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Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
- Date
- April-June 1903
- By
- Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931
- Reference
- PA1-o-468
- Description
Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903
Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department
Very few of the people shown are identified
Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm
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- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm
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UnknownSchool building, Niue
Date: April-June 1903
From: Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Reference: PA1-o-468-75
Description: Thatched school building, Niue. Photographed by an unknown photographer April-June 1903. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Schoolhouse, Niue Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 10.6 cm
War Dance, Niue
Date: April-June 1903
From: Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903
Reference: PA1-o-468-74
Description: Men performing a war dance, Niue. Photographed by an unknown photographer April-June 1903. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - War dance, Niue Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 10.6 cm