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1. Climbing photographs collected by Mick Bowie (deconstructed album) - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   A collection of 176 prints, previously removed from an album, that were taken or collected by Aoraki Mount Cook Hermitage guide Mick Bowie (1901-1982), dating from circa 1929 to 1936. The prints appear to be images taken during some of Bowie's early years of guiding and climbing around Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (and Westland Tai Poutini National Park). They feature many landscape images, often with climbers (a number featuring a female c...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. C R Anderson

   A black vinyl album of assorted scenes including landscapes, hunting, and fishing, including many of the Aoraki Mount Cook region, collected by C R Anderson. The album consists of the following (sometimes multiple prints per page): - #02: - The Great Confluence of the Grey, Maud and Godley Glaciers. - #03: The Classen Glacier and Moraine. - #04: At the terminal face of the Godley Glacier. - #05: Winter at Lake Tekapo, 1941 [six images] - ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. La Perouse - Cook[.] Looking up Strauchon Valley - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   An undated view looking up the Strauchon Valley to La Perouse, probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s. Identified by a pencil note on the verso as "La Perouse - Cook[.] Looking up Strauchon Valley".

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. La Perouse from Mount Hicks (St David's Dome) - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   An undated view of La Perouse from Mount Hicks (St David's Dome), circa 1940? Identified by a pencil not on the verso reading: "La Perouse from David's Dome"

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. La Perouse, Mount Dampier, and Aoraki Mount Cook - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   A view of La Perouse (left), Mount Dampier, and Aoraki Mount Cook (right), circa 1930. Bears a pencil note on the verso reading: "La Perouse & Cook"

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Low Peak, Aoraki Mount Cook, from La Perouse - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   A view of Low Peak, Aoraki Mount Cook, from La Perouse, dated January 1949. Identified on the verso as: "Low Peak from La.P. Jan '49" and signed "N.D.H." [Norman Hardy].

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows the rescue party on a snow covered slope, appearing to be dragging the stretcher. Labelled on the verso with the number "5". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a stretcher over the summ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows five of the rescue party on a high snow covered slope, with a sharp ridge in the background. Labelled on the verso with the number "6". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a stretcher ov...

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

   One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams on a stretcher, flanked by two of the rescue party on a high snow covered slope, with a sharp ridge in the background. Three ropes extend from her strecher, presumably connecting to others in the rescue party. Labelled on the verso with the number "7". The rescue has been noted ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams, on a stretcher, being carried over some rough ground, presumably in or near the Cook River Valley. Labelled on the verso with the number "9". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams, on a stretcher, being carried on the shoulders of the rescue party while crossing the Cook River. Labelled on the verso with "Crossing Cook river" and the number "10". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams, on a stretcher, being loaded onto the rear of a flatbed truck after her rescue party reached the road near Fox Glacier. Labelled on the verso with "Reaching the road at Fox" and the number "11". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . A...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams, on a stretcher, being lowered down the snow covered slopes by six of the rescue party after her accident. Labelled on the verso with "1948 La Perouse rescue" and the number "11". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured ne...

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows Adams, on a stretcher, being carried over some rough ground in the bush of the Cook River Valley. Labelled on the verso with the number "1". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a stretch...

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows the rescue party with Adams, on a stretcher, about to be loaded onto the rear of a flatbed truck after the party reached the road near Fox Glacier. Labelled on the verso with "Reaching the road[.] Hillary on extreme right" and the number "14". The rescue has been noted as the most ard...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows the rescue partytaking a rest break beside nthe Cook River. Unlabelled on the verso. The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a stretcher over the summit and through deep gorges through the C...

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 - Ashurst/Langton Collection

    One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows three climbers on a steep snow covered slope, who appear to be in the process of lowering someone down the slope (out of site). Labelled on the verso with: "300 ft of rope out on western[?] side[or ridge?]" and "34". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . A...

    Record Type: Photo