William Archer Price
William Archer Price (1866 – 24 January 1948) was a photographer, possibly best known for the thousands of photographs he took of New Zealand. • Illustration — Paddle steamer Manuwai, and passengers, on the Whanganui River. Possibly this is one of the photographs which gained W. Price a mention in 1906 By 1906 he was being mentioned as a photographer, and about that time began publishing postcards. The early postcards were imprinted "The W.A.P. Colour Photographic Series, Wanganui Photo Co NZ", which became "Wanganui Photo Co, Northcote, Auckland, NZ" by 1908 and then "W.A. Price Photo Co".
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William Archer Price
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- William Archer Price
- Born
- 1866
- Place of death
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- New Zealand
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He was initially based in Whanganui, before moving to Queen Street, in Northcote about 1909. In 1911 he moved to 21 Masons Ave Ponsonby. From 1920 to 1923 he was in partnership with Alfred George Jasper, as Price Photo Co, though the name had been in use since at least 1909, when it was described as famous and was at Herne Bay in 1913 and at Ponsonby by 1917. They had a studio at 300 Ponsonby Road, where their developing room was gutted by fire in 1928, though it seems the name continued to be used for another couple of years. A plaque at Purewa Cemetery records his death and also that of Edith Price, who died on 23 August 1966.
The Auckland Fire Brigade at drill in Beresford Street using the 85 foot Simon's ladder. A fireman is sitting on the end of the ladder as it is being lowered to the ground. Other firemen and onlookers are standing on the street watching. Pitt Street Methodist Church is in the background. The construction site shed of J T Julian Son, contractors, with a pile of rubble behind, can be seen in the mid
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View of St Mary's Church and Convent. A man is standing on scaffolding erected on the church bell tower. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Part of the Strand series.
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• Name — William Archer Price • Born — 1866 • Place of death — Auckland, New Zealand • Occupation — Photographer
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- 1.Price, William Archer, 1866-1948. natlib.govt.nz.
- 2.Death Search. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz.
- 3.William Archer Price. digitalnz.org.
- 4.BAKERS' PICNIC. WANGANUI HERALD. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 Feb 1906.
- 5.WAIKATO INDEPENDENT. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 Feb 1908.
- 6.AUCKLAND STAR. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 Mar 1923.
- 7.GREYMOUTH EVENING STAR. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 Nov 1909.
- 8.THAMES STAR. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 May 1913.
- 9.AUCKLAND STAR. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 June 1917.
- 10.Mother and Children Escape Over Roofs SUN (AUCKLAND). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 Jun 1928.
- 11.William Archer Price Died: 24 Jan 1948. BillionGraves.
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