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Pascoe album 4
- Date
- [Between 1926? and 1937]
- By
- Ambras, Walter Frederick, 1888?-1970; Clark, Richard E, active 1931-1961; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949
- Reference
- PA1-o-409
- Description
Photographs taken by John Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury and Westland regions. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers.
Many images show climbers exploring new routes in the Southern Alps, and first ascents of various mountains, including Mount Farrer (by N. Barker & G.D.T Hall, 27.12.1935); exploration of the "Adams ice-world" (from 27th-30th December 1935); Mount Kensington (28.12.1935); Mount Hulka (28.12.1935); Guardian Peak (30.12.1935); Speculation Hill (1.1.1936); exploration of Hot Spring Creek headwaters (2.1.1936); Tent Peak, Arrowsmith Range (Jan. 1931); Cloudy Peak (by B.A. Barrer & F.R. Askin, 28.12.1931); The Marquee (Easter 1932); the first crossing of the Lyall-Lawrence watershed (solo trip by F. Ambrose, 1926?); and the second ascent of Mount Arrowsmith (by Evan Wilson, J. Wilson, & A. Anderson, Jan. 1931).
Several photographs show methods of crossing rivers, particularly in gorges, and in flood situations; and several show the suspension bridge in the Wataroa (Whataroa) Gorge, built by miners in 1906).
McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negatives available at 1/2-C-058669 to 1/2-C-58804
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Gelatin silver prints, Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
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Gavin Malcolmson at Perth Park Camp
Date: 28 December 1934
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-o-409-050
Description: Gavin Malcolmson at Perth Park Campduring the Perth Glacier expedition, photographed on 28 December 1934 by John Dobree Pascoe. A ded kea hangs from the tent pole. Original caption reads :'"Four of us were in a tent built for three, but a small fly kept the happy bone dry, and the interior was usually lit up with tobacco smoke and yarns, and the atmosphere cheerful with arguments and songs." (Canterbury Mountaineer, 1935, No 4, p 34)' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 149 x 210 mm mounted on album page