Creator unknown :Photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera Eruption by Charles Spencer

Date
1886
By
Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933
Reference
PAColl-7232
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Photographs of the Haszard family, parents and six children, outside their house before the eruption, the ruins of their house after it, and the ruins of McRae's Hotel. Photographs taken by Charles Spencer.

Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Alternative form available: Copy negatives of prints at 1/2-002514 to 002516 (duplicate at 1/2-110482)

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Ruins of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa, destroyed during the 1886 Tarawera eruption

Date: 1886

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera Eruption by Charles Spencer

Reference: PAColl-7232-3

Description: Ruins of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa, destroyed during the 1886 Tarawera eruption. Photograph taken in 1886 by Charles S Spencer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - RUINS OF McRAE'S HOTEL 369 C.SPENCER Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.1 x 20.4 cm

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The Haszard family and home at Wairoa before the eruption

Date: ca 1885-1886

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera Eruption by Charles Spencer

Reference: 1/2-002514-F

Description: The Haszard family in their garden outside their home in Te Wairoa. From left to right: Charlie, Mr Charles A Haszard, Mona, Adolphus, Mrs Amelia Haszard, Edna, Ina, and Clara. Taken by Charles S Spencer circa 1885. Names from "Tarawera: the volcanic eruption of 10 June 1886", by Ron F Keam (Auckland, 1988) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The Haszard family and home at Wairoa before the eruption. C. Spencer photo. Auckland. No.311 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Ruins of Charles Haszard's Te Wairoa school house after the Tarawera eruption

Date: [ca 8 Jul 1886]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera Eruption by Charles Spencer

Reference: 1/2-002515-F

Description: The ruins of Charles Haszard's Te Wairoa school house after the Mount Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886. Photograph taken by Charles S Spencer circa 8 July 1886. Publication note - Published in R J Keam, Tarawera : the volcanic eruption of 10 June 1886 (Auckland, N.Z. :R.F. Keam, 1988), p 151 All of the Haszard family were inside the school house during the eruption. Charles and the three youngest children died. Source of descriptive information - R J Keam, Tarawera : the volcanic eruption of 10 June 1886 (Auckland, N.Z. :R.F. Keam, 1988), p 151-2 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ruins of Mr Hazzads [sic] house. 381. C. Spencer photo Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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