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Adkin album 21
- Date
- August 15-29, 1925
- Reference
- PA1-q-004
- Description
Photographs of a winter holiday at Tongariro National Park, 15-29 August, 1925. Includes distant views of Mounts Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe, as well as views on the way to mountain huts at Whakapapa. Images of people including a group from the Ruapehu Ski Club, and the group with Adkin, some of whom are named. Also named is Guide Cowling, the caretaker at Whakapapa (p 4, 24). Skiing, snowball fights and tobogganing. Other images show day trips to Wairere Falls and the Tama Lakes; snow falling, and snow-laden trees.
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- Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
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- Photographs
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UnknownLast days at Whakapapa huts - "The favoured of the Gods"
Date: ca 1925
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-004-32-1
Mr and Mrs F.C. Brockett on skis, Whakapapa
Date: [ca Aug 1925]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-004-33-1
Description: Mr and Mrs F.C. Brockett on skis, Whakapapa. They are similarly dressed in patterned knitted jerseys. Photograph taken circa August 1925 by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mr and Mrs F.C. Brockett Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.7 x 11 cm on album leaf 29.6 x 23 cm
Whakapapa Huts nestling in an embayment of the beech forest at the foot of Ruapehu
Date: [ca Aug 1925]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-004-04-2
Description: Exterior view of the Whakapapa Huts at the foot of Mount Ruapehu (visible in the distance), surrounded by beech forest and scrub. Photograph taken circa August 1925, by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Arrival at Whakapapa Huts 3790 ft above sea level; Album page - beneath image - Whakapapa Huts nestling in an embayment of the beech forest at the foot of Ruapehu Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 8.9 cm on album leaf 23.6 x 29.8 cm
A cold white world [Whakapapa Huts, Mt Ruapehu]
Date: [ca Aug 1925]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-004-19-3
Description: Scene outside Whakapapa Huts at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, showing the ground blanketed in snow and people on skis, with snow-capped beech trees in the background. Photograph taken circa August 1925, by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - The snowfall ceases; Album page - beneath image - A cold white world Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 15.5 x 7.9 cm on album leaf 23.6 x 29.8 cm
The winter glory of Whakapapa; the snowy track through the beech forest
Date: ca 1925
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-004-25-2