Slide, Maketu
Maker
Robert Gale
Production date
09 May 1965
Current rights
© In copyright
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Object detail
Description
A colour slide looking across a coastal scene which includes a stone monument on the foreshore. Identified as the landing point of the Te Arawa canoe which was constructed for the 1940 Centennial celebration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi at Maketu beach. Recorded by the photographer as ‘Maketu’.
The Tauranga Heritage Collection has more than 2000 photographic slides taken by Robert Gale. Robert and his family moved to Tauranga in the early 1960s and he taught at Merivale School until retirement. Robert was a member of the Tauranga Photographic Society for many years. We ask that you publish an acknowledgement, or 'attribution', to Robert Gale when using this image.
The Tauranga Heritage Collection has more than 2000 photographic slides taken by Robert Gale. Robert and his family moved to Tauranga in the early 1960s and he taught at Merivale School until retirement. Robert was a member of the Tauranga Photographic Society for many years. We ask that you publish an acknowledgement, or 'attribution', to Robert Gale when using this image.
Maker
Robert Gale
Production date
09 May 1965
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
50mm (width), 50mm (height)
Credit line
Gifted by the Gale family and Alf Rendell
Accession number
0005/20/590
Current rights