IMAGE
House constructed of trunks of tree ferns, Mokau River
- Date
- 1931
- Reference
- PAColl-0001-2-1-053
- Description
View of a house constructed of trunks of tree fern, with corrugated iron roof and external chimney. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1931 by Robert E Wells.
Inscriptions: Verso - top left - 1935 Annual. Class I Country Homes or VII Open.; Verso - top right - Mokau River 1931.; Verso - centre - This snug little home, surrounded by bush, has been built almost entirely from trunks of the tree fern, and is a really striking example of what a clever bushman can accomplish. With an inside lining of the same wood it is amazingly cosy and homelike.; Verso - bottom centre - Robt. E. Wells, Little Waihi Rd, Hawera.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.6 x 16.2 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand / Photographs of the Mokau River district
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Negatives, Gelatin silver prints, Gelatin silver print 10.6 x 16.2 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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House constructed of trunks of tree ferns, Mokau River. Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand. Ref: PAColl-0001-2-1-053. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23184085More information can be found in our terms of use.