Lutheran Church history and personalities

Photographs relating to the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, taken circa 1870-1971. Images include ministers, parishioners, church buildings and events and are taken by mainly unidentified photographers

- Contains photographs of young Lutherans Sergeant Robert William Heine, Corporal Bertram Frederick Drogemuller, Private Victor F Eggers, Morris Desmond Jurgens, Hamuera Paul Te Punga, and John Rudolph Bensemann, all of whom were killed in World War II. Other named figures include: Joe Heibner of Whanganui; Neudorf Sunday School teachers Mrs K Treanor and Mrs H Krammer and their class on 1970; the Lutheran Women of New Zealand Executive Committee of 1970, including K Walker, L Wiebusch, C Clausen, I Christensen, and D Davidson; the Panel of Pastors of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand Convention (1971); the LCNZ delegation to Brisbane (1970); and a newspaper clipping from the Australian Lutheran Almanac of Paster J F Goessling. Also contains two group portraits of unidentified families ca 1900 [illegible writing on back of prints], one from Ohotu and the other at an unidentified location.

- Featured buildings include interior and exterior images of Lutheran Churches in Christchurch and Wellington, and an group outside a Lutheran building in Auckland.

- Identified photographers include John Dunlop (Wanganui), Bell Brothers (Marton), and Anderson's Studio (Palmerston North).

Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Physical Description: Silver gelatin and albumen prints