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Adkin album 03
- Date
- Between 1948 and 1949
- Reference
- PA1-o-003
- Description
"Illustrating geological observations, Vol 3". Black & white photographs of geological and geomorphological aspects of New Zealand. Includes images taken on a second visit to the Rotorua area (Oct 4-12 1948), showing lakes, thermal areas, mountain rifts and other geological formations. A boring plant testing the ground on the line of the proposed Rimutaka Tunnel; views of The Terrace, Wellington showing the office building of the New Zealand Geological Survey at 156 The Terrace; Mangaroa Basin plain; Hutt River valley; the Wellington fault scarp along Grant Road; the geology of the Paekakariki area of coastal lowland; the new Wellington City number 2 water supply tunnel from the upper Hutt River (14 Jan 1949). Also shows images taken when attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress held in New Zealand, January-February 1949, including views of Auckland; "Birchlands" (home of Sir Frank Mappin, Mt Eden, where the Congress garden party was held); Mount Mangere; Auckland Ferry Wharf; an excursion in the Wellington area for the Congress to Baring Head & Orongorongo. Water supply in Paraparaumu, March 25 1949; Visit to East Wairarapa beyond Martinborough (a Victoria University excursion led by Dr A R Lillie and R A Couper), showing Dr Lillie, John Marwick, Thomas Ludovic Grant-Taylor); Castlepoint & the Matapihi Trig Station on the Ruamahanga River, April 14-17, 1949; inland pumice deposit at Waitarere Beach (11 Oct 1949); official inspection of the lower course of the Otaki River (21 Oct 1949) showing the Otaki Railway Bridge with piles beneath the piers exposed by erosion; coast of the Miramar Peninsula.
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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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UnknownCarriage driver with Leonard and Ernest Lancaster, at Waihohonu Hut, Tongariro National...
Date: 12 Feb 1910
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-003-105
Description: Horse drawn carriage hired from Crowther and McCauley, and group, outside Waihohonu Hut, Tongariro National Park, during an expedition with George Leslie Adkin. From left to right: carriage driver (unidentified), Leonard Lancaster, and his uncle Ernest Lancaster. The corrugated iron hut backs on to the edge of a beech forest. Photograph taken 12 February 1910 by George Leslie Adkin. Original caption reads: "Arrival at the Waihohonu Hut, a two-roomed structure of corrugated iron." for further information regarding this expedition see "An eye for country, the life and work of Leslie Adkin" by A Dreaver, 1997, pages 60-63 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 105. Arrival at the Waihohonu Hut, a two-roomed structure of corrugated iron Arrangement: See album PA1-o-003, page 14 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11 x 15.4 cm, on album page 30.5 x 41.7 cm
Waihohonu Hut and cooking shelter, set amongst beech forest and mossy tussock, Tongarir...
Date: 12 Feb 1910
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-003-106
Description: Waihohonu Hut and cooking shelter, Tongariro National Park, set amongst beech forest and mossy tussock. Photograph taken 12 February 1910 by George Leslie Adkin. Original caption reads: "The Waihohonu Hut and cooking shelter picturesquely situated on the edge of a small patch of beech forest. Grass-steppe with moss in foreground." for further information regarding this expedition see "An eye for country, the life and work of Leslie Adkin" by A Dreaver, 1997, pages 60-63 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 106. The Waihohonu Hut and cooking shelter picturesquely situated on the edge of a small patch of beech forest. Grass-steppe with moss in the foreground." Arrangement: See album PA1-o-003, page 14 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.3 x 15.4 cm