Lysaght album

Date
[ca 1875-1880]
By
Lysaght family; Lysaght, James Frederic, 1906-1992; Martin, Alfred, 1846?-1906
Reference
PA1-q-147
Description

Photographs of the Chatham Islands circa 1870s and 1880s, taken by Alfred Martin.

Images include landscapes, early carvings in caves (Moriori?), and a number of houses and farmsteads. The Shand house, R. Kerr's farm, and Mr Engst's home are all shown.

The last photograph shows crew members of the SS Kahu, with Captains Romeril and Hood.

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

Physical Description: Album in brown solander box with leather spine; spine labelled Lysaght; 33 x 26 cm

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Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album in brown solander box with leather spine; spine labelled Lysaght; 33 x 26 cm
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View of Francis Moore's farm, Moreroa, Chatham Islands

Date: [1880s-1890s]

From: Lysaght album

Reference: PA1-q-147-06-2

Description: View of the farm owned by Francis Edward Moore, at Moreroa, Chatham Islands. It shows native forest, pasture, the house, the woolshed and stockyards. Photographed by an unknown photographer between 1885 and 1891. Inscriptions: Album page - centre left - House and wooshed Moreroa; Album page - beneath image - Moreroa - Chatham Islands. Front of house. Stockyard & woolshed. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.5 x 15.7 cm, mounted on album page