IMAGE
Mountaineering photographs
- Date
- [ca 1940s-1950s]
- By
- Whites Aviation Ltd
- Reference
- PAColl-10769-11
- Description
Contains photographic prints taken by Harold Earle Riddiford and others including Whites Aviation, circa 1940s to 1950s.
Mountaineering photographs show alpine landscapes in the Southern Alps and Himalaya Mountains. Some prints are aerial photographs. A number of photographs are panoramic, constructed from multiple prints adhered together. A photograph of Mount Everest is annotated in blue pen and pencil with the route for the ascent with camp sites marked as well as the altitude of nearby peaks. A second photograph shows Mountt Tasman, Balfour Glacier, and Aoraki Mount Cook with a route marked on Mount Tasman.
Title supplied by Library.
Arrangement: Photographic prints arrived at the Library loose in a file box holding other material relating to mountaineering.
Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic prints and cardboard box.
Processing information: .
- Use/Reproduction
- Public or commercial use requires the written permission of the donor. The Library may provide members of the public with the donor’s contact details for the purpose of obtaining permission for public or commercial use of the material. Private use of the material is permitted. Copyright: In copyright.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 5 b&w original photographic print(s), 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Aerial photographs, Panoramic photographs, Photographic prints, Silver gelatin photographic prints and cardboard box.
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