Craddock album 6

Date
1931 to 1934
Reference
PA1-o-116
Description

Album of tramps, camps, and other boy scouting activities, chiefly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, who was an active scout member and later scout master during the 1930s at Otorohanga. Maori legends and hand-drawn maps accompany the photographs, bringing New Zealand geography and history alive to the young scouts. Outings include following Te Kooti's trail, searching for caves where moa bones have been found, and climbing to various trig stations in the Waikato area. Other images show competitions for scouting badges and first aid instruction.

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

Physical Description: Black leatherette cover, loose-bound album, 18 x 30 cm

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Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
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1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Black leatherette cover, loose-bound album, 18 x 30 cm
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"Kawhia; Where the Tainui canoe rests"

Date: ca 1933

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-85

Description: "Kawhia; Where the Tainui canoe rests." Records of a visit to Kawhia Harbour and the place where the Tainui canoe is said to be burried. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1933 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-85-1). View of a stretch of beach. On album page below print is written "The pah" Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-85-2). View across the sea to buildings on the edge of the land. On bottom of print is written "Tainui Glade from a launch" Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-85-3). Group of Boy Scouts sitting on the ground under scrub trees. On album page below print is written "The stone over burried canoe" Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-85-4). An upright stone standing among scrub trees above a beach. On the top of the print is written "Kawhia." On the bottom of the print is written "Stone marking the buried Tainui [canoe]" On the centre of the album page is drawn a map showing harbours from Manakau to Awakino Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti

Date: ca 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-34

Description: Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1934 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-34-1). Boy Scouts parading for morning prayers at Easter Camp. On the bottom of the print is written "morning prayer easter camp." Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-34-2). Boy Scouts with their bicycles crossing a stream. On the bottom of the print is written "crossing the third stream." Bottom centre photograph (PA1-o-116-34-3). A group of Boy Scouts backs to camera, looking out over bush covered hills. On the bottom of the print is written "Te Kooti Trail." On the album page below the print is written "above Te Kooti Creek." On the album page to the left of print is written "On the trail of Te Kooti - the most treacherous of all the Maori warriers - He had two secret strongholds in these parts." On the album page to the right of the page is written "After the Mohaka massacre Te Kooti lived at Kihikihi, Otewa, and Parawera. It is said that his flag was the emblem most stained with blood in New Zealand history." Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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At Te Makia; a day's fun at the beach

Date: ca 1933

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-82

Description: At Te Maika; a day's fun at the beach. Boy Scouts engaged in various activities during a visit to the beach. Photographed by an unknown photographer about 1933 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-82-1). Group of boys crouching in shallow pools hollowed out of the sand. On album page below print is written "Hot springs" Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-82-2). Group of boys hunting for cockles in the sand. On album page below print is written "Cockles" Centre photograph (PA1-o-116-82-3). Two Boy Scouts standing on bridges they have constructed over a small creek or water race. On album page below print is written "Bridges" Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-82-4). Three boys swimming in the surf. On album page below print is written "Surfing" Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-82-5). Three Boy Scouts sitting with a collection of objects arranged on a board. On album page below print is written "The museum" Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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"Ranganui - see why the first trip failed"

Date: 1931

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-38

Description: "Ranganui - see why the first trip failed." There appear to be two dates associated with this group of photographs; 1931 when the first trip failed; 1932 when they shot the pig with red hair. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1931 and 1932. Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-38-1). Group of Boy Scouts standing beside a motor car in a street. On the bottom of the print is written "Ranganui 1931 - the first trip failed" Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-38-2). View across to a hillside covered with native forest where fog is beginning to gather. On album page to right of print is written "Ranganui 29/10/32. We shot a pig with red hair and the fairy folk sent down a fog which prevented us reaching the top of the mountain." On album page below print is written "Fog," and "Ranganui fogs." Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-38-3). Boy with a gun sitting on the carcass of a wild pig. On bottom of print is written "Red haired pig." On album page below print is written "The Kill." Bottom centre photograph (PA1-o-116-38-4). Man saddling up a horse. On album page below print is written "Transport." Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-38-5). View across a landscape of dead standing tree stumps beyond which fog can be seen partly obscuring bush covered hills. On album page above print is written "Ranganui fogs." Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Figure of a scout superimposed on page of mountain names

Date: 1930s

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-03

Description: Figure of a Boy Scout superimposed on an album page inscribed with the names of New Zealand mountains and their heights. Photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1930s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Boy Scouts visiting the Otorohanga Reservoir

