Auckland Islands, Provision Depot
Maker
Duncan, Russell
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph the Provision Depot on the Auckland Islands.
The photograph is of the provisions depot located in the south of the islands at Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour. Carved inscriptions of shipwrecks and visitors are visible on the front boards of the building. A dead bird attached to a stick is visible at the right leaning against the depot. There are clothes drying on a make-shift line at the right of the image.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
Date, 8 May 1905.
The photograph is of the provisions depot located in the south of the islands at Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour. Carved inscriptions of shipwrecks and visitors are visible on the front boards of the building. A dead bird attached to a stick is visible at the right leaning against the depot. There are clothes drying on a make-shift line at the right of the image.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
Date, 8 May 1905.
Collection
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph adhered to card in a hardcover album with a leather spine and corners.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 145 x 200mm
Height x Width: 240 x 280mm
Height x Width: 240 x 280mm
Signature/Inscription
About 220 miles S 14 W (true) from S Cape Stewart Island, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
08 May 1905
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16233
Credit Line
gifted by Jasper Herrick
Other number(s)
m96/6/2, Album 59, 16233, 81502
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