Miner on Tea Break

Maker
David Bramwell Cook
Production date
1984
 Description
This photograph shows a miner relaxing on his tea break, deep in the mine. There is a 'pin-up' girl calendar on the wall. He is dressed in mining overalls and he wears an illuminated lamped helmet.
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Object detail

Maker
Production date
1984
Media/Materials
Black and white photograph, silver gelatin print, mounted on acid-free, archival matting board
Measurements
280 x 415mm (Image)
460 x 560mm (Whole)
Production place
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
Social History
Visual Arts
Credit line
Commissioned Photograph by David Cook:
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1985/77/4

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