Borotra, Jean Robert, 1898-1994

Date: 1925 - 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Sport

Description: Incomplete set, but mostly two copies of those held. Contains: 1. The Prime Minister at play (Hon J G Coates) 2. Jean Borotra in New Zealand 3. E L Bartleet 4. Whaling in NZ 5. Quinnat salmon 6. A fine quinnat 7. [Fishing] On the Makuri 8. A crowded pool 9. The Fairy Spring 10. A record [catch] 11. A splendid pack 12. Desert Gold (horse) 13. Horse breaking 14. Rabitters 15. Mount Owen (dogs and fallen stag) 16. The "Iron Duke" in Wellington Harbour (yacht) 17. A schooner 18. Whangaroa, Okahumoko Bay 19. Canoe racing 21. A setter 22. "Free" (liberating a pheasant) 23. Pig shooting 24. Tasman Glacier 25. Opossum trappers 26. E L Bartleet (tennis player) 27. A fine stag 28. Homeward bound (with a shot carcass) 29. The All Blacks 30. The "Victory" (yacht) 31. Auckland Regatta 32. Cricket in New Zealand 33. White Island 34. Zane Gray's mako 36. Lake Wairarapa (duck shooters) 37. The jaws of death (man holds up mako shark jaws) 38. Bay of Islands 39. Netting salmon 40. Camping at Kawau Island 41. Camp at Mitre Peak 42. Lake Taupo (fisherman) 43. What fun (falling while skiing) 44. Ski-ing party, Mt Sebastopol 45. The Waihora (fishing on a river) 46. Tongariro, shi-ing party 47. The meet 48. End of the hunt 49. Shepherds 50. Opossum Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographs on cigarette cards, each 58 x 70 mm.