Auckland Star album 4

Date
[1900s?]
Reference
PA1-q-015
Description

Album of images from various areas in the North Island. Includes images of Hawera, including streets, swimming baths, bowling greens, church buildings, the post office, hospital buildings, and public school. There are a several views inside caves, including caves and rock formations at Marakopa and Waitomo; views of coal mining at Mokau, the regatta at Ngaruawahia, cement works at Limestone Island in Whangarei Harbour, tree-felling in kauri forest. Images of Hastings include church buildings, school buildings, and other public buildings. One image shows a young man at a burial site in a cave, surrounded by a number of skulls. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century.

Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s

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

Physical Description: Black cloth bound volume, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Access restrictions
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Part of
New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Black cloth bound volume, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"
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