item details
NameTaranaki deforestation
ProductionFrederick Butler; copyist; 1920-1950; Taranaki
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, landscapes
Materialssheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, copying
Registration NumberA.009850
Credit lineF B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1972
Overview
Depicts a photograph and part of an album page. The photograph is a view of a landscape with tree stumps and other evidence of land clearance. There is a fence in foreground, a path or road at left, and small buildings near the centre of the image. The following is written on the page below the photograph: 'Kahui Rd - 1 3/4 miles from Reserve'. This may refer to a small settlement called Kahui which lies to the west of Mt Taranaki.