Son of photographer Edward Percival Christensen and Violet Christensen. Lived in Lower Hutt as a boy.
Christensen, Eric Leonard, 1930-2011
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Christensen family breakfasting, Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Chris...
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: PAColl-3060-018
Description: Christensen family breakfasting in their house in Collingwood Street, Waterloo, Lower Hutt. Shows a group around a kitchen table set with crockery. The boy, Eric Leonard, is using a toaster. His mother Violet pours water from an electric jug into a tea pot and his father Edward Percival (the photographer) is seated on left. Photograph taken circa 1940. Caption in Making New Zealand reads: "The toaster and water-jug show the everyday use of electricity in the home." Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 1, No 13, page 20 Source of descriptive information - Location and persons identified by family member. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print (retouched) 20.4 x 15.3 cm