Print, Photographic, Tauranga, Māori Hostel
Maker
T E Price
Production date
1898-1900
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Description
A cabinet card showing a view taken from Monmouth Redoubt, Tauranga, looking south west [excludes wharves]. Shows Mann & Co, Māori hostel and buildings in Harington Street. "Old Theatre Royal" in Harington Street marked in ink on image. On mount "Thos E. Price, Masterton". On reverse in pencil "Building enclosed in mark [circle] was used temporarily until the new Post Office was built. Old Post Office burnt down in 1902. Old Māori hostel in foreground Tauranga about 1900 probably 1898. Price arr.1897 (April)".
Thomas Edward Price was born in South Wales circa 1838 and appears to have commenced work as a photographer in New Zealand in the 1860s. Working in both the North and South Islands, Price opened a studio in Tauranga in 1897. He died in Tauranga in February 1928 and The Bay of Plenty Times published a long obituary acknowledging his contribution to the town.
Thomas Edward Price was born in South Wales circa 1838 and appears to have commenced work as a photographer in New Zealand in the 1860s. Working in both the North and South Islands, Price opened a studio in Tauranga in 1897. He died in Tauranga in February 1928 and The Bay of Plenty Times published a long obituary acknowledging his contribution to the town.
Maker
T E Price
Production date
1898-1900
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
105mm (height), 162mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by Elsie Hulse (nee Price)
Accession number
0626/08
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