Keywords: outdoor photo border Shows a photographic view of Mangonui Harbour, looking towards the heads. The National Maritime Museum website says: "The Summer Cruise began Friday night and went through to the next Saturday and cost 7 pounds. The first summer cruise was held in 1904 and they continued until 1908. They were truly the high point of the summer, combining picturesque scenery with activities, excellent food and entertainment. On-board facilities included a library and a darkroom for processing photographs. The NGAPUHI was used for this venture, normally on the Whangarei run carrying passengers and cargo, but spruced up in preparation for the Summer Cruise. The cruise took in Great Barrier, the Hen & Chicken Islands, Whangarei, (including trips to Whangarei Falls and the Kamo Mineral Pools), the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa Harbour, Totara North, Mangonui, Doubtless Bay, Kawau Island, Waiwera and home again". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Oleograph on postcard, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Shades Stamp Shop, Christchurch, in 2005. Northern Steam Ship Company Ltd. Northern Steam Ship Company :The Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise (Auckland, N.Z.) No. 12 - Mangonui Harbour. Jones & Coleman, publishers, Auckland, N.Z. Photo. [Postcard. ca 1907]. Ref: Eph-A-SHIP-1907-05. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/23012735 Shows a photographic view of Mangonui Harbour, looking towards the heads. The National Maritime Museum website says: "The Summer Cruise began Friday night and went through to the next Saturday and cost 7 pounds. The first summer cruise was held in 1904 and they continued until 1908. They were truly the high point of the summer, combining picturesque scenery with activities, excellent food and entertainment. On-board facilities included a library and a darkroom for processing photographs. The NGAPUHI was used for this venture, normally on the Whangarei run carrying passengers and cargo, but spruced up in preparation for the Summer Cruise. The cruise took in Great Barrier, the Hen & Chicken Islands, Whangarei, (including trips to Whangarei Falls and the Kamo Mineral Pools), the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa Harbour, Totara North, Mangonui, Doubtless Bay, Kawau Island, Waiwera and home again". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Oleograph on postcard, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Shades Stamp Shop, Christchurch, in 2005. Northern Steam Ship Company Ltd. Northern Steam Ship Company :The Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise (Auckland, N.Z.) No. 12 - Mangonui Harbour. Jones & Coleman, publishers, Auckland, N.Z. Photo. [Postcard. ca 1907]. Ref: Eph-A-SHIP-1907-05. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/23012735 |