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Startling Lady of Gore
@postnatodepression.bsky.social
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She/her. Lesbian. I post New Zealand ephemera and cool things I find on the Internet Archive. Not affiliated with Archives New Zealand or the National Library.

Gam zu l'tova.
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'Richard Davis at RCA studios, NY summer 1971'.
Photo by Val Wilmer, 1971.
Ref CIRC.223-1973, V & A Museum.
A bearded black man playing a cello.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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"Doherty family, September 1968"
Christopher Bede Studios.
Ref A.026170, Te Papa.
Man and wife, two young children, and two Siamese cats in a photography studio. Black and white.
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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"Cat, Northland"
Eric Lee-Johnson, July 1956.
Ref F.005230, Te Papa.
A grumpy cat lying on the pavement cuddles a wee doll. Black and white photo.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Unidentified NZ WWI soldier with amputated feet posing in the grounds of Oatlands Park. Surrey, England.
Oatlands Park, a hotel, was being used as a hospital by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for medical cases and limbless men.
Ref O.031465, Te Papa.
A fella in woollen underwear- union suit?- with no feet, leaning on a walking stick.
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Wahaika parāoa (whalebone patū), Aotearoa, 17th century?
Ref ME003798, Te Papa.
A fine example of a wahaika paraoa, or whale bone patu, a short handled striking weapon used in close quarter combat. The principal striking edges of the wahaika is the convex distal tip and the concave point at which the end of the blade curves back towards the hand-grip. The hand-grip itself is enhanced by the addition of a human figure carved in high relief. whale bone is a durable, hard and dense material, and highly suited for the manufacturing of striking weapons.
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Upoko whakairo (carved head), circa 1800.
Unusually, the eyes are closed. Inscription: 'Broght [sic] home by Geo. Bennett of Yeovil given to Mrs Pizey of Bath 1826. (Originally cut and mounted on base of a Feather Box by a European of the period.)'
Ref OL000628/1, Te Papa.
The upoko whakairo's eyes are missing paua (New Zealand abalone) shell inlay, suggesting closed eyes. The face has a full moko (customary Māori tattoo),with notable exceptions - one half of the titi (the forehead markings) is missing, as well as the hupe (the cleft from the nose to the upper lip). The kauae (chin) is also relatively uncarved. There are three fragments of mother-of-pearl shell fixed in the mouth cavity to imitate teeth.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Evil. Evil wool. How is it every ply at once
Both 4ply and 10ply because it’s EVIL MERINO
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Preemie hat!
Orange spiral hat for tiny tiny baby
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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We have to go back to filming low budget sci fi in quarries, this is BEGGING to be an alien planet
The Ross Creek reservoir, with sculpted abstract stars
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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SCARF COMPLETED
Bicolour brioche scarf in red and orange (I fucked up the cast off)
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Pro-abortion rally in Wellington, 1976.
Photo by Ans Westra.
Ref AW-1512, Te Papa.
A group of mostly women in Pigeon Park. Signs visible say "Abortion is a woman's right to choose" and "REPEAL THE ABORTION LAWS"
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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"Scenes from Māori Life- Māori Land March."
Photo by Ans Westra.
Ref O.016459/03, Te Papa.
A man in a traditional cloak holding a tokotoko, on the march. Black and white photo.
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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"Peter Warren."
From the 'Living with AIDS' photography collection. Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.045003, Te Papa.
"The dairy owner had heard he was HIV-positive and had refused to serve him. [...] People would yell at him, ‘Get out, get out, you can't come in here, you're dirty.’’
A man in a wheelchair picks out groceries in a supermarket.
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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"Two men."
From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.044981, Te Papa.
A man lies facedown on a bed, fully dressed, with his shirt rucked up to expose his back. Another man sits next to him, examining the back.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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"Office scene"
From the 'Living with AIDS' collection by Fiona Clarke, 1988.
Ref O.044996, Te Papa.
A young person is talking on a telephone and writing something down at a desk strewn with paper. The wall is covered in AIDS education posters.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Chag Hannkdda🧑as Sammm3ch from Pinterest!
AI generated draydels. Probably someone somewhere has used this romanisation tbf.
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Jim Matuku bobbing for tuna heke.
From "Te iwi o te wahi kore", Fiona Clark, 1980.
Ref O.043114, Te Papa
A koro in a yellow raincoat and black gumboots holds a long stick and smiles at the camera.
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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"Portrait of Len Casbolt"
Photograph by Brian Brake, Wellington, 1947
Ref C.025171, Te Papa.
A black and white photo of a man looking pensive and holding what I think is an old timey film camera?
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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"Portrait of a man"
Photograph by Brian Brake, Wellington, 1947
Ref B.076791, Te Papa.
A black and white negative of a fella looking super dramatic, like Vincent Price vibes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I feel like Alice unexpectedly ran into her ex at Flinders Street Station after she told him she was moving to Peru with no internet access and it was just an awkward time for everyone
Alice Perez's one-star review of Flinders Street Station "easy to meet with people"
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Cursed object I found in a Little Free Library today
It’s a bound, printed version of HPMOR, the fan fiction at the heart of at least two cults and indirectly responsible for multiple deaths.
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Untitled photograph by Eric Lee-Johnson, 1958.
Ref F.004042, Te Papa.
Black and white picture of a sleeping tabby cat on a blanket.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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"Cat"
Photograph by Eric Lee-Johnson, 1950s.
Ref O.007472/01, Te Papa.
View, in extreme close up, of a cat as seen with its teeth bared and a raised claw.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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A 1926 Casson and Black poster, possibly advertising the Ashes. England won only one Test out of 15 from the end of WW1 until 1925. They won 1-0 in 1926- Aus captain Herbie Collins was accused of throwing the match & stripped of captaincy.
Ref 1983/4/8603, London Transport Museum.
"OVER" and a lion and a kangaroo fighting over a cricket ball.
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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"Pass down the car, please!"
Poster by Fougasse for the London Electric Railway, 1927.
Ref 1987/107, London Transport Museum.
A large man in an overcoat is standing near the front of a train carriage, preventing anyone from moving down.
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM