Salmon album 10

Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region.

Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted.

One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule.

Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions.

Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops.

Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm