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Coal miners photographed by John Pascoe, 1945

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Coal miners photographed by John Pascoe, 1945

John Pascoe was an official war photographer on the home front during the Second World War and his commitment to social realism produced a series of sombre and gritty images mixed with more celebratory moments. Pascoe took a series of photographs at the coal mining settlement of Denniston on the West Coast, which have become a valuable record of life in that community at the time. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/4-001228-F

by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Ireland, Photography – Photography expands, 1880s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43216/coal-miners-photographed-by-john-pascoe-1945 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Ireland, i tāngia i te 4 November 2013.