| Accession No |
1802.9650
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| Name/Title |
PHOTOGRAPH; Upokongaro Hotel after an explosion
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| Brief Description |
A black and white photograph showing the damaged Upokongaro Hotel. The photograph shows a two-storeyed building with broken windows. Two people are visible in the doorway, one unidentified man standing, and one seated on a chair identified as George Bisley, a local gorse grubber.
This photograph was taken after bushfeller Jimmy Laurent placed a charge of gelignite in front of the hotel after being rebuffed by one of the women who worked at the hotel.
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| Classification |
Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Tesla Studios
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| Primary Prod Date |
Circa 1910
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| Primary Prod Period |
20th century
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
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| Measurement Reading |
16.5 x 21.6cm
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| Signature/Marks |
Wanganui Regional Museum / copyright
About 1910. /Windows broken by charge of gelignite laid in front / of Upokongaro Hotel. The charge exploded under the / fence and broke every pane of glass on the west side / of building. The man on chair is George Bisley a / local gorse grubber.
Tesla Studios / Late / Tesla-Denton Studios / 66 Victoria Ave, Wanganui N.Z. / Opp DIC - PHONE / (Copyright)
A mexican bush feller, Jimmy Launent was in the habit / of staying at the hotel to spend his cheque and became / infatuated with one of the ladies of the hotel, but / on one occassion after his money had all been spent / she told him his attentions were no longer welcome. / In a fit of spite he blew up the hotel / and shortly afterwards committed suicide / by jumping into the Wanganui River
6/ he was led to believe that the lady of his / affection would elope with him when he had / earned sufficient money, he confinced her was to be entrusted / to her care, but when time came for the / elopement, she backed down and and refuted the [...]
Wanganui Public Museum
Carton no./ 32
Copy / 53995
The Tesla Studios / Wanganui
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