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Dated in the early 1860s' the portraits were taken just twenty years after the beginning of European settlement in Nelson, making them some of the oldest images in the Museum's collection. </p> <p> To view the collection online click<a href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/collection/results.do?highlight=12" target="_blank"> here</a> </p> <p> Alexander Fletcher (1837-1914) was born in Gamrie, Banff, Scotland. He emigrated to New Zealand, aboard the ship Gladiator, arriving in Nelson on 25 October 1861. Soon after his arrival Fletcher established a photographic business, called the Nelson Photographic Rooms, which he successfully ran until 1867 when he left for an overseas excursion. He left his studio in the management of fellow photographer Theodor Bloch (see the article below). Fletcher returned to Nelson in late 1867 and continued working as a photographer until he moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1870 to pursue a career as an art dealer. </p> <p> To read more about Alexander Fletcher click<a href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/photographic/fletcher.htm" target="_blank"> here</a> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=1297" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/2337.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Unknown, Fletcher Collection: 2337</span> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <br /><h5>Can you help?</h5> <p> When the museum took this collection into its care, no supporting documentation was received to assist in the identification of the people featured in these works. </p> <p> If you come across an image, whilst browsing this collection online, and you think you may be able to identify the subject(s) we would like to hear from you.</p> <p>Please contact us with any information you may have by emailing <a href="&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#112;&#x68;&#x6f;&#116;&#111;&#x67;&#x72;&#97;&#x70;&#x68;&#x73;&#x40;&#109;&#x75;&#115;&#101;&#117;&#109;&#110;&#112;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x6e;&#x7a;?subject=Fletcher Collection">&#112;&#x68;&#x6f;&#116;&#111;&#x67;&#x72;&#97;&#x70;&#x68;&#x73;&#x40;&#109;&#x75;&#115;&#101;&#117;&#109;&#110;&#112;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x6e;&#x7a;</a> </p> <p>Please include the reference number of the image in your email.</p> </td></tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div> <table> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h4> From the Collection</h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h5>Photographic Album</h5> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> There are several reasons for loving this small photographic album, one of many cared for in the Museum's collection. The photographs it contains are exquisite examples of an early photographic process and detail, amongst other things, Maori portraits, street scenes, and life on board an immigrant ship. </p> <p> Originally from Denmark, Theodor Bloch (1844-1935), the author of these photographs, began his photographic career in Nelson as manager of Alexander Fletcher's studio the Nelson Photographic Rooms. He later, in partnership with his brother in law William Brickell Gibbs (1844-1898), operated the English and Continental Photographic Atelier (studio). He moved to Australia in 1881. </p> <p> These delicate soft brown prints are known as 'albumin prints'. The process, invented in 1850, was the dominant printing method used through the second half of the 19th century. The basis of all albumin printing was egg whites. Such was the demand for eggs by the photographic industry that it is said to have spawned the beginning of factory hen farming in England in the 1850's. The prints are characterised by their rather glossy surface and tendency to curl as the albumin shrunk. For this reason they were usually mounted on cardboard or in albums. </p> </td> <td><a href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=1383" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/A5231.jpg" alt="Photographic album, General Collection: A5231" /></a> <br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photographic album, General Collection: A5231</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p> A rather unusual feature of this album is the variety of print sizes. They range from the common quarter plate (106 x 81 mm) to tiny prints smaller than postage stamps that are best viewed with a magnifying glass. Cameras had been invented in the 1850's with multiple lenses, (anywhere from 2 to 32) and sliding backs, thus enabling multiple images to be taken on a single glass plate. One of these cameras may have been used by Bloch to produce these miniature prints. </p> <p> <img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/298338.jpg" alt="Three German Missionaries Married at Moutere. Print Collection: 298338" /><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Three German Missionaries Married at Moutere. Print Collection: 298338</span> </p><p> This photograph from the album shows the wedding at Upper Moutere of three male German missionaries and their brides from Hanover, Germany. The Reverend J.W.C. Heine officiated at the wedding. A search on Papers Past<sup>*</sup>, using Heine as the keyword, revealed a reference to this wedding in the Nelson Evening Mail of 23 November 1877. The marriage announcement lists the names of the bride and grooms, and the date of the wedding. The photograph can now be dated as 15 November 1877. View the papers past article <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18771123.2.6&e=-------10--1----0-all" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p> <sup>*</sup>Papers