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The difficulties of travelling by coach in the 19th century are shown in this 1890s photograph of a coach crossing a river on the way to Aoraki/Mt Cook. It would have been a jolting and sometimes nerve-wracking journey for the ladies sitting on the top with their parasols.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Malcolm Ross Collection
Reference: 1/2-008248-G
by Malcolm Ross
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