The Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Gay Tan

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StatusDigitised Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Digitised?Yes Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Location IDNg-FS.1-129 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

TitleThe Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Gay Tan Last edited by: Susan Garwood

DescriptionA block and plaster one-story home with a corrugated roof. The home is behind a hedge. Mr. Louis Gay Tan (Looi Yi Tsaan) stands on the camera side of the hedge.

Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 250

Caption from book: "The Gay Tans, who left Naseby in 1875, later lived by the main road at the northern entrance to Macraes, where the shell of their sod-and-plaster house still stands. This photograph of Louis gay Tan (Looi Yi Tsaan) was taken just after the turn of the century. His wife Emma died in 1904, aged 42. [A. Don, Kirkland Collection]" Last edited by: Susan Garwood

TypeBlack & white negative Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Dimensions24mm x 35mm Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Date Createdc. 1901 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

CreatorDon, Alexander Rev Last edited by: Susan Garwood

SubjectPortraits - Individual Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Chinese in New Zealand Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Gold Mining-Buildings-Dwellings Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Buildings - Exterior Last edited by: Susan Garwood

SourceEva and James Ng Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Accession No2018/73/5/2 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic Collection Last edited by: Susan Garwood

NoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese Collection Last edited by: Susan Garwood

AcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images. Last edited by: Susan Garwood

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The Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Gay Tan