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Rotorua Post Office
Date: ca 1914
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-003053-G
Description: Rotorua Post and Telegraph Office on the corner of Haupapa and Fenton Streets, circa 1914, photographed by an unidentified photographer for the Auckland Star newspaper. Shows a two storied, half timbered building with a clock tower. Two plane trees are alongside. A man with a bicycle, probably a postman, stands outside. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 3923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Haka party at Rotorua during visit of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901 - Pho...
Date: 1901
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940
Reference: 1/1-003142-G
Description: A large haka party crouching down waiting to perform the haka on the occasion of the visit of the Duke & Duchess of York & Cornwall to Rotorua in 1901. Standing in front of the haka party is a woman holding a taiaha. She is wearing a dark-coloured long sleeved blouse, and a piupiu over a long plaid skirt. There is a large ring on her left hand. Photograph taken William Henry Thomas Partrington, staff photographer, Auckland Star newspaper. Source of descriptive information - Back of file print - `At Rotorua 1901 on occasion of the visit of the Duke & duchess of York & Cornwall (compared with photograph in the Weekly News, June 21 1901). Information from Sandra Coney, AT 13/12/4, 1 Jun 1993.' Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 70 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches
Sophia - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-003104-G
Description: Full-length portrait of an elderly Sophia Hinerangi (1911). She is seated outside on a bench wearing a korowai (tag cloak) over a blouse, and with a hei tiki around her neck. She is holding a walking stick and there is a hat beside her on the bench. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Returned servicemen at the New Zealand Army Convalescent Hospital, Rotorua
Date: [ca 1914-1918]
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-003041-G
Description: Returned servicemen in an (open-air ?) ward at the New Zealand Army Convalescent Hospital, Rotorua. Photograph taken circa 1914-1918, by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative