Print, Photographic, First Avenue, Tauranga
Maker
Mary Humphreys
Production date
Early 20th Century
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Description
Cabinet card print showing a view of First Avenue looking east from Cameron Road. Gravel carriageway with wide grass berm on either side and row of willow trees. Three barefoot girls in foreground with sun hats and umbrella. One weatherboard cottage visible on south side of corner. On cardboard mount with rounded corners. On reverse "First Avenue, Tauranga looking Eastward from Cameron Road. Mary Humphreys photo. Donor Mrs S C D Tunks".
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 date
Early 20th Century
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
108mm (height), 165mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by C. Tunks
Accession number
0604/08
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