Thorndon Society Incorporated photographic collection
Descriptive Data
Archives IdentifierDN002Date Range1870-2004DescriptionThe Thorndon Society Photographic Collection comprises a series of photographs taken in the Thorndon area of Pōneke Wellington. The two sets of photographs were created between 1974 and 1979 by Robin Morrison and Sue Delaware, respectively. These photos document individual houses providing a visual record of the architectural landscape during this period.
Photographers Robin Morrison (1974) and Sue Delaware (1979) each photographed the houses from same streets, these two sets offer comparative perspectives and the changing landscape across five-year span. The collection includes primarily monochrome photographs, with most prints mounted on cardboard. MediumPhotograph - printSystem of ArrangementMost of the photographs in this collection are numbered; however, it is unclear whether this numbering was assigned by photographers or families or by the Thorndon Society. There are gaps in the numbering sequence, this may be due to missing items or unassigned numbers. These photographs have been arranged by the original numbering for consistency. Collection TypeCommunity archives
