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The ship Atlantis in Wellington Harbour, 1951

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  • Robert Taylor said:
    Hi, long with my family I was on the Atlantis in October 1951 when I believe this photo was taken. We later boarded the over night express for Auckland. She was a lovely old ship and I attended the 40th anniversary of her reunion in Auckland and shot some video of the function. Great to see another picture of her. I have some good ones in my collection. Robert Taylor
  • Jessica Louise said:
    Hello, Im trying to track my fathers travells to Wellington and i believe this is the ship he arrived on from the Port of Southampton. It departed on the 31st of March, 1950 and according to records it held a total of 887 passengers. Could this be the same ship? Jess
  • Edward Marchant said:
    Mum and I arrived on the Atlantis in October 1951. Poor old Mum was heavily pregnant and had a miserable voyage. I was six years and had the time of my life! We travelled down to Christchurch on the overnight service on the TS Maori , where we met Dad who took us onto our new home at the Hydro village in Roxburgh, Central Otago. The rest is history!

Aerial view of Johnsonville, Wellington, 1939

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  • chrisbwah said:
    Took me ages to work out which way this is looking, but I suspect it's south. The main road in the centre is J'ville road, the gorge is the small track going off towards 11 o'clock with Fraser Ave continuing straight ahead and then bending right. Broderick Rd is the road going off to the right where it will cross the rail lines visible in the bottom right.
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    Thank you! I took one look at it and thought "oohhh, that's too hard for me to identify...."

    -- Courtney
  • Jessica Durham said:
    I can see my house! I've been trying to find an aerial view in the same direction from the 1920s too but no luck yet

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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