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Max Oettli. Department store, Auckland, 1972

Are you the girl in this photo?

Curator Photography Athol McCredie looks at a photo by Max Oettli capturing a moment of curiosity in a little girl’s life. But who is she? Is she you?Read more

2019-08-02
By: Athol McCredie
On: 2 Aug 2019
In: Art, Photography
Drawing of an elephant

Elephants on your dinner table – looking at an old trade catalogue

Librarian Christine Kiddey browses for jelly moulds and other assorted household items in a trade catalogue from 1850.Read more

2017-03-21
By: Christine Kiddey
On: 21 Mar 2017
In: History

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