Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
[Government Buildings, Wellington.]
Primary Maker
Date
Circa 1910
Physical Description
2 1/4x2 1/4; 6x6cm. Quarter plate
Level of Current Record
Child
Related Object Notes
14 albums; 7x16mm movie films; loose photos; 2 Boley 16mm movie cameras and 1 Devry 16mm Projector; 1/1 plate camera front with lens (latter 3 items in History Dept. -Rose Young
Media/Materials
Technique
Subject Category
Provenance Details
R.S. Lediard, born 20-Nov-1898 died 19-Feb-1973; lived at 2 Tuperiri Road, Epsom; was a commercial photographer at 39 Victoria Street West in 1920s and early 1930s, working from home late 1930s; commissioned to work for Auckland City Council - Parks Dept., Art Gallery and Zoo; commissioned to photograph Hall of Memories etc., Auckland Museum. Friend of Drs Falla & Powell, Gilbert Archey and G. T. Turbott, accompanying them on expeditions; member of Museum Institute, President of Auckland Botanical Society, doing botanical photography for them (35mm negs and prints bequeathed to Botany Dept, University of Auckland.
Public Access Text
Original 5.5x8cm print in Reserve
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Last Update
22 Jan 2024
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