Sunset in the Southern Alps

Title: Sunset in the Southern Alps
LC Subject: Mountaineering Mountains
Photographer: Weister Company
Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "New Zealands only misfortune is that she is so far from the centers of population on our globe. But, undoubtedly as wealth increases in the world, and our globe trotters tire of the more common and convenient places, New Zealand will attract increasing numbers and eventually will become a great Mecca, particularly for the more hardy and appreciative of the tourists and adventurers. The higher parts of the Southern Alps of New Zealand challenge comparison with the Alps of Switzerland, for although they fall short by two or three thousand feet, the lower snow-line of the New Zealand Alps more than compensates for their lesser altitude. Mt. Cook, 12,350 feet, is the highest point not only in the Southern Alps, but in New Zealand. Its Maori name, Aorangi, means "Cloud in the Heavens.""
Work Type: lantern slides
Location: Australia
Date: 1915
Identifier: P217:26:55
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Rights Holder: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Local Collection Name: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of: Set 39 - Scenic Australia
Institution: Oregon State University
Modified: 2010-11-16
Submission Date: 2010-11-16
Note: Hand-tinted