Monday, 24 April 2017

William Henry Jackson

Mr. Jackson got around. We've previously seen pictures he took in Florida, the Old West, and Mexico. These were taken in Russia (Siberia).

Convict railway workers, Ussuri region, Siberia, 1895
 
Convicts lined up outside dormitory at Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Goldi woman, wife of village chief, smoking pipe, 1895
 
Goldi along the the Amur River, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Goldi chiefs in best clothes, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Goldi family group, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Goldi tribesmen acting out folk drama, "The repulse of the kidnapper", 1895
 
Goldi village along the Amur River, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Goldi village on the Amur, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
 
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Sunday, 23 April 2017

Adam MacLay

Family group, showing unidentified men and women 
in a garden, possibly Christchurch district
 
Six people sitting at a table having a cup of tea, cakes 
and sandwiches in front of the tent, ca. 1902-03
 
Studio portrait of a small girl on a rocking horse, 1905-26
 
Studio portrait of a young woman in an high lace neck 
collar pleated white dress, Christchurch, 1905-26
 
Wedding portrait in front of toitoi bush and wooden house beyond, 1905-26
 
Adam MacLay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

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