Hobson Buildings, Fort Street
ca.1915 (Henry Winkelmann) - 2025
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ca.1915 image: Henry Winkelmann | Hobson Buildings, Shows W.R. Walker, sharebroker; Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. PH-1931-1-51.
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The presence of the dog in Winkelmann's picture is a nice touch, and perhaps hints at his often playful sense of humour. The photograph below shows Winkelmann (playing a zither) on the veranda of his friends the Whitneys' house at Wenderholm; a seemingly fairly conventional group photograph, until one notices that one of the dogs is wearing spectacles and appears to be reading a magazine!
Henry Winkelmann (16 Sep 1899). Wenderholm, Waiwera. Mr and Misses Whitney and H. Winkelmann. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-863. (Cropped version.)
The version of Winkelmann's photograph used here has been made from a print, rather than from his original negative, which seems to have been lost (hence the sepia colour). Still, it's very detailed, as can be seen in the crops below.
