Turning the first sod at Turitea Dam
- Description
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"Turitea dam G. Tremaine turning first sod. Groups with G. Hogg, Engineer and function on site at sod turning."
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with Lombard Street.
As well as commissioned work (such as photographing the old railyards or aerial shots for the Council) Greening was known to operate as a street photographer, capturing the likenesses of passersby, offering his card with the negative number so they could buy the image if they wished. Many of these images will be in family photo albums.
A fire in 1965 destroyed many negatives in Argosy's collection but this image was one of the 400 or so survivors. Greening donated many of these surviving images to the Ian Matheson City Archives in 1989 before retiring to Kaitaia. He died in 2001.
Identification
- Relation
- 2021-95
- Date
- 1957?
- Digitisation id
- 2021N_Argosy_035963_001
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held in
- Community Archives
Related items
Creation
- Created By
- Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
- Place
- Upper Turitea Dam
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone