Meet the Photographs’ Curator

Sue Asplin, Hokitika Museum Photographs’ Curator has managed the Hokitika Museum photo archive for 11 years.  The collection consists of over 30,000 images – and there are still plenty more to be catalogued and digitised.  The Museum holds a large collection of glass plate images, negatives, slides, some film, the Dorothy Fletcher collection, plus a number of other specialist collections which help tell the story of early life on the West Coast.  It is a huge task for one person, to manage, catalogue and digitise these treasured items. In this video she provides a snapshot on her role, and shares some detail of her favourite photographers and images.

Image: Hokitika Museum

#18202 Kit Carley, 1909, Hokitika.

Miss Carley poses with her decorated bicycle. Her team, representing the UK won the Best Decorated Cycle Team competition held at Cass Square on Easter Monday 1909.

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