Trimming up for Christmas
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Dora Adkin and Ron Law sitting on motorbike on beach with boys on horses in background.
Photographed Wednesday December 26 1917 at Hokio Beach.
From Te Papa Collection:
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=123403
Photograph taken by Leslie Adkin on 1 January 1913 of Maud Herd standing by the Ohau River. She is holding a fishing rod, net and a fish she has just caught.
From: Collection at Te Papa - online at http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42105
Penciled on back - Surge-chamber in course of construction also framework of tunnel.
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen – Mr & Mrs W. H. Walker.
This photo used in book – ‘An eye for country, the life and work of Leslie Adkin’ between pages 112 & 113, & dated as having been taken 20 May 1923.
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1920’s 1 Sepia tone photo print – Fragile
Surge chamber, showing outlet to penstock pipes with Mr & Mrs Bill Walker. See also – #.0013
This photo used in ‘Leslie Adkin book’, between pages 112 & 113.
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Penciled on back - Surge-chamber (Ernie Lancaster & Bill Walker)
Photo taken same day as #.0014 (which is pictured in ‘Leslie Adkin book’ and dated as being taken on 20 May 1923).
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1920’s 1 Sepia tone photo print – Fragile
Surge chamber, showing inlet tunnel from Lower Mangahao Dam with Ernie Lancaster (left) and Mr & Mrs Bill Walker. See also – #.0014
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Penciled on back - Exit of tunnel from main dam, Mangahao into Arapeti basin.
Written on back with black ballpoint pen - H. [?] Walker in entrance.
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1920’s 1 Sepia tone photo print – Fragile
Exit of tunnel from main dam (Lower Mangahao Dam) into Arapeti Reservoir. Bill Walker in entrance.
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Penciled on back - Top of Mangahao dam showing base of flood-gates.
Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme, 1920’s 1 Sepia tone photo print – Fragile
Inside top of Mangahao Dam flood-gate gallery ? Man (unknown ?)
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Bill Walker, Les Adkin, Jo Logan, Ernie Lancaster.”
Four men, dressed for tramping, and a dog stand on tramline tracks which appear to run across a river bed. The four men are identified as being Bill Walker, Les Adkin, Jo Logan and Ernie Lancaster.
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