Historic photo portraits rescued from demolition

An exhibition celebrating the life and work of Herman John Schmidt 1872-1959 opens tomorrow at the Auckland Central Library. The collection's original plate glass negatives (numbering 27,000) were rescued from a demolition site at 270 Queen St in 1970. See the Herald article here:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10577313

This is part of the Photography Festival which is on in Auckland in June refer to http://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/programme/index.cfm for the programme.

Exhibitions on my list:

Exploring the Great North Road at Corban Estate Arts Centre
http://www.ceac.org.nz/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.aspx

Rauru – looking at the beautiful carvings of Tene Waitere at Two Rooms
http://www.tworooms.org.nz/exhibitions/markadams-rauru/

and From the Vault works by Neil Pardington at Snowwhite Gallery at the Unitec School of Design Carrington Rd, Mt Albert
http://www.neilpardington.com/