IMAGE
Roots family and their house, Springvale, Wanganui
- Date
- [1870s]
- Reference
- 1/1-000186-G
- Description
Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, Wanganui, in the 1870s. Photograph taken by William James Harding.
"Thomas Roots arrived in Wanganui in 1857 and was employed as the County foreman. The house began as a two room cottage and was enlarged at various times to accommodate an expanding family. Dormer windows allow light into the upper bedrooms. The verandah is decorated with a "union jack" balustrade and fretwork brackets and frieze. To protect the small children a gate secures the porch." (Information taken from caption used in "Darling, I'm home!").
Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district / Harding, William James, 1826-1899 :Negatives of Wanganui district
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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