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Crowd outside the tobbaconist shop of R Farmer, on the corner of Perry and Queen Streets, Masterton
- Date
- 26 Sep 1887
- Reference
- 1/2-011707
- Description
A crowd of people outside the tobacconists store run by R Farmer in Masterton, 26 September 1887, the day of the general election. The group includes a row of boys and some unidentified Maori. Above, three male effigies are attached to the upper wall of the shop. These represent the three candidates for the seat. They are George Beetham (the dandy), who was the winner of the election, R E Hawkins (the pirate), and A W Hogg (the pig). The photograph was taken by Albert Edward Winzenberg, from the verandah of the Club Hotel. (The effigies were later auctioned).
Source of descriptive information - Date from Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1887, Page 2, as advised by Library client, and accessed from Papers Past: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WDT18870927.2.7&e=--- ----10--1----0-- Photograph formerly wrongly identified as 22 July 1884 from file print.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931 :Negatives of Wairarapa and Taranaki
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Crowd outside the tobbaconist shop of R Farmer, on the corner of Perry and Queen Streets, Masterton. Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931 :Negatives of Wairarapa and Taranaki. Ref: 1/2-011707. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23160926More information can be found in our terms of use.