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 Family group outside their home, probably Christchurch 

district, includes two women with bicycles, 1905-26

  

 Five men in riding attire standing with Singer motorbikes on stands, 1905-26

  

 Group of bird and rabbit hunters, probably Christchurch 

district, showing men and boys with their catch and rifles, ca. 1915

  

 Group of men and women outside a tent, possibly Sumner, Christchurch, 1905-26

  

 Group of women and children outdoors, sitting 

in the branches of a fallen pine tree, ca. 1910s

  

 Large group of men, women and children, some 

holding musical instruments including a harp, 1905-26

  

 Men and women in formal clothes, 1905-26

  

 Men sitting and smoking at a camp site, 1905-26

  

 Portrait of a small girl, 1905-26

  

Two couples wearing similar clothing outdoors, 1905-26

 

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 Exterior view of a single-storied wooden house with an iron roof, 

showing a man, women, and children standing in front, ca. 1910

  

 Fashionably dressed foursome, ca. 1910

  

 Group including a hockey team and others, possibly students, 

probably by the Avon River, Christchurch, 1905-26

  

 Group of eight girls holding up hoops decorated with pom poms, ca. 1915

  

 Group of men, women and children outdoors, 1905-26

  

 Members of the Christchurch Elite Band, ca. 1900s

  

 Outdoors on dirt road with poplar trees behind, a girl riding a 

two wheeled sprung cart being pulled by a Shetland pony, 1905-26

  

 Rabbit hunters, ca. 1912

  

 Studio portrait of small girl with two British bulldogs, 1905-26

  

Two touring cars carrying adults and children in hats, one with chauffeur, 1905-26

 

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Adam MacLay

More images from early 20th-century New Zealand.

 A group of unidentified people, two women and 14 children, 

on the porch and lawn in front of the house, ca. 1915-20

  

 Family birthday portrait, with elderly couple surrounded by family on front lawn, 1905-26

  

 Family outside in garden in front of house, 1905-26

  

 Group at a picnic, ca. 1910

  

 Group of men, sitting in and on a motorcar, ca. 1920s

  

 Group with rowboat

  

 Large group, including men and women who have swapped hats with each other, ca. 1910

  

 Man and three women having tea outdoors, 1905-26

  

 Men on a park bench with beer barrel, jug and bottle, having a drink, 1905-26

  

Outdoors portrait of man sitting on veranda of wooden house with two large dogs, 1905-26

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Adam MacLay

 Birkenhead double deck steamship moored at the dock, 1905-26

 

 Children sitting with a dog in front of a tent with carpet, 1905-26

  

 Exterior view of a wooden cottage, showing a man and woman with baby on verandah, ca. 1910

  

 Five people in an unidentified park, 1915-20

  

 Group dining outdoors, ca. 1910s

  

 Group of men, boys and one girl, in front of house on lawn, 

with refreshments, cricket set and potatoes, 1905-26

  

 Group portrait of twelve older people in hats 

grouped around a man with walking stick, 1905-26

  

 Man and woman with domestic pets, including two dogs, a cat, and a bird in a cage, 1905-26

  

 Mounted rider from Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1905-26

  

Outdoor portrait of six women in a snow covered backyard, ca. 1915-20

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Adam MacLay

 A group of workmen sitting on planks of wood and barrels, ca. 1902-03

  

 Army soldiers, possibly from the No.1 Service Company 

of Wellington, with machine gun, 1905-26

  

 Country fairground with people looking at a chairoplane ride in action, 1905-26

  

 Couple on bicycles in front of trees, 1905-26

  

 Derry's Private Band, outdoors, with instruments, probably Christchurch district, 1900s

  

 Extended family group portrait on garden lawn with dog, 1905-26

  

 Exterior of a brick house, showing an man and woman 

with bicycles standing on front lawn, ca. 1910

  

 Exterior view of a house, showing family and garden, ca. 1920

  

 Family group including children in the countryside, 1905-26

  

 Family group outdoors, 1905-26

  

 Family group outdoors, showing couple and three children, 1905-26

  

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library