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Meal time for New Zealanders in the transport lines, Louvencourt

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Customs Street East, Auckland, 1924

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  • blightsmite said:
    Where is everyone? Where is anyone?

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

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