Row of soldiers in Opotiki in front of the church later known as Saint Stephen the Martyr - Photograph taken by William Beattie and Company

Row of soldiers in Opotiki in front of the church later known as Saint Stephen the Martyr - Photograph taken by William Beattie and Company
Date
1868
By
William Beattie & Company
Reference
PAColl-3033-1-24
Description

Men of the Opotiki Expedition, Patea Rangers and Wanganui Yeomanry Cavalry at Opotiki in front of the church later known as Saint Stephen the Martyr. A Masonic Hotel balcony is on the left. The small building is the powder store. Arthur Parkinson's head is in front of the right hand end of the store. Alfred Parkinson stands in front of the centre of the church tower. Photograph taken by William Beattie and Company in 1868.

Source of descriptive information - Identification of volunteers from The colonial New Zealand wars / Tim Ryan, Bill Parham : Wellington, NZ : Grantham House, 2002

Source of descriptive information - Masonic Hotel, and members of the Parkinson family, identified in Parkinson of Opotiki: The history of John P Parkinson and his descendants in the Opotiki District of New Zealand / JCM Cresswell. Auckland : JCM Cresswell, 1982, caption opposite page 16

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

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9 x 13.9 cm (postcard)

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs / Photographs from the James Cowan collection
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Postcards, Silver gelatin print 9 x 13.9 cm (postcard), Orientation: Horizontal image
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William Beattie & Company. Row of soldiers in Opotiki in front of the church later known as Saint Stephen the Martyr - Photograph taken by William Beattie and Company. Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs. Ref: PAColl-3033-1-24. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23134076

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