IMAGE
Bush shanty bunkhouse, Glenesk [i.e. Glen Esk].
- Date
- Between 1915 and 1916
- Reference
- APG-0352-1/2-G
- Description
Inside a bunkhouse at a timber camp in Glen Esk, Piha district. Men are gathered around a table set for dining, including Hans Peter Knutzen who is seated on the right. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916 when he spent time extensively photographing the Piha milling operations. Identification of Knutzen and further information see "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 58).
Original print also held at PA1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, page 12), with caption "Bunkhouse. Glenesk".
Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 58.
For exterior view of this bunkhouse see APG-0677-1/2.
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Bunkhouse, Glenesk
The shanty is dirt-floored, and is typical of those found wherever kauri bush was being cut. See above re book by Sandra Coney.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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