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Finch, O (Mrs), fl 1958 :Photograph album
Date: [1890s?]
By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-o-172
Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm
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