Saxby album 1

Date
[1880s]
By
Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933
Reference
PA1-q-212
Description

Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886.

Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area.

The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Additional description

Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/2-C-041485; 1/2-C-047810; 1/2-C-048383; 1/2-C-060303 to 1/2-C-060304; 1/2-C-060306; 1/2-C-060627 to 1/2-C-060633; 1/2-C-061053; 1/2-C-061055; 1/2-C-061088

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Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm
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Pink Terraces, Rotomahana - Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine

Date: Jan 1885

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-212-15

Description: The Pink Terraces at Rotomahana, circa 1880s. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Pink Terrace. L Rotomahana. 29. G V Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Lake Rotokakahi, Rotorua - Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine

Date: [1885]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-212-05

Description: View of Lake Rotokakahi, Rotorua, taken from a distance. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine in January 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lake Rotokakahi. 39. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Crater of Mount Tarawera after the eruption of 1886 - Photograph taken by George Dobson...

Date: [1886]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-212-04

Description: View of the crater of Mount Tarawera soon after the eruption of 1886. Photographed by George Dobson Valentine, late Nov-Dec 1886. Other Titles - The rent in Rotomahana from the Black Crater. 138. G.V. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The rent in Rotomahana from the black crater. 138. G V Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Coffee Cups, White Terraces - Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine

Date: 1885

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-212-20

Description: Coffee Cups, White Terraces, taken 1885 by George Dobson Valentine. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Coffee Cups White Terrace. I9. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18.9 x 29 cm

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