item details
NameThe "high country" party - Messrs Elsdon Clark, C. H. Martin, E. S. Lancaster, G. L. Adkin + J. Pollock - with packs up ready to start from Pipe Bridge on Gladstone Road, Ohau Valley, Levin.
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 22 February 1922; Tararua Range
Leslie Adkin; director; 22 February 1922; Tararua Range
Leslie Adkin; director; 22 February 1922; Tararua Range
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, group portraits, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialsphotographic gelatin, sheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Materials Summarygelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack and white photography
DimensionsOverall: 164mm (width), 120mm (height)
Registration NumberB.020691
Credit lineGift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964
Overview
Adkin's group was one of two that planned to explore the possibility of a route over the Tararua Range from Levin to Eketāhuna. The attempt was unsuccesful.