Scenes taken in farms, parks, and gardens

Electronic scans of black and white photographs showing scenes taken in parks, farms, and gardens. Taken between 1966 and 1975 by Max Oettli.

Includes photographs taken in Auckland Region: the fountain in Albert Park, youth at 'Jumping Sunday' in Albert Park 1969; familes picnicking, the Wintergardens, and lotus leaves on a pond, Auckland Domain; the underside of the wharf in Herne Bay; native bush, Kauri tree trunks, Titirangi; gravestones in Grafton Cemetery; Grey Lynn Park; trees in Myers Park; and people throwing peanuts for a monkey in a zoo cage [probably Auckland Zoo].

Includes photographs taken in Waikato Region: a field of cows (taken from a moving train); an elderly couple in the vegetable garden of their house, Frankton; and two women driving their trotting sulkies down a country road.

Includes scenes taken on Great Barrier Island showing Michael Volkering, Rene Wilson, Margery Corneau, and Virginia Edmone tramping in the rain, hanging out at a hut, and Volkering standing inside a fenced plot.

Includes photographs showing: a letterbox labelled 'P.Garden' in a field; nasturtiums (taken at Ohope); shadowy trees (taken at Rotorua); Suzy Reid lying on a slope of long grass; a kiwi symbol and commemorative plaque for NZI Insurance on a watergarden rock wall; and a Citroen Light 15 car (owned by Tony Haszard) and a cloud reflection (taken through a car sun visor).

Source of description - information on file names by Max Oettli

Arrangement: Files were delivered to the Library within a folder titled 'NZ 1967-75 2013 series' and subfolder 'farms parks gardens'

Quantity: 25 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s).