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Photographs of friends, family, and Elsdon Best
- Date
- 1860s-1950s
- Reference
- PAColl-8066-01
- Description
Three images of groups of veteran soldiers of the New Zealand Wars photographed outside Government House Auckland. Groups and portraits of people including Elsdon Best. Also Best's study and house "Mataimoana" at Highland Park, Wellington. One image of a Fijian man dating from ca 1880s. Unidentified monument, and scenic postcards of places in New Zealand which include Wairoa, Auckland, Howick, Devonport, Waihi, Taumranui, and the lagoon at Miramar, Wellington.
Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s).
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- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
- Format
- 70 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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UnknownElsdon Best's study, Highland Park, Wellington
Date: [192-?]
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-8066-01-50-1
Description: Elsdon Best's study, Highland Park, Wellington, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Inscription. Date estimated by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Verso - Uncle Elsdon's desk in a corner of the sitting room at "Matai-moana" Highland Pk, Wgtn, where he did much of his writing. H Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Elsdon Best - Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis
Date: 1880
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-8066-01-49-1
Description: Elsdon Best, 1880. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis of Taranaki. Source of descriptive information - Best identified by Library researcher. Historical notes also from Library researcher. Date from inscription. Photographer identified by printing on backing card. Inscriptions: Verso - 1880 At this time Best was in the Native Constabulary, and was a member of the troop that sacked Parihaka. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 9.1 x 5.6 cm, on backing card
Elsdon Best
Date: [ca 1872]
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-8066-01-44-1
Description: Elsdon Best, aged about 16. Photographer, and location, unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Inscription. Approximate date from Library researcher. Inscriptions: Verso - Uncle Elsdon aged about 20 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 13.9 x 8.7 cm