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Dawson Falls Mountain House, Mount Taranaki - Photograph taken by David Duncan
Date: ca 1910s
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
By: Duncan, David, active 1910s
Reference: 1/2-000753-G
Description: Dawson Falls Mountain House, Mount Taranaki, photographed circa 1910s by D Duncan. Shows a one storied accomodation house, clad in corrugated iron, with a pile of tramping packs in front. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Dawsons Falls Mountain House.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - D. Duncan Photo. No. 3132 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass copy negative
Miners' huts at Waiuta, West Coast
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001741-G
Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Shows two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Formerly identified as Blackwater. Confusion arosed because Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater gold mine, and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Source of descriptive information - Information about Waiuta, Blackwater, and 'Red Huts' from Library Client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 408.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Miners' huts, Waiuta, West Coast
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001740-G
Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Looks up at a row of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney, with a water tank on the side away from the fireplace. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Source of descriptive information - Huts originally identified as being at Blackwater. Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater Mine and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. Library Client has identified them as being four miles away at Waiuta (April 2000). See also `Waiuta' by Gerald Morris page 13. Source of descriptive information - Information about 'Red Huts' from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 407.E The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Dawson Falls Mountain House, on Mount Egmont (now Mount Taranaki) - Photograph taken by...
Date: Ca 1910s
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
By: Duncan, James, active 1910s
Reference: 1/2-000228-G
Description: View of a group of men and women standing in front of the Mountain House at Dawson Falls, Mount Egmont (now Mount Taranaki). Photograph taken by James Duncan, importer of cycles and fancy goods in Manaia (See Wise's Post Office Directory, 1914) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Dawson Falls. Mountain House. Mt. Egmont. [No.] 1825; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - J. Duncan. Photo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches