Carpenter, from Wellington, moved to Otaki in 1920. First settled in Palmerston North then Wellington. He resided at Garrett Street until he married Isabella Jane Young in 1913. Then they moved to Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn. As a batchelor his hobbies were bowling and photography (he owned a Thornton-Pickard camera).
Manz, Herman Otto, 1860-1962
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Manz, Herman Otto, 1860-1962: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area
Date: [ca 1900-ca 1915]
By: Manz, Herman Otto, 1860-1962; Manz, Arthur Herbert, 1917-
Reference: PAColl-10108
Description: Photographs taken by Herman Otto Manz circa 1910s with his Thornton-Pickard camera, chiefly of scenes in the Wellington area but including one of Auckland Hospital. The prints are sulphur toned. Includes portraits of the Government Life Insurance building on Customhouse Quay, Days Bay Pavilion and water chute at Williams Park, Wellington Public Post Office illuminated for the coronation of King George V, Wellington Library building, Chaffers dock, Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Featherston Street, Queen Victoria statue on Cambridge Terrace, and Seddon memorial at Bolton Street Cemetery. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, sulphur toned Provenance: Donor is the son of Herman Manz.