From Farthest Flung, Holding Tight
Images of picnics from late 19th century and early 20th century New Zealand from National Library of New Zealand.
Date: 1908-1917 Ref: 1/4-055503-G Lydia Williams and unidentified couple with a dog in a bush clearing, having a picnic beside the Whanganui River near the settlement of Kakahi, Manawatu-Whanganui Region. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 :Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera. Ref: 1/4-055503-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30635513
Date: [ca 1910] Ref: 1/1-023024-G. Men, women and children at a picnic. Shows them sitting around food which is laid out on a cloth decorated with flowers. Men wear suits and ties. Women wear long frocks and hats, and some hold cups and saucers. Photograph taken circa 1910 by Adam MacLay. Group at a picnic. Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-023024-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23158528
Date: [ca 1900] Ref: 1/2-028204-F Picnic at New Plymouth, circa 1900. Stephenson Percy Smith is on the far right. Photographer unidentified.
Picnic at New Plymouth. Crompton-Smith, A M :Photographs of New Zealand scenes by unidentified photographers. Ref: 1/2-028204-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22723793
Date: [ca 1910s] Picnic at the racecourse in Nelson. Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district. Ref: 1/2-026680-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23111613
Date: [189-?] Ref: 1/1-021634-G Picnic, circa 1890s, photographed by Adam Maclay, probably in the Christchurch district. Shows men, woman, children, and a maid, seated outdoors around a table cloth. Picnic, probably Christchurch district. Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-021634-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23070350
Date: [ca 1902-1903] Ref: 1/1-028806-G Six unidentified people sitting at a table having a cup of tea, cakes and sandwiches in front of the tent, with a pot, a tin and two baskets with food in them under the table, showing two women, two men, a girl and a boy, possibly Christchurch district. Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-028806-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/29939775
Date: 1908. Caption on back of file print reads: "Xmas 'Picnic' 1908, Wellington". Shows men and women in a sun-porch, seated around a table after a meal. The women wear hats. One of the men holds a baby. Others smoke cigars. Photographer unidentified. Christmas picnic, Wellington. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: MNZ-0344-1/4-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22887784
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