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Unidentified group at the Blue Bath, Rotorua, c. 1930s Quarter-plate glass negative by unknown amateur photographer Courtesy of the Katikati Heritage Collection |
These two amateur snapshots are images scanned from a small box of quarter-plate glass negatives of unknown provenance in the Katikati Heritage Collection. They depict an unidentified group - three women, a man and a young girl - standing on the front steps of the Blue Bath in Rotorua.
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Unidentified group at the Blue Bath, Rotorua, c. 1930s Quarter-plate glass negative by unknown amateur photographer Courtesy of the Katikati Heritage Collection |
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Blue Baths, housed in a stunning art deco/Spanish Mission-style building, opened in 1933 and offered mixed bathing for the first time in New Zealand. Perhaps this family was visiting to see what all the fuss was about.
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Blue Baths, Rotorua, October 2010 Photograph by Brett Payne |
After being closed for 17 years the Blue Baths were restored to their former glory and reopened in 1999.
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