A very reuseable view – Muir & Moodie’s Whanganui River postcards
Wanganui River, The New Zealand, 1904-1915, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie studio. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.000973/08)
ExhibitionsClosed
Wish You Were Here: Early Photo Postcards in New ZealandMei Konei Koe: Ngā Kāri Whakaahua Tuatahi i Aotearoa
A selection of postcards offering views of popular travel destinations in Aotearoa New Zealand from more than a hundred years ago.
When | Āhea
24 Feb – 5 Apr 2021
Where | Ki hea
Toi Art, Level 5
Cost | Te utu
Free entry
Ages | TE REANGA
All ages
Allow | ME WHAKARITE
10 minutes
Photo postcards were the social media of the early 1900s. By sending one, you could quickly and cheaply show off the places you’d visited – from main streets to local attractions. You might even get a same-day reply if you sent a postcard across town and your city delivered mail twice daily.
Today, these postcards are a window into the past. They show us what their makers and buyers saw, and thought was important to share.
Discover moreKia kitea ake
Official photographs and reading Herman Wollerman’s postcard
Takapau Divisional Camp 1914, 1914, Wellington, by James Henry Daroux. Te Papa (PS.003297)
Faces in the crowd: Zooming in on our photography collection
At the Girls College sports, about 1910, Wellington, by Zak (Joseph Zachariah). Te Papa (PS.003374)
Browse thousands of postcards on Collections Online
Mount Cook and bus, 1960s, by Gladys Goodall. Te Papa (PS.003574)
Exhibition highlightsTaonga whakaatu
- ObjectArthur A. Ware Company1903-1907PS.002468
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