Robert MacDonald
Maker
Mahan, R
Production date
1890s
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Description
A cabinet photo of Robert MacDonald who was a carpenter and cabinet maker from Scotland. He built the first vinery at Kakanui and grew the first grapes cultivated in NZ. He worked as a builder in Oamaru and is recorded as having built the Star and Garter Hotel. Robert was a widower when he married Barbara Keen in 1879 in Oamaru.
Production place
Production date
1890s
Collection type
Media/materials
Photographic print on card
Measurements
H 170mm x L 110
Accession number
2016/69.8
System ID
168839
Current Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Organisation Credit Line
Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 168839
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