Print, Photographic, Maketu

Production date
1917
Current rights
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Object detail

Description
A contact print showing a view of the Maketu settlement from a hill overlooking the sea. Several houses and other buildings, one large, are visible. A car with a fabric roof is parked near the sea.

"Except for folks who saw it before 1917 and for a while later it [Maketu] will never look like that again. My 1917 days of wandering round the lagoon to gaze on the lovely sandy beach have gone forever." Mrs Margaret A. Johns
Production date
1917
Production place
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
82mm (height), 106mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by Mrs Margaret A. Johns
Accession number
0164/08

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