[Pit sawing timber].

documentary heritage

Pit sawing in progress, with one man in the pit and the other above sawing part of a log. Background scrubland with trees.

Last Update: 12 May 2023

Other Id

30071 (Presto content ID)

PH-1976-6-83 (Reference Number)

TR650 B775 (Library of Congress Call Number)

32796 (DBTextworks system ID)

Department

Photography

Subject Notes

George Bourne was born in Whanganui. In c1902 he started working for the 'Weekly News' as one of their photographic artists and travelled throughout New Zealand for the next twenty years in that capacity. He is well known for his series portraying the Maori prophet, Rua Kenana and his newly built community at Maungapohatu in 1908. He pioneered aerial photography through his friends the Walsh brothers and is also known for his comic photo montages.

[Pit sawing timber].

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