Penciled on back of one of the copies – N Clayton Messrs Osborne & Taylor Bushfelling Shannon
Also stamped on back of this copy with blue ink - John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd. Ph. 78-878
Written with red pen on yellow self-adhesive paper attached to back of this copy – 93.5%
Mr Osborne & Mr Taylor felling giant tree (totara or rimu), Shannon, 1902 1 B&W photo print, copy (plus additional copy)
Both men stand at each side of the tree with their axes in the scarf (undercut). Another man (unidentified) stands at right, and he is also pictured in photos #.0001 (2nd from right) & #.0002 (right). See #.0003 same tree, different view.
Mr Osborne & Mr Taylor pictured in #.0002 (2nd & 4th from left).
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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