item details
NameHorowhenua scenes
ProductionLeslie Adkin; photographer; 1909-1913; New Zealand
Classificationphotograph albums
Materialspaper, leather, mounting board
Materials Summaryphotograph album
Techniquesbookbinding
DimensionsClosed: 273mm (width), 314mm (height), 70mm (depth)
Registration NumberAL.000135
Credit lineGift of Adkin Family, 1997
Overview
This album by Leslie Adkin depicts Adkin, Maud Herd and their family and friends at social occasions around the Horowhenua, and landscapes and towns around the district. Included are images of Otaki, Levin, Waikanae, Hokio Beach, Foxton, the Ohau River, and Lakes Horowhenua and Papaitonga; swimming trips, a trip the the shipwreck Hydrabad, picnics and garden parties. The photographs are meticulously titled. Many are dated and fall between 1909 and 1913.