Okaro Creek 18 months after the eruption of Mount Tarawera

Date
Dec 1887
By
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference
PA7-38-10
Description

View showing the volcanic ash and resulting destruction caused by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in the vicinity of Okaro Creek. A man can be seen surveying the cliffs in the middle distance. Photograph taken by the Burton Bros in Dec 1887.

Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4553 - On the ash fields Okaro Creek - Dec [18]87 - 18 months after eruption; Recto - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin

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

Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.6 x 28.9 cm

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Part of
Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Albumen prints, Landscape photographs, Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.6 x 28.9 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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