Framed photograph, Opalotype of Henry H. Port

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Framed photograph, Opalotype of Henry H. Port

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A framed opal portrait of Henry H Port. Henry Port was a miner at Longwood, and the remains of his water race can still be seen today. Port's Race was the longest in the Longwoods. The Long Hilly walking track and part of the Te Araroa trail follow this race. The opalotype, opal portrait, or ‘milk glass positive’, was a photographic process patented in 1857 by Glover and Bold of Liverpool. Rather than paper, an opalotype is printed on translucent white glass

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Date created

1890-1900

Creator

Unknown photographer / Unknown artist

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https://ehive.com/collections/3278/objects/1417409

Related subjects

People and Families (including births weddings deaths) / Natural Resources and Mining / 1890s

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