Print, Photographic, Sulphur Point, Tauranga
Maker
Mary Humphreys
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Description
An unmounted print showing a southern view of Mauao Mount Maunganui across the sandspit at Sulphur Point, Tauranga. Shows Karewa Island to north and Hopukiore Mount Drury to right (east). Handwritten on reverse 'Pilot Bay from Sulphur Point'.
Mary Humphreys (nee Henderson) was a professional photographer operating in Tauranga at the end of the 1890s into the early 1900s. She was born in 1865 in Croydon, Surrey, England and came to New Zealand in the 1880s, marrying Thomas Humphreys in June 1889. Widowed in 1898, and with three young children, Mary turned her home into a boarding house and began to advertise for photographic work. In 1901 the 'Christchurch Press' published forty of her photographs in a special supplement and a album of her images was given to the Duchess of Cornwall by the women of Tauranga.
Mary Humphreys (nee Henderson) was a professional photographer operating in Tauranga at the end of the 1890s into the early 1900s. She was born in 1865 in Croydon, Surrey, England and came to New Zealand in the 1880s, marrying Thomas Humphreys in June 1889. Widowed in 1898, and with three young children, Mary turned her home into a boarding house and began to advertise for photographic work. In 1901 the 'Christchurch Press' published forty of her photographs in a special supplement and a album of her images was given to the Duchess of Cornwall by the women of Tauranga.
Maker
Mary Humphreys
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
120mm (height), 165mm (width)
Accession number
0204/08
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