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Joe Shum's Snow Covered Rural Hut
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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-122TitleJoe Shum's Snow Covered Rural HutDescriptionA winter scenic view of Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully. This wooden home with a blanket of snow covering the home and ground. One man stands to the right of the home with a tool in his hands.
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 3", by James Ng, pub. Sept. 1999. Image on page 334.
Caption from book: "Alexander Don stands by Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully, probably in the winter of 1905. Snow covers a fenced vegetable garden in front of the hut. [Kirkland Collection]"
Duplicates: P-A564.9-18 and Ng-FS.1-122
Reverse of Duplicate: [top centre] "459" / "Jim Shums hut and self in snow." / "4.8.1904" / "Exposed"
The same home, also photographed in winter, is in image Ng-FS.1-52. It was also photographed in summer and is pictured in image Ng-FS.1-65.TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1905CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectScenic ViewGold Mining-Buildings-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva and James NgAccession No42018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip.Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.
Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-122TitleJoe Shum's Snow Covered Rural HutDescriptionA winter scenic view of Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully. This wooden home with a blanket of snow covering the home and ground. One man stands to the right of the home with a tool in his hands.Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 3", by James Ng, pub. Sept. 1999. Image on page 334.
Caption from book: "Alexander Don stands by Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully, probably in the winter of 1905. Snow covers a fenced vegetable garden in front of the hut. [Kirkland Collection]"
Duplicates: P-A564.9-18 and Ng-FS.1-122
Reverse of Duplicate: [top centre] "459" / "Jim Shums hut and self in snow." / "4.8.1904" / "Exposed"
The same home, also photographed in winter, is in image Ng-FS.1-52. It was also photographed in summer and is pictured in image Ng-FS.1-65.
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1905CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectScenic ViewGold Mining-Buildings-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva and James NgAccession No42018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip.Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.Click on the image to add
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Don, Alexander Rev, Joe Shum's Snow Covered Rural Hut. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 16/04/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127714
