Shows Alfred Walker sitting on a Shetland pony called Tom Thumb in front of a wooden building. He is surrounded by older men; including his brother John Walker (possibly in riding clothes), Chang Woo Gow (Zhan Shichai; also known as Chang the Giant) and other unidentified circus performers. The pony was bought from a circus or sideshow by Alfred's father John Walker, proprietor of first Aramoho hotel, Roberts Avenue. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui.
Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Persons identified by Library client.
A portrait of Chang Woo Gow the Chinese giant with his wife Kin Foo, taken circa 1870 by London Portrait Rooms, Dunedin, is held at theToitū Otago Settlers Museum (see A115).
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Processing information: Record updated on 26 October 2022 with name of Chang Woo Gow.