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Man 'catching' a shark, [ca 1910]

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  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Jens Roesner said:
    Looks photoshopped :D Kids these days, eh? ;)
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    I thought it was great that in the fuller description of the photo, the cataloguer felt compelled to tell us the shark had been superimposed over the original photograph. Can you imagine if that had been a genuine shot!?! -Chelsea
  • Sam said:
    Seems to be a genuine image of a very dead shark superimposed to suit. They do look hideous after been dead awhile...and so do people.
  • m|art said:
    wonderful dark room work!
  • Kreatywni Kreatywnie My said:
    he he he nice

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

Sailing ship Alcestis being towed from rocks where she had run aground, probably in Otago Harbour, 1880s

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  • stormchaser_nz said:
    Looks like the vessel is being towed off the southwest end of Quarantine Island (St Martins) in the middle of the Otago Harbour
  • mambo1935 said:
    good shot!
  • b0b said:
    exquisite find, love the slow smoke trail, that steamer is trying hard
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