russellduncan

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

from National Library NZ on The Commons

• 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!