Scene, Blowhole & Crater, Whakaari
Description / Taipitopito kōrero
View from the visit of the first party from Opotiki to Whakaari (White Island) after the 1914 eruption, ten people standing in front of a vent with big clouds of steam rising up, in the foreground is an area of soil, in the centre people standing on a ridge some looking forward and others looking at the steam, background is mostly steam and rock
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Object detail
System Id / Tautuhitanga Pūnaha
15455
Department / Wāhanga
Object type / Te momo taonga
Medium or Materials / Ngā rauemi
Silver gelatin POP
Dimensions / Ngā Inenga
Dimensions (HxW): 85 x 110mm
Other Id / Tautuhitanga kē
327
2.94
P327
2.94
P327
Inscriptions / Pārongo
Verso: "P327" in pencil, top right; "POST CARD / This Space for communication / The address to be written here" printed in black ink, top centre; "White Island / after eruption / 1st visit Ōpōtiki party" in pencil, centre; "1172" in black ink, and "2900" in blue and black ink, sideways, along bottom of right edge
Current rights / Mana taonga
Production place / Wāhi mahi