca 1920

Reference: 1/2-002381-F

Description: Postcard of Mount Egmont from Dawson Falls captioned Dawson Falls Mountain House although this is not visible. Photograph taken by Murphy. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Dawson Falls House, Mt Egmont, Egmont County

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012591-G

Description: M744 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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