tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post7902060133650288251..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: Standish & PreeceEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-69601589132574811412020-11-21T18:17:31.440-08:002020-11-21T18:17:31.440-08:00My grandfather Charles August Myhre is the figure ...My grandfather Charles August Myhre is the figure in the picture taken at AE Preece's 'boatshed'. I have quite a few pictures of the Pioneer Cycle Club members curtesy of the Ch-Ch library.<br />By coincidence, an aunt of my wife is Jean Nicholls nee Ponting. Herbert Ponting was her great uncle.<br /><br />Any other pictures by Preece gratefully received.<br /><br />Phil Myhre<br />AucklandPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101378062147794917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-56279686925265841122013-11-30T03:25:03.442-08:002013-11-30T03:25:03.442-08:00I brought Standish and Preece in January 1981 from...I brought Standish and Preece in January 1981 from Rex Stace and Trevor Fleming who brought it from Frank Pearce in 1952 , I sold it