Two men and children in a boat on the Mokau River

Two men and children in a boat on the Mokau River
Date
1928
Reference
PAColl-0001-2-1-062
Description

Photo of the school inspector, launch owner and eight children in a launch moored at the Mangatoi School jetty on the Mokau River. The school boat is also tied up at the river bank. Photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells.

Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - A Red-letter Day for Backblocks Children.; Verso - centre - On the upper reaches of the Mokau River, where visitors are few, the annual visit of the School Inspector is an event eagerly looked forward to, by the children, who are here shown welcoming him upon his arrival by launch. ("Old Victor" ran the tourist launch - a Dane, I think.; Verso - bottom centre - R.E. Wells, Mangatoi School, Mokau River

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.6 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand / Photographs of the Mokau River district
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Negatives, Gelatin silver prints, Landscape photographs, Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.6 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Two men and children in a boat on the Mokau River. Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand. Ref: PAColl-0001-2-1-062. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23058321

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