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This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "Duck Pond, Square PN." The child in the photograph is very probably Joyce, refer to 2014P_AndrewsS1_010045 for identification. The body of water in the photograph is The Lakelet, also know as Butterfly Lake. The white dome on the left is the top of the observatory (built 1903, demolished 1938). The building in the middle is All Saints Church (built 1914-1915, still standing in 2015) and to the right of that is the Grand Hotel (built 1906, still standing in 2015).

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Andrews Collection S1
Date
circa February 1928
Digitisation ID
2014P_AndrewsS1_010042
Held In
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Taxonomy

Tags
1920s,
all saints church,
butterfly lake,
child,
climbing,
fun,
girl,
lakelet,
photographs,
play,
the square,
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