Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
[Henry Smith photographs]
Primary Maker
Physical Description
4 1/2 x 6 1/2; 12 x 16.5 cm half plates.
Level of Current Record
Parent
Member Object
Provenance Details
Negatives by Henry Smith, father of donor.
Content
5 wooden boxes of 1/2 plate negatives (approximately 250 plates), Henry Smith photographer.
Subject Notes
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).
Copyright
Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
Credit Line
Donated by Miss Lilian Ida Smith, 5 October 1995.
Last Update
27 Nov 2022
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