Past is a National Library website with online collections of digitised newspapers including early editions of Nelson newspapers. If you haven't yet discovered this easy to use reference site it's well worth a visit but be warned, it can be quite addictive! Click <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/" target="_blank">here</a> to go to Papers Past. </p> <p> By Dorothy Cookson </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> <div> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2"> <h4> Exhibitions</h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <br /> <img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/FOFlogo.jpg" alt="Future Food - July 3rd to Mid September" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h5> Future Food</h5> <h5> July 3rd to 12 September</h5> <p> This interactive multimedia exhibition uses some very classy software and large touch screens to let visitors explore a range of issues related to food. Adults still tend to read the screens and some are reticent when it comes to making use of the touch screen capability. No such problem for their children or grandchildren who instinctively reach out and spin the world globe or rotate the food packet to read the back panels. There are a number of interactive modules where ideas can be tested and problems solved. Aquaculture is the theme of one set of 4 interactive exhibits  whitebait, paua pearls, mussels and sea kelp. Despite all the technology almost everyone still tries out the jigsaw puzzle with different coloured food groups. Something for everybody in this visiting exhibition which is with us till the 12th of September. <p> For more information visit <a href="http://www.morst.govt.nz/current-work/biotechnology/futurefood/qa/" target="_blank">www.morst.govt.nz</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <br /> <br /> <h4> Up and Coming Exhibitions</h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h5> Port Nelson Haven Ahoy!</h5> <h5> A story of Early Colonial Migration</h5> <h5> 4 October 2010 - 17 April 2011</h5> <img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/havenahoyenews.jpg" alt="Port Nelson Haven Ahoy!" /> <p> With the close of two exhibitions in the upstairs gallery, staff have begun to create the spaces you would expect to find on a ship sailing to New Zealand, and the new Colony of Nelson, in the 1840s. Down in the hold there are crates containing some of the possessions that the families brought out with them. What do you think you might find down there? Many of the objects on display, from the Museum s Collection, date from this period. Does your family have any special objects that came out with them in those early days? Why did they choose them? </p> <h5> Ticket of Passage</h5> <p> Want to sign up for a 7 month voyage? Yes - then you ll need to purchase your very own "Ticket of Passage". </p> <p> Using this ticket, and the "Passports" that are issued with it, you and your family can visit the exhibition as often as you wish during the 'voyage' that ends in mid April 2011. You can purchase the ticket at $30 each, for a family of two adults and accompanying named children. </p> <p> Sign up <a href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/enews.aspx?type=haven" target="_blank"> here</a> to register for exhibition updates and you will automatically go into the weekly draw for a FREE "Ticket of Passage" granting you free entry during the period of the exhibition. </p> <p> The first winner of a "Ticket of Passage" is Roger Jackson of Nelson, whose forebears arrived on board the ships Phoebe and Thomas Harrison. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div> <table> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h4> School Education Programme</h4> <a name="school"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <br /> <h5> School programme for 2010</h5> <p> <strong>Future Food</strong> which opened at the start of the July school holidays runs through until the middle of September. This exhibition will suit a senior primary and secondary age group. </p> <p> Two new programmes <strong>Sculpture Walk</strong> and <strong>Precious Things</strong> have just been trialed. Both are suitable for all ages as adaptations have been made for Junior children to enjoy our inner city sculptures and the treasures in our lower Gallery. Make your bookings as soon as possible as September is filling up quickly. </p> <p> Teachers with an interest in any of these possibilities are invited to contact <a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#x63;&#97;&#x74;&#x69;&#111;&#110;&#64;&#x6d;&#x75;&#115;&#x65;&#x75;&#109;&#110;&#x70;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67;&#46;&#x6e;&#x7a;"> &#101;&#100;&#117;&#x63;&#97;&#x74;&#x69;&#111;&#110;&#64;&#x6d;&#x75;&#115;&#x65;&#x75;&#109;&#110;&#x70;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67;&#46;&#x6e;&#x7a;</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <br /> <h4> Education Resources Online</h4> <p> The Nelson Provincial Museum's Education Services team have a number of online resources available to the region's schools and educators. <a class="more" href="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/education/currentprogrammes.htm" target="_blank">more </a> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div> <table> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/images/sponsorstrip3.jpg" alt="" title="" /> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <table> <tr> <td> <p style="font-size: xx-small;"> In line with the privacy legislation Tasman Bays Heritage Trust only sends emails to people who have indicated an interest in the Museum and its activities. 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