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On getting in touch about family photographs

One of the nicest things about having so much of Te Papa’s photography collection online is when people write in to say that we hold a photograph of some of their ancestors and are able to identify the people in the photographs. Until recently this large framed photograph of theRead more

2015-04-02
By: Lissa Mitchell
On: 2 Apr 2015
In: Behind the scenes, History, Photography

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