Tauranga RSA hand-coloured aerial images by Alf Rendell

Datec. 1950sCollection SummaryThree hand-coloured aerial images taken by Alfred Hugh Rendell (1917-2019) c. 1950s.DescriptionThree hand-coloured images of Tauranga RSA and Tauranga from the air - mounted as murals. These were possibly commissioned by the Tauranga RSA and taken by Rendell, Alfred Hugh 1917-2019, in the late 1950s.

Alf Rendell, author of "Rendell's Tauranga, Historic Tauranga from above", was a well known local photographer as was his father Robert John Rendell 1875-1941 before him.

In the mid- to late 1940s oblique aerial photos, and in particular hand-coloured enlarged prints, were being popularised countrywide by White’s Aviation and a number of other operators. Alf started to use the Tauranga Aero Club’s Tiger Moth as a platform for taking a series of views that showed a rapidly growing Tauranga (Brett Payne, THS blog 2023). Alf's sister Marj (Marjorie West), hand-coloured many of his photographs and it is likely she may have coloured this collection as well.CreatorRendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019LevelCollectionSourcesTauranga Historical Society blog: 2023 by Brett Payne, Tauranga Photographers: Alf Rendell

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Aerial view of Tauranga - Te Papa, taken from the South

Hand-coloured mural of Tauranga RSA, Gate Pā

Hand-coloured mural of Tauranga - Te Papa, taken from the South

Tauranga RSA hand-coloured aerial images by Alf Rendell

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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.CopyrightRendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019

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Start here:Rendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019 (Person)Rendell, Robert John, 1875-1941 (Person)PeopleAlf Rendell (1917-2019) - PhotographerRendell's Tauranga - Historic Tauranga From Above by Alf Rendell and Fiona Kean

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Tauranga RSA hand-coloured aerial images by Alf Rendell