Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs, 9781991150905
Hardcover
Forgotten canine histories: New Zealand dogs captured in fascinating early photographs.
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Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs

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  • Hardcover

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    13 April 2022

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Summary

This entertaining selection of over 100 photos of New Zealand dogs reveals some of the more curious ways in which they have appeared in photographic collections from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dogs named Terror, Betsey Jane, Floss and Erebus appear alongside canines whose names are no longer known. The photos range from carefully staged studio portraits to New Zealand landscapes. This book also shines a light on some significant dogs, from Scott of the Antarctic’s favourite…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781991150905
ISBN-10:1991150903
Author:Mike White
Publisher:Te Papa Press
Imprint:Te Papa Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:13 April 2022
Weight:55g
Dimensions:190mm x 125mm
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Critics Review

“Barking mad, it has to be said. That an institution as august as Te Papa can devote time and funds to assembling a miscellany of canine portraits from colonial times is testament to the museum’s easily overlooked sense of fun. This is a completely unnecessary book, and all the more enjoyable for that. As well as the portraits, a portion of the pooches earn mini-biographies, such as Erebus, the matchmaking Samoyed who was born in the Antarctic on Shackleton’s South Pole expedition. Party member Ernest Joyce presented Erebus to one Beatrice Curlett of Christchurch. Romance ensued.” - Paul Little, North & South, March 2022.

About The Author

Mike White

Mike White is one of New Zealand’s best-known investigative journalists and is a life-long dog lover. For many years an award-winning senior writer at North & South, he is now a senior writer at Stuff. His previous books are How to Walk a Dog (Allen & Unwin, 2019), about life in and around a dog park, and Who Killed Scott Guy? (Allen & Unwin, 2015).

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