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View of house and bush, Mokau River
Date: 1928
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-078
Description: Photo of Sage's cottage, a settler's house with walls made of shingles, photographed in 1928 at the Mokau River by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928. Sage's Cottage - 16 miles upriver.; Verso - centre - A settler's house on the Mokau River, in the 1920's - outside walls of wooden shingles, and grapes and passionfruit trained up and climbing all around them. Dense native bush in background. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.5 x 21.5 cm
House constructed of trunks of tree ferns, Mokau River
Date: 1931
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-053
Description: View of a house constructed of trunks of tree fern, with corrugated iron roof and external chimney. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1931 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - 1935 Annual. Class I Country Homes or VII Open.; Verso - top right - Mokau River 1931.; Verso - centre - This snug little home, surrounded by bush, has been built almost entirely from trunks of the tree fern, and is a really striking example of what a clever bushman can accomplish. With an inside lining of the same wood it is amazingly cosy and homelike.; Verso - bottom centre - Robt. E. Wells, Little Waihi Rd, Hawera. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.6 x 16.2 cm
View of house framed by tree trunks, Mokau River
Date: [ca 1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-025
Description: Photo of house in a valley with hills behind. In the foreground an H has been created out of tree trunks and this frames the view of the house. Photographed at the Mokau River ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - "A Home in the Hills" "Nature Turns Teacher" "H stands for Home." Unique scene from Mokau River.; Verso - bottom centre - Robt. E. Wells, Mangatoi School, Mokau River, New Zealand. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.2 x 7.5 cm
View of house and Mokau River valley
Date: 1930
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-057
Description: Photo of mist in the Mokau River valley with a house in the left foreground photographed by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1930; Verso - centre - View looking upriver from behind Sage's cottage (on left) to the mill flat under mist. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.5 x 15.5 cm