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The Remarkable Lake Wakatipu

Photographer
Date
  • 1915
Description
  • Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is an amazingly beautiful lake; more than a thousand feet above sea level, about fifty miles long and exceedingly deep. Azure blue, cobalt blue and the blue of coral seas are seen in its waters; and on the highest summits of the practically treeless ranges that wall it in. snow exists at all times of the year. Geologists say that Waktipu occupies the bed of a glacier, but according to Maori mythology it was dug with a spade by Chief Rakahaitu. Gooding says "If this be true, Rakaihaitu was the greatest navvy New Zealand has ever produced and had he lived today he would have been the very man to dig the Panama Canal."
MODS Note
  • Hand-tinted
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Identifier
  • P217:26:48
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 39 - Scenic Australia
Institution
Conversion
  • Master scanned with Epson 1640XL scanner at 800 dpi. TIFF, 24 bit color. Image manipulated with Adobe Elements 4.0.
Submission Date
  • 08/12/2015
Modified
  • 05/26/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (18 Apr 2024). The Remarkable Lake Wakatipu Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dn397

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The Remarkable Lake Wakatipu" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dn397

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "The Remarkable Lake Wakatipu" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dn397

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Weister Company http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WeisterCompany
2 Lakes http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074030
3 Mountains http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087823
4 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
5 Lake Wakatipu >> New Zealand https://sws.geonames.org/2179705/
6 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
7 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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