Photographs of whaling at Whangamumu

Date
[ca 1870's] - 1933
Reference
PAColl-10758
Description

Comprises 54 photographs, most taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933, of whaling at Whangamumu. Also includes a modern copy photograph of Stacy Woodard.

Photographs PAColl-10758-01 to PAColl-10758-18 show Herbert Cook and others from the Whangamumu whaling station re-enacting a circa 1870s whale hunt, complete with a replica boat built especially for the re-enactment. PAColl-10758-19 to PAColl-10758-38 show current early 1930s practices, using a motorboat. These latter photographs also show the dead whale being cut up, blubber piled on the shore, and men processing the remains in large cooking pots.

The first 38 photographs are numbered 1 - 37; two photographs are numbered "23" (PAColl-10758-01 and PAColl-10758-38). The remaining photographs are not numbered but continue documenting the expedition; three of them are duplicates of photographs in the numbered sequence.

Photographs include a dryplate (PAColl-10758-54) taken circa 1870s which was given to Stacy Woodard, and which has been duplicated in the numbered sequence.

Title supplied by Library.

Photocopy of index to first 38 photographs is in box with photographs.

Arrangement: 38 of the photographs were in an envelope labeled "Original Photos + Numbered List", the remaining 12 were in another envelope labeled "Extra photos undescribed". The photograph of Stacy Woodard was in a separate envelope.

Stacy R Woodard was a U.S. film maker who traveled to New Zealand to film a re-enactment of a circa 1870s whale hunt,

Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Transfers: Index to photographs and obituary seperated from these photographs is at Library reference MS-Papers-12545.

Processing information: Photographs and papers have been separated for the purposes of preservation.

Use/Reproduction
Any use of the photographs must credit Stacy Woodard as creator of the material. Any public or commercial use of the material, including any copying or reproduction for reuse, publication, distribution, or exhibition, requires the permission of the donor.
Access restrictions
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Part of
Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu / Woodard, Judith, 1946: Photographs of whaling at Whangamumu taken by Stacy Woodard
Format
51 b&w original photographic print(s), 3 b&w copy photographic print(s), Gelatin silver prints
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Stacy Woodard, Captain Herbert Cook and the boat crew

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-03

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Tail and body of a whale trapped in netting

Date: ca 1870s

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-54

Description: Dry plate photograph taken by unknown photographer circa 1870s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Digital print of portrait of Stacy Woodard

Date: 2020

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-53

Description: Copy photograph of Stacy Woodard taken by unknown photographer, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).

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Three men boiling blubber in cauldron with processing barrels in the foreground

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-52

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard, duplicate of PAColl-10758-34 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Stacy Woodard and unidentified man standing on metal whale boat with camera tripod and ...

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-51

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Four men lying in long grass

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-50

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-49

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard, duplicate of PAColl-10758-09. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Captain Herbert Cook in foreground standing in boat in pursuit of whale

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-48

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Processing bay of Whangamumu harbour with whale and man in boat in foreground

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-46

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard in 1933. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Captain Herbert Cook with unidentified male in boat in pursuit of whale

Date: 1933

From: Woodard, Judith, 1946-: Collection relating to expedition by Stacy Woodard to film whaling at Whangamumu

Reference: PAColl-10758-47

Description: Photograph taken by Stacy Woodard, dupliate of PAColl-10758-11. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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