Postcard, Tauranga
Maker
Mary Humphreys
Production date
1900-1910
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Postcard showing a view of Mauao taken from Tauranga. Stamped on reverse "Mary Humphreys, Photo. Tauranga". Addressed to "Mrs D Peach, Kaiti. Gisborne. Poverty Bay". Handwritten message reads "Dear Ada, Thanks for pretty P.C. I hope you will like this one, it is the famous Mount that you have heard about I suppose. Next Thursday afternoon if it is fine, Tom is going to take us all down in his launch, it will be lovely, I wish you were here too. I hope we will not have the same experience that we had one time before when the machinery stopped. I hope you are feeling a little better since you have tried the new application. Love to All from yours as ever Ruby".
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
1900-1910
Production place
New Zealand
Measurements
136mm (width), 86mm (height)
Accession number
0734/10
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