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Accession No 1987.41.1
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; Aramoho School
Brief Description A black and whiteh photograph of the students and teacher of Aramoho School,taken in 1893. The teacher stands at the left, wearing a dark suit and hat and with a full white beard. The students are arranged in three rows with the girsl wearing pinafores over their dresses and the boys wearing suit jackets.
A letter accompanying the photograph identifies the sitters as:
Top row from left Mr Locke, Jack Ellis, Ellery Gilbert, Walter Stewart, Guy Powle (Powell?), Arthur Pepper, F Hause, C Gordon, McCaul, Bob Benefield, Dickson.
Middle row Lena Walker, Ada Spooner, Violet Best, Mabel Lock, Mary McChisney, Jack Vincent, Tom Vincent, J Kendrick, Frazer.
Bottom row Neillie Hogg, Cecilia Hall, Francis Lock, Lily Bust, Mary Ewing, Percy Giblin.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Date Circa 1893
Primary Prod Period Late 19th century/19th century
Primary Prod Place Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
Measurement Reading 8.9 x 13.5cm
Signature/Marks Presented by / Mrs MacNeil / 13b York Cres / New Plymouth
+ sheet of names
Aramoho School / C.1893 / see sep. list for names.
arrive but took on the Sunday / job to be always home. His / wife, I'm sorry to say, is often / ill. HIs brother is Ernie / the Kiwi dry cleaner. / From left Mr Locke, Jack Ellis, / Ellery Gilbert, Walter Stewart, / Guy Powle, Mr "Powell" [?] is / correct for his name, Arthur Pepper, / F Hause, C Gordon, McCaul, Bob / Benefield, Dickson. / Lena Walker, Ada Spooner, Violet / Best, Mabel Lock, Mary Mc / Chisney, Jack Vincent, Tom / Vincent, J Kendrick, Frazer. / Neillie Hogg, Cecilia Hall, / Francis Lock, Lily Bust, Mary / Ewing, Percy Giblin. / I don't recall all the first names. / Your sincere friend Helen [?]
Aramoho School / 1890's. perhaps 1893
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