Skip to Content
Description

Penciled on back – PNDL / BF8 c.1904 Felling white pine in the Levin district Copied from AJHR 1904 C-1 p.30 Tree on right of unusual size. White rectangular area between two jiggerboards is a sign nailed to trunk. Man at base is holding jiggerboard – 3 others in use.

Felling White Pine in Levin district, c.1904 1 B&W photo print, copy

4 men (unidentified), man at left standing on jiggerboard cutting down tree with an axe, while 2 others (right) are on jiggerboards cutting down a much larger tree (also with axes), while 4th man stands at the base of this large tree holding a jiggerboard. White rectangular area between two jiggerboards is a sign nailed to trunk.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Identification

Related items

Tramping Party, c.1930's
Tramping Party, c.1930's
Group in Orchard
Group on Rural Road
At The Saw Mill.  No. 4.
Boys Training Farm Staff, 1910
Weraroa Training Farm, Kimberley Road
First Levin School 'Bus', c.1927
Threshing hay at Weraroa Boy's Training Farm, 1912.
Main Entrance, Weraroa Boys Training Farm
Weraroa Training Farm, Kimberley Road
Air Station Closing (other news items & Public Notices), 1944

Taxonomy

Tags
forestry sawmilling,
hhs photograph collection,
horowhenua,
trees men,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

Tramping Party, c.1930's
Tramping Party, c.1930's
Group in Orchard
Group on Rural Road
At The Saw Mill.  No. 4.
Boys Training Farm Staff, 1910
Weraroa Training Farm, Kimberley Road
First Levin School 'Bus', c.1927
Threshing hay at Weraroa Boy's Training Farm, 1912.
Main Entrance, Weraroa Boys Training Farm
Weraroa Training Farm, Kimberley Road
Air Station Closing (other news items & Public Notices), 1944