Reconnoitering on the Railway wharf

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Reconnoitering on the Railway wharf

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Te Papa Collections Online

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On 12 April 1913, the HMS New Zealand arrived in Wellington, for a 10-week tour of the country. While it was there, around 500,000 New Zealanders inspected their £1.7 million gift to Britain's Royal Navy (worth $231 million in 2007). Leslie Adkin's photoHorowhenua farmer and amateur photographer Leslie Adkin was one of the visitors. He was granted a day off from farm work to see the ship in Wellington, and went with his sweetheart (and future wife) Maud and three other friends. He took this ...

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Date created

18 April 1913

Creator

Leslie Adkin

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/132427

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Piers & wharves / wind / Hats / Harbours / Ships / Battleships / Warships / Spectators / Wellington (New Zealand) / HMS New Zealand (1911) / Maud Adkin / Olive Herd / Alice Herd / photographic gelatin / sheet glass / silver / photographic plates / gelatin dry plate negatives / black-and-white negatives / Navies / Wellington

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