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William Archer Price
Born1866
Died (aged 81)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationPhotographer

William Archer Price (1866[1] – 24 January 1948)[2] was a photographer, possibly best known for the thousands of photographs he took of New Zealand.[3]

Paddle steamer Manuwai, and passengers, on the Whanganui River. Possibly this is one of the photographs which gained W. A. Price a mention in 1906

By 1906 he was being mentioned as a photographer,[4] 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"[1] by 1908[5] and then "W.A. Price Photo Co". 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[1] to 1923 he was in partnership with Alfred George Jasper, as Price Photo Co,[6] though the name had been in use since at least 1909, when it was described as famous[7] and was at Herne Bay in 1913[8] and at Ponsonby by 1917.[9] They had a studio at 300 Ponsonby Road, where their developing room was gutted by fire in 1928,[10] though it seems the name continued to be used for another couple of years.[1]

A plaque at Purewa Cemetery records his death and also that of Edith Price, who died on 23 August 1966.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Price, William Archer, 1866-1948". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Death Search". www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ "William Archer Price". digitalnz.org. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "BAKERS' PICNIC. WANGANUI HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 Feb 1906. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "WAIKATO INDEPENDENT". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 Feb 1908. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 Mar 1923. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "GREYMOUTH EVENING STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 Nov 1909. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "THAMES STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 May 1913. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 June 1917. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Mother and Children Escape Over Roofs SUN (AUCKLAND)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 Jun 1928. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "William Archer Price Died: 24 Jan 1948". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2022-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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