Photograph album: Foss Tackaberry's album of the Auckland wharves, 1920s

Maker
Tackaberry, Foss Harry (b.1898, d.1969)
Production date
1927-1929
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Description
Black covered photograph album. 'Kodagraphs' in gold lettering on front cover. Bound with cord, threaded through metal sleeves.

Black and white photographs taken by Foss Tackaberry are secured within the album by black corner mounts adhered on black paper pages and are annotated. Subjects of photographs in the album are the Auckland waterfront and wharves between 1927-1929.

Foss Tackaberry was an engineer with the Auckland Harbour Board. He became the foreman of works on the waterfront. He retired mid 1960s but was re-hired to oversee the floating of the dredge HAPAI.
Accession number
2015.69.1
Museum System ID
23620
Collection type
Classification
Maker and role
Tackaberry, Foss Harry (b.1898, d.1969): Photographer
Media/Materials
Black and White Print: 0 - Whole
Cardboard
Paper
Measurement details
3D objects (HxWxD): H 185 x W 295 x D 50mm
Production place and notes
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Auckland Region, Aotearoa New Zealand
On display?
Not on display
Record level
Album

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