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Steamship Otago on the rocks at Chaslands Mistake, 4 December 1876

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  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • marley1027 said:
    You know you're having a bad day when...
  • vickiecollins said:
    Talk about being between a rock and a hard place............
  • Sjon Svenson said:
    to bad we don't hear the colourfull seamans expletives of the moment ^__^'
  • andy pucko said:
    Oopsie
  • FrigateRN said:
    The joys of sailing!

Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911

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  • Janus said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Exergy, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Jens Roesner said:
    Simply stunning to see these shots hundred years after the fact. They seem so fresh and clear and considering the conditions and equipment there and then, I think they are humbling for today's photographers.
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    @J e n s - considering the conditions, the equipment and the downright enormous gloves I have to agree - they're almost miraculous. -- Courtney
  • Robert Carrier said:
    Incredible.
  • SharkBait1313 said:
    great proportion. I didn't realize how big it actually looked until i saw the ant-sized people on the bottom. Took my breath away.

Group in the garden of William and Lydia Williams, Carlyle Street, Napier, ca 1890

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  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Information from Timeframes:
    "... Lydia Williams is in the centre, playing the banjo. Seated at the right is her sister, Amy Devereux. The man with the camera is Russell Duncan. The other man's identity is unknown but it is possible he was a member of a group such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a troupe of Negro singers and musicians who toured New Zealand in the late 1880s. Photograph taken by Lydia's husband William Williams. "Historical note: "Russell James Duncan (1855-1946) was later to become a well known photographer and historian of Napier."
  • John Wattie said:
    19th century photographers were skilled at stereoscopic photography and have a lot to teach modern exponents of the art
  • josefnovak33 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Musicians, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Lovely scene.
  • Peppin ANAGLYPHE said:
    A stereo negative must always be reversed, which is finally quite logical.... www.flickr.com/photos/187371730@N02/52263361705/in/datepo... Great stereo!

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