Birchwood
'Mount Linton' sheep station, 1926
Date: 1926
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: McGregor, William James Annan, 1874-1946
Reference: Pan-1656-F
Description: Panoramic view across paddocks filled with huge flocks of sheep looking towards a large woolshed centre left. A long wooden construction like an aqueduct leads from the field in the left foreground across the paddocks to the woolshed. Farmhouse mostly hidden amongst trees in the far left distance. Partly cleared hills behind rolling paddocks on the right, steeper hills in the background on the far left. Two unidentified men with several dogs are seen in a small fenced paddock between the woolshed and the house. Areas of tussock grass. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Mount Linton 1926"; Marginal notes on negative - W.J.A. McGregor. Mount Linton. Southland. 3 oils. "Mount Linton 1926" White house, red roof. Sheds red. Trees various shades green. Poplars, turnips yellow Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 131.7 cm