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"We Were Here First"

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Description: Written with black ink pen on mounting board below photo, as caption: “WE WERE HERE FIRST.”

Written on back with black ink: “James Hallam {crossed out and replaced with} J T Bovis Shannon”

Stamped on back with green ink: “G.F. FRAMJEE, Photographic Dealer, 18 George Street, Palmerston North. ——Phone 6663.”

A mounted photograph showing three Maori women – Taumata, Rangi and Pare, in a combination of European and Maori clothing. Beneath the photograph is the caption “We were here first”.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

Used in booklet – “Shannon School Jubilee Souvenir 1889 – 1939”, with caption - We were here first ! – Taumata, Rangi and Pare, a familiar trio in days gone by.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”