Hunter Brown album 1

Date
Between 1908 and 1915
Reference
PA1-o-238
Description

The Miscellaneous section contains photographs of the Hunter Brown family and friends at various gatherings including Christmas parties in 1909 and 1910, and New Year's Day in 1911; views of houses; outing to Tahuna Beach; driving in horse and carriage along the Moutere Road; haymaking at Riwaka; the Moutere River; and a scene from the New Zealand Tennis Championships in 1908

The Westland trip was taken in 1911, and includes scenes in Greymouth; the Buller Gorge; Lake Kanieri; Lake Mapourika; several views of the Franz Josef Glacier including some taken close-up near the snout and a section of the terminal face; Mount Rolleston; the railway viaduct at Rolleston Gorge; the Otira Gorge; the mouths of the Otira Tunnel under construction at both the Otira end and the Bealey end; construction works by the Waimakariri River; and coaches arriving at Cass.

None of the people are identified, but most of the locations are given.

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

Physical Description: Album with black card cover, entitled `Miscellaneous and Westland trip' (hand-lettered in white ink); 16.4 x 22.6 cm

Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Part of
Brown, Charles Hunter, 1826-1898 :Photographs of the Nelson and West Coast districts
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with black card cover, entitled `Miscellaneous and Westland trip' (hand-lettered in white ink); 16.4 x 22.6 cm
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