Osborne & Taylor (with unidentified man) felling giant tree (totara or rimu), Shannon, 1902
by Stereoscopic Society of New Zealand 2022-01-28 20:18
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Osborne & Taylor (with unidentified man) felling giant tree (totara or rimu), Shannon, 1902 – Hallam, James horowhenua.kete.net.nz Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.
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'Written on back with blue pen - Felling a tree in Shannon
Osborne & Taylor (with unidentified man) felling giant tree (totara or rimu), Shannon, 1902 1 B&W stereoview [mounted twin photographic prints] {right print damaged}
Made from glass negative (stereogram) – see Acc.#s2002.002 box 1 negative g.
Both men stand at each side of the tree with their axes in the scarf (undercut). Another man (unidentified) stands at right.
See also – Acc.#s2002.083.0004 print made from one of the glass negative stereo images and used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 85, with caption - Messrs Osborne and Taylor are two of the three bushwackers posing beside a giant of the forest they are about to fell.
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