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Adkin album 24
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- 1927-1929
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- PA1-f-006
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"Annals of the Tararua Range, Vol 3", photographs no. 283-449, supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes held in Manuscripts and Archives. Photographs include preparations for the construction of the Waiopehu Hut, and views of Mt Waiopehu, in 1927, and the opening of the hut (4 March 1928), with named members of the Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club, Tararua Tramping Club, and various dignitaries. Discovery of a prehistoric artifact, the Waiopehu flint knife, found 4 February 1928; botanical visit to Mt Waiopehu, images of plant life, February 1928; excursion to the headwaters of the Mangahao River and first ascent of Mt Dora; topography of the Wellington Peninsula, Tararua offshoot, April 1928; ascent of Mt Wainui, April 1928. Visit to Oriwa Lake-Hollow via Mt Waiopehu including the summit of Mt Waiopehu and upper part of its north-leading ridge with Horowhenua lowland in distance. Winter visit to Mt Hector track, August 1928; longitudinal traverse from Otaki Forks to Ohau Valley via Waitatapia River, Oriwa Ridge & Mt Waiopehu, and ascent of Mt Crawford, October 1928. Ascent pf Gable End Knob from Ohau Hut; Mangaharakeke Falls, December 1928; topography of Otaki Gorge, Dec 1928; scenery of the Makaretu River, Feb 1929; attempt to cross Tararua Range via Mt Bannister, views of log-bridge over the Ohau-iti (Blackwater) Stream; ascent of Makahika Trig Station, 13 October 1929, with a combined group from the Hutt Valley, Tararua and Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Clubs.
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UnknownMembers of the Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club posing on edge of bush
Date: [ca 1928-1929]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-14-349
Description: Photograph by George Leslie Adkin. Shows Tramping Club group posing on edge of bush in a clearing on the Mount Hector track in the Tararua Range. The members are (L-R): E S Lancaster, H D Richards, A Ransom, W Ransom, C Hobson, W Watson, G Gapper, Arch Billens, L Kidd and C B Gilmour. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 349. Party of members of the Levin-Waiopehu T. C. on edge of bush above the 'clearings' on the Mt Helicon track. Left to right: E S Lancaster, H D Richards, A Ransom, W Ransom, C Hobson, W Watson, G Gapper, Arch Billens, L Kidd and C B Gilmour. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Group on the Waiopehu Track
Date: 4 Mar 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-319
Description: Group on the Waiopehu Track, at the second lookout, during the official opening day of Waiopehu Hut, 4 March, 1928. From left to right: G H Field, W H Field (MP), W F G Vine, J R Smith, A J Hilkie and H A Mealand of Tararua Tramping Club, W N Pharazyn, F W Vosseler (President Tararua Tramping Club), E Phillips-Turner (Secretary Forestry Department), and J Logan of Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club. Photograph taken by George L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 319. On the Waiopehu Track at the Second Lookout. Party, from left to right: Messrs G H Field, W H Field, MP; W F C Vine, T R Smith, A J Hilkie and H A Mealand, of Tararua T C; W N Pharazyn; F W Vosseler, President T T C; E Phillips-Turner, Secretary Forestry Department; and J Logan, of Levin-Waiopehu T C.; Album page - top left - The official opening of the Waiopehu Hut, March 4th, 1928 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.2 x 15.5 cm, attached to album page
A Tararua thunder cloud
Date: 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-23-386
Description: Great cumulo-nimbus cloud formation that appeared over Tararua Range at 3pm. Upper level of cloud was probably 11,000 ft or 12,000 ft. Rolling northwards it broke over Tokomaru and Palmerston North as an exceptionally severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail. The above view was taken from Ohau and shows Mount Wiopehu. Photographed by George leslie Adkin at 3pm on the 24th of December 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Waiopehu Hut under construction, with E S Lancaster, and another
Date: between 6-7 Feb 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-305
Description: Waiopehu Hut under construction, with E S Lancaster (left), and another (unidentified). Photograph taken by George L Adkin, between 6-7 February, 1928. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 305. Waiopehu Hutin course of erection; Album page - centre - A Botanical Visit to Mt Waiopehu, Feb 6th-7th, 1928 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 10.4 cm, attached to album page
Oriwa Lake hollow from south end showing existing pool. The former lakelet covered the ...
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-341
Remnants of a snow fall on West Peak Plateau
Date: 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: Pa1-f-006-15-354
Description: Remnants of a snow fall on West Peak plateau with Hut Mound and Field Peak in background. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on either the 4th or the 5th of August, 1928. Photograph taken during a winter visit to the Hector track from Levin, 4th and 5th of August, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
View through bush of Mount Waiopehu's summit
Date: between 22-24 Oct 1927
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-286
Description: View through bush of Mount Waiopehu's summit, taken from the site of the proposed Waiopehu Hut. Photograph by George L Adkin between 22-24 October, 1927. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 286. Glimpse of the summit of Mt Waiopehu through an opening in the bush from the site of the proposed hut.; Album page - top left - Transporting Material for the Proposed Waiopehu Hut, Oct 22nd-24th, 1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 10.9 cm, attached to album page
Mount Waiopehu and Twin Peak from Oriwa ridge
Date: 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-340
Description: Waiopehu (left) and Twin Peak (right), with Mount Tawirikohukohu in the right background, photographed from the Oriwa ridge by George Leslie Adkin, 2-3 June, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 82 x 151 mm mounted on album page
Flint knife found on Mt Waiopehu
Date: 4 February 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-304
Description: Two views of a prehistoric flint knife found on Mount Waiopehu. Photograph taken February 4, 1928 by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Discovery of a Prehistoric Artifact on Mt Waiopehu, Feb 4th, 1928.; Album page - beneath image - 304, 26b. The Waiopehu flint knife - obverse and reverse sides. The flint is of a medium grey colour with darker markings. Size, 3 1/2 [inches] x 2 [inches] x 1/2 [inches]. The 24 quartz and greywacke moa gizzard stones found with it ranged up to 1 3/4 [inches] in length. The theory adopted is that one of the ancient Moa-hunters (of a period antedating the Main Migration) killed a moa at this spot & dropped the flint knife with which he had cut up his quarry. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, side by side, total measurements 8.9 x 13.2 cm, on album page 29.8 x 39.5 cm
Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club members carrying corrugated iron for the Waiopehu Hut
Date: between 22-24 Oct 1927
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-284
Description: Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club members at Rolston's Tent, carrying corrugated iron for the proposed Waiopehu Hut, October 22-24, 1927. Left to right: W Poad, W Bignal, W Ransom, G France, E S Lancaster, H D Richards, - Spooner, W Stewart, - Ransom, W R Harris, J Logan & P Stewart. Photograph taken by George L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 284. Club members with loads of iron at Rolston's Tent. Left to right: W Poad, W Bignal, W Ransom, G France, E S Lancaster, H D Richards, - Spooner, W Stewart, - Ransom, W R Harris, J Logan & P Stewart; Album page - top left - Transporting Material for the Proposed Waiopehu Hut, Oct 22nd-24th, 1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11 x 15.8 cm, attached to album page