Two possum trappers with a day's catch from the Lake Waikaremoana district

Two possum trappers with a day's catch from the Lake Waikaremoana district
Date
[ca Oct 1931]
Reference
PAColl-8983-05
Description

Two unidentified possum trappers with a day's catch from the Lake Waikaremoana district. Shows them standing amongst native bush. Photograph taken circa October 1931, possibly by 'Snadden'.

Publication note - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 28 Oct 1931, page 30

Source of descriptive information - New Zealand Free Lance, 28 Oct 1931. 'Snadden' listed as possible photographer from notes on back of print.

Caption - New Zealand Free Lance caption reads: "Trappers' luck - Two opossum trappers with a day's catch from the Lake Waikaremoana district. The opossum trapping season, which has just terminated, has been exceptionally poor, some of the skins not being sufficiently valuable to return the sixpence royalty."

Inscriptions: Verso - [hand written in ink] Opossums caught near Lake Waikaremoana [Typed] Wild Life - Opossum trapping [hand written in ink] P28.10.31. Snadden

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6.5 x 10.2 cm

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Part of
New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print, 6.5 x 10.2 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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