Mr Whitehead's Studio.

Manawatu Herald, 17 August 1899, Page 2

Mr Whitehead's Studio.

For some months Mr Whitehead has been settled in Foxton, and besides securing; the portraits of hoth young and old, he has been along the highways and bye-ways of the district securing views, and in his studio can now be seen specimens of his work. Flaxmills, flaxmill owners, and flaxmill hands have evidently appreciated the power of the camera, as we find groups of the hands employed at Messrs Hennessy's, Seifert's, Tennant's, Austin's, Coley's, and other mills. There is a capital view taken from near the wharf of the curve of the river showing all the mills from Coley's to Austin's sawmill. Another view shows the steamer owned by Mr Howe discharging flax from the punt she has just towed down the nvqr. Another group shows the bleached fibre loaded on a dray on the road side with the paddocking hands looking on. There is one more view emblematical of the present life in flax, being that of two drays meeting, one loaded with the baled fibre and the other with the greed fibre just off to the bleaching fields. -**- Some; other views shot*? portions o£ the town; there is the Main-street looking froiO north to south ; two or three views in Victoria Park; Mr Hunter's hotel, and one of the interior of All Saints' Church. Mr Whitehead secured a capital view of the Tararua Ranges, snow-capped, and taking in a large portion of the Motoa swamp, in which can be tff^n mobs of bullocks grazing in the distance, whilst sheep are feeding in the foreground. This view was obtained from a hill in Mr Thynne's farm and is decidedly a pretty due. He also se» cured two or three pretty views at Kawaroa, one showing the house; another the planted approach to it; whilst another gives a glimpse of part of the orchard with the Native bush as a background. Mr Whitehead is very successful in outdoor photographing, both of views and groups, and any one > having an interest in their homes should obtain a picture of them from him. It is possible Mr Whitehead may not be here much longer, and it is thus that we draw attention to his work, so that the opporI trinity may not be lost.