Day's Bay, Lower Hutt
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of swimmers at Day's Bay, Lower Hutt, possibly taken in the early twentieth century. At the centre of the photograph three women dunk a fourth woman into the water. Two young boys stand watching the group. The two boys are likely to be Bill and Arthur Chegwidden. The photograph has been taken looking south towards the Te Motu Kairangi / Miramar Peninsula. Mākaro / Ward Island is visible in the distance on the right side of the photograph.
A note on the album page reads: Day's Bay.
Photographer, unknown.
A note on the album page reads: Day's Bay.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued into an album with a leather spine and corners, and red linen cover.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Album (closed): Height x Width: 310 x 260mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 109 x 151mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 109 x 151mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1900-1910?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16635
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16635, 82830
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