Postcard [Kerikeri Mission Station]

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Description

Postcard showing Kemp House and front garden beds. Inscribed on front 'Oldest wooden building in NZ. Built 1819. Kerikeri. 44'. Handwritten on reverse: 'Wishing you both a Happy Xmas and Prosperous New Year. From the Aunts at Kerikeri 1932'. House has curved roofing iron on verandah and lattice on verandah posts. Dark paint around windows. Island garden beds in front of house steps. Wistaria vine trained along verandah. Jacaranda tree in right-hand corner.

Property

Kemp House

Measurements

Height: 8.5cm
Width: 137mm

Media/Materials

paper (fiber product)

Accession No

XKH.848

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Classification

photographic postcards

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