IMAGE
Auction sale, Moreroa, Chatham Island
- Date
- ca1915
- Reference
- 1/2-037594-G
- Description
Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly Ernest Guest, circa 1915. Shows an auction at Moreroa, Chatham Island, with Harry George Blythe identified as the auctioneer. Girl facing the camera identified as Mary Reriti. Photographer's text on negative reads: "Moreroa sale".
Information provided by a researcher on 3 October 1986.
Dated from the approximate age of Mary Reriti in the photograph.
May relate to an auction held at Blakiston's house, Moreroa in 1912 -'Star (Christchurch)', Issue 10686, 5 February 1913, Page 4. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19130205.2.37 accessed 17 January 2024.
Title supplied by Library.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass plate negative.
- Additional description
Original negative requires staff assistance to access.
- Use/Reproduction
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- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Glass negatives, Glass plate negative.
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