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The McMenamen homestead, Terawhiti, during the search for survivors from the Penguin
- Date
- 14 February 1909
- Reference
- 1/1-020149-G
- Description
The McMenamen homestead, Terawhiti, during the search for survivors from the Penguin, which was wrecked on 12 February 1909. A group of searchers may be seen in the background, and a photographer may be seen in the open doorway of the farm shed in the centre background. Photograph taken by S C Smith of Wellington.
The photographer who may be seen with his tripod in the doorway of the farm shed in the background is probably Joseph Zachariah (1867-1965), who practiced in Wellington as Zak Studios. His photographs of the Penguin disaster appeared in the New Zealand Free Lance, 20 February 1909.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
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