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Canvas pole house, (1910?)

Title
Canvas pole house, (1910?)
Description
Insciption on reverse: Griffiths P.O. N.S.W. Dear friends, Just a line to say I recieved yours of the 16th & many thanks for your offer but I think things will be fixed up here am loving to Lucy I am off work with a splinter right up the front of my thumb nail on right hand and I am under the doctor with it so I can not say if I will be able to come to Sydney for the show but I shall try my best for it is a long run to C.... before we get another holiday I am in the best of health Hoping this will find yours up and family same. With best wishes from your linen friend, A T Taylor
Description
Digital master held.
Description
The house or hut has been built out on a steep slope in a forest setting. It has a canvas or hessian roof and walls attached to a post or pole frame. The floor and lower walls are timber, the door and window wood and glass. There is a timber platform out to the door. It could be a temporary home, a holiday home or a timber workers hut.
Creator
Unknown
Subject
Temporary dwellings
Subject
Huts
Subject
Hessian buildings
Subject
Poles (construction)
Subject
Trees
Subject
Ferns
Subject
Rainforests
Image number
Museum accession no. 07-1023
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Managed by
Item held by Coffs Harbour City Council
Collection or series
Buildings and water supply (Coffs Harbour Regional Museum. Photograph folder)
Date or place
1910?
Date or place
Coffs Harbour Region, New South Wales
Rights
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.
Rights
Contact Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.
Rights
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum
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