Home Guard, World War II

Maker
Deighton Studios
 Production date
1939-1945
 Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
The photograph is a group portrait of the Napier Home Guard taken during World War II. E (Edwin) Cornford is identified. He is in the front row sitting on the floor on the extreme right. There is a mixture of young, middle aged and elderly men.

Date, 1939-1945.
Photographer, Deighton Studios, Napier.
Maker
Production date
1939-1945
Production place
Napier/Hawke's Bay/North Island/New Zealand
Production period
World War II (1939-1945)/20th Century
Production technique
Photography
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph attached to a mount.
Media/Materials
Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Card/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Mount: Height x Width: 180 x 228mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 120 x 198mm
Classification terms
Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Subject person
Subject period
World War II (1939-1945)/20th Century
Subject date
1939-1945
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit Line
estate of Mrs C M Cornford
Other number(s)
m73/54, 4798, 91347

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