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Waimangu Geyser in eruption

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  • Description

    Captain Smith's note : "Hill on left 400' above quiescent level of geyser. Waimangu "Black Water" geyser in action 1901-4-8. Height 1500"

  • Other Id

    20316 (Presto content ID)

    PH-NEG-B10841 (Reference Number)

    P7205 (Legacy number)

  • Department

    Photography

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    photograph

  • Name/Title
    Waimangu Geyser in eruption
  • Primary Maker

     Herny Smith (Photographer)

  • Date
    1901
  • Physical Description

    4 1/2 x 6 1/2; 12 x 16.5 cm. half plate

  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Is Part Of

    [Henry Smith photographs]

  • Media

    glass/inorganic material

  • Technique

    Gelatin dry plate negative

    Glass plate negative

    Negative

    Photographic techniques

  • Subject Category

    Waimangu (N.Z.)

  • Provenance Details
    Negatives by Henry Smith, father of donor
  • Public Access Text

    Henry Smith was a grocer in Leicester, England prior to arrival in NZ, where he continued for a time as a grocer and photographer before becoming a tram conductor and later farmer. Photographs follow the chronological movements of the Smith family around NZ - Wellington, Thames, Auckland, Taranaki. (In our numbering of the negatives the small Wellington group are placed last as they are without captions, dates, or identification

    Plate indicates C. Brett; Smith's envelope indicates photo Capt. Scott

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    12 May 2023
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