McWhannell album 18

Date
[Beteen 1950 and 1963]
Reference
PA1-o-566
Description

Album of photographs, moslty of family and friends, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell.

Family and friends include a gathering at the christening of Malcolm McWhannell (son of Joan and John McWhannell), Bill and Kathleen Haines of `The Croft', Wiltshire, England; Elizabeth and Jane Geddis as teenagers; John McIlrea, a very young boy watching shearing; Mike and Jill Carter; and the home of Mrs Mavis Commons.

Scenes relating to `Rozel', the farm owned by Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell, include the felling of a huge aspen poplar in 1963, and working with Mr Gerlach, with a trailer filled with bamboo.

Two images show a gingko tree having been transplanted at the age of 30, from the lake at Hamilton, into the city.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with mottled green and navy cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 24 cm

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Part of
McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō / McWhannell, Rhoda Leslie (Mrs), 1898-1996: Photographs of forestry and farming at Ohaupo
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with mottled green and navy cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 24 cm
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