The Teacher's House, Rotowaro - Two Years Apart

Maker
David Bramwell Cook
Production date
1987
1989
 Description
Photographs taken in 1987 and 1989 by commissioned photographer, David Cook for use in the 2000 Shifting Ground: Stories from Rotowaro exhibition. Images depict the same scene taken two years apart in 1987 & 1989. The upper image shows a single story brick residence. There is a downwards sloping driveway going into the property along the right hand side of the image and a footpath going along the frontage of the section - which also has a wood and wire fence. Several established bushes can be seen. There is also a mature conifer in front of the house. The lower image shows the same vista with all buildings gone and only the mature conifer left to identify the property.
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Maker
Production date
1987
1989
Media/Materials
B/W photo, silver gelatin print mounted on archival, acid-free matting board
Measurements
Parts 1-2: 194x587mmmm
Matted Whole: 610x815mm
Production place
Rotowaro, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Collection
Rotowaro: The Last Days of the Waikato Coal Mining Town/David Cook/Photography Collection/Social History
Department collection type
Visual Arts
Social History
Credit line
Commissioned Photograph by David Cook:
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1989/55/9

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