Date: ca 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-22

Description: Boy Scouts visiting the Otorohanga Reservoir photographed by an unknown photographer about 1934 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-22-1). Group of Boy Scouts having lunch. On the album page below the print is written "lunch." Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-22-2). Group photograph of Boy Scouts Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-22-3). Group of Boy Scouts standing on concrete casing of filter at Otorohanga reservoir. On album page below print it is written "filter" Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-22-4). View down to the Otorohanga reservoir lake. On album page below print is written "lake" Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Record of tramps to Pureora trig

Date: 1933-1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-08

Description: Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1934 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-08-1). Shows a group of boy scouts sitting on the top of Pureora Centre photograph (PA1-o-116-08-2). Shows the wooden trig on the top of Pureora with initials and the name Craddock written on it Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-08-3). View of the railway line to Matai Camp Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-08-4). View towards Lake Taupo from the top of Pureora The photographs are superimposed over a map drawn on the album page showing the routs for two assents; one in 1933 from Otorohanga, and one in 1934 from Mangapehi Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Scouting. Boy scouts in the countryside

Date: ca 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-10

Description: Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1934 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-10-1). Group of boy scouts outside a pitched tent. Text below print states "A new day", and the name "Basil" appears above the print Top right print (PA1-o-116-10-2). Three boy scouts with cycles loaded with swags and coats. The text below the print states "on the road." Above the right hand boy is written the name "John" on the album page Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-10-3). Three boy scouts sitting on a bridge of manuka stakes and brush over a small stream. Text on page below print states "Philip's bridge" Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-10-4). Boy scout standing displaying three trout on a string. Text on page below print states "Finlay's catch" Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Boy Scouts and a rock called Tokohaere in the valley of the Mangakomua Stream

Date: ca 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-13

Description: "The rock that walked." Boy Scouts and a rock called Tokohaere in the valley of the Mangakomua Stream. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1934 Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-13-1). Three Boy Scouts around a fire at the base of the rock Tokohaere. On the bottom of the print is written "weird rites at Tokohaere." On the album page to the right of the print is written "the chant for fine weather" Centre photograph (PA1-o-116-13-2). Photograph of the rock named Tokohaere. On the bottom of the print is written "80 feet high." On the album page below the print is written "Tokohaere, the rock that walked" Top right print (PA1-o-116-13-3). Boy Scouts and other people in a group. On the bottom of the print is written "sunlight and scenery." On the album page above the print is written "on Mangakomua." Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-13-4). A group of people standing at the base of the rock Tokohaere. On the bottom of the print is written "the rock." On the album page below the print is written "of ryolite formation." On the album page above the print is written "the Maoris say Tokohaere was the husband of Titiraupenga Mountain -- and they quarreled so much that he set off to the Aotearoa country during the night, but a tohunga's aid was enlisted and the errant was stopped in the Mangakomua Valley." Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-13-5). Three Boy Scouts looking out across the countryside towards Mt Titiraupenga. On the bottom of the print is written "towards Titiraupenga." On the album page below the print is written "ancient trail to Taupo." On album page above print is written "The chant for fine weather (to Tokohaere); Ana to hai na/ Mau e kai te mamawa o tauhou. (Behold thy food; Fed thou on the heart of the stranger)" Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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"Moa Hunters." Boy Scouts on a tramp

Date: ca 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116-11

Description: "Moa Hunters." Boy Scouts on a tramp photographed by an unknown photographer about 1934. Top left photograph (PA1-o-116-11-1). Group of Boy Scouts outside the entrance to a cave. On the bottom of the print is written "Maori burial cave", and on the album page below image, "Waitomo" Top right photograph (PA1-o-116-11-3). Group of Boy Scouts sitting eating lunch around a camp fire. On the album page below the print is written "More Moas" Centre photograph (PA1-o-116-11-2). Group of Boy Scouts foraging among clumps of rushes. On the bottom of the print is written "7 moas taken from this cave". On the album page below the print is written "6 miles from Otorohanga" Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-116-11-4). Group of scouts with backs to camera, standing in bracken fern, looking up a valley. On bottom of print is written "A large number of moas here." On the album page below the print is written "Outskirts Honikiwi" Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-116-11-5). Three Boy Scouts on horses. Beyond is a bush covered hill. On album page below print is written "Te Rau Mauku" Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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