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Men bagging gum chips, Kaitaia
Date: [ca 1914]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949
Reference: 1/1-004904-G
Description: Men bagging gum chips in Kaitaia for shipment to Auckland. The gum had been retrieved by gum washing machines near Awanui and was of inferior quality compared to that dug from the ranges and flats. It was sold for 9/- per cwt. Taken by Arthur Northwood circa 1914. Information in Scope and Contents from 'The Gumdigger; The Story of Kauri Gum' by A H Reed, from the page of photographs facing p 61. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches