Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome photo border outdoor black and white Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Shows two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom left: Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 408.E. The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Miners' huts at Waiuta, West Coast. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001741-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22707153 Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Shows two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom left: Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 408.E. The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Miners' huts at Waiuta, West Coast. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001741-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22707153 |