Tesla Studio

These photos are from the Tesla Studio collection. The photographer is either Frank Denton or Mark Lampe.

Abbott and Saunder families playing cards, ca. 1900

  

 Alldays & Onions motor car and passengers, ca. 1910

  

 Aramoho Girl Guide and Brownie units, Wanganui, 1924

  

 Chevrolet house-truck/caravan, 1927

  

Picnic group with the launch Benares, Whanganui River, ca. 1911

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 A group of girls, with their tutor, during a typing 

class at Wanganui Technical College, 1923

  

 Girls during a cookery class at Wanganui Technical College, 1923

 

 Motorcyclists and Raleigh motorcycles, ca. 1920s

  

Plants growing in the shallows of the Whanganui River, ca. 1920s

 

Trams travelling along Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, 1913

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

Five members of the Dixieland Jazz Orchestra, ca. 1930s

  

Members of the Simpson family having tea in a sitting room, 1902

  

 NZ beauties. Two women with long hair about their shoulders 

and moko. One wears a tagged cloak and holds a patu.

  

Putiki Maori children's choir, 1924

  

Sacred Heart Convent school, Wanganui, 1912

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 Sacks of pumice being transported by barge, Whanganui River, 1923

  

 Two young girls walk along a country road under a 

large tree in autumn, Havelock north, ca. 1920s

  

 Unidentified Maori woman gathering seafood (probably oysters) 

off the rocks, possibly in Paihia, 1895-1900

  

 Whanganui River in farmland, with a small boat on the water, ca. 1920s

  

Woman in a Model T Ford Runabout, ca. 1913

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 Hotel Braeburn, Wanganui, 1920s

  

 Manganuiateao River, Ruapehu district, ca. 1920s

  

 Mayor of Wanganui, Mr Hope Gibbons, placing soil from the 

battlefields of Belgium in the Maori Memorial, 25 April 1925

  

 Miss L Kahukura standing outside a meeting house, ca. 1910

  

People playing croquet at the Parkes residence, ca. 1890s

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 Haka party, several carrying taiaha, 

assembled at Moutoa Gardens, Wanganui, early 1900s

  

 House falling into the Whanganui River during a flood, 26 May 1904

  

 Living room of the Simpson house, with women drinking tea, 1902

  

 Mantu Tahana holding a canoe paddle, ca. 1904

  

Map of New Zealand in the Avon Gardens, Christchurch Botanical Gardens, ca. 1930s

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 Crowded tram moving through Castlecliff, Wanganui, 1914

  

 Golf tournament, 1910-11

  

 Group alongside a carriage, picnicking, ca. 1900

  

 Group by the Wanganui shop of William Parnell, 1913

  

Group laughing during a women's golf tournament at the Wanganui Golf Club, 1908

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

 A landau carriage, and driver, probably Wanganui region, January 1908

  

 A trophy winning tennis team, and supporters, including 

many Maori, probably in the Wanganui region, 1900-05

  

 Barrels of tallow on the wharf at Castlecliff, Wanganui, 1913

  

 Chavannes Garage, and Ford cars, in Wanganui, 1915

  

 Dr Ernest Edward Porritt and family in a trap outside 

their home at 59 Ingestre Street, Wanganui, ca. 1904

  

 Trees along the banks of the Avon River, Christchurch, 1920s

  

Two unidentified women walking beside the Avon River under 

pine trees in the Botanical Gardens, Christchurch, ca. 1930s

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Frank Denton

Another set from this New Zealander.

 Boys playing with a rugby ball, and girls looking on, Bell Street, Wanganui, 1906

  

 Children performing a haka, ca. 1910

  

 Group at the Adkin property of Cheslyn Rise in Levin, Horowhenua, April 1899

  

 Makowhai School, 1909

  

 Men on a boat, Whanganui River, February 1909

  

 Portrait of young Maori man and woman from 

Takarangi family, Wanganui region, ca. 1900s

  

Unidentified group sitting on the prow of a canoe, probably in the Wanganui region, 1900-10

 

Women playing golf at a tournament in Wanganui, 1910

  

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand