A Collection of Contemporary Newspaper Illustrations
Viewing Guide
The Engravings are divided into 7 sections based on their subject matter. I recommend starting with section one, News of the Day, however all sections are available via clicking the section links in the table below
| Section | # of Pieces |
|---|---|
| News of the Day | 26 |
| Views of the Towns | 26 |
| Rural Life | 10 |
| Economic Activities | 64 – 72 |
| Māori – Under Construction | 73 – 91 |
| Travel and Communication – Under Construction | 92 – 107 |
| Leisure Activities – Under Construction | 108 – 118 |
Resources used for the project
- New Zealand in the Mid-Victoria Era by R. P. Hargreaves and T. J. Hearn
- CCC Libraries Archive
- Wikipedia
- Scanner
- GIMP – Specifically PhotoGIMP
- Tesseract OCR
- textfixer.com for removing line breaks from OCR output