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Men during sheep dipping, Grassmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury region
Date: [ca 26 Jan 1944]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000901-F
Description: Men during sheep dipping, Grassmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury region, circa 26 January 1944. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000880 to 000913 reads: "Sheep country life in New Zealand" Caption - Caption with Pascoe file at 6/1/30 in Photographic Archive reads: "The boss, nearest the camera, yarns to the men about the weather. A shower of rain makes the dipping easier, but too much will hold up the shearing. " Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Celulosic negative, 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Looking from Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, towards peaks and the Waimakariri...
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000905-F
Description: Looking from Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, towards bush covered peaks and the Waimakariri River. Just visible, left of centre, is a musterer from Grasmere station, with his dogs. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's title from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000880 to 000913, reads: "Sheep country life in New Zealand" Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive file 6/1/30 reads: "And it is early morning on this muster. George, with his dogs, looks out across the Waimakariri river to bush mountains." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Dulcie Innes - Scant rest in the gloaming
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-072
Description: An account of John Chambers, his wife Ellen and their children who left Ireland as assisted emigrants in 1874 and settled in the Ellesmere District, Canterbury. The story covers three generations of the Chambers family and describes farming life and the rural community Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs
Sheep dogs, Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury Region
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000913-F
Description: Sheep dogs on the back of a truck at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1944. Original caption reads: "Sheep dogs at the end of their working day. Rock mountains are tough on their feet, so on the road they are given a lorry ride. In winter time, when the mountains are under snow, conditions are even harder on the dogs. No shepherd can think of anything worse than mustering without dogs." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Sheep branding, Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-002024-F
Description: Sheep branding at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, photographed by John Pascoe in 1944. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - [unreadable] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Shepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000909-F
Description: Reg Ferguson, a shepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, in 1944. Shows him outdoors, eating a sandwich, during a break from mustering. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's title from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000880 to 000913, reads: "Sheep country life in New Zealand" Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive file 6/1/30 reads: "Reg, who took the bottom beat of the muster, grabs a sandwich during a spell. He is a handy man anywhere; can manage a hotel, stalk deer, handle pack horses, build a hut, as well as being competent in sheep station routine." Reg Ferguson was a shepherd, deer hunter and publican of the Bealey Hotel. From a well known Springfield family, Reg and his brothers worked at Grasmere during the 1930s and 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Sheep being dipped at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury
Date: Jan 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000900-F
Description: Sheep being dipped at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, photographed by John Pascoe in January 1944. Looks down upon the wet sheep which are being prodded by a man on the right. Photographer's caption reads: "The sheep flounder around in the dip. Lter they are pushed through the gate into another yard." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 20 900 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Sharpening shearers' blades, Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000882-F
Description: Men sharpening shearers' blades on a grindstone at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury Region, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1944. Alan Rose stands on the right. Caption - written by John Pascoe: "In the back country, that is in the mountainous or inaccessible parts of New Zealand shearing is still done by hand with 'the blade', though most North Island or low country stations use machines. Blades are sharpened by grindstone, later a fine oilstone." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Sheep awaiting dipping at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, with mountains in th...
Date: Jan 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000898-F
Description: Sheep awaiting dipping at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, with mountains, including Hawdon Pyramid (right), in the background. A sheep dog appears in the foreground. Station owner David McLeod stands on the left. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in January 1944. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 20 898 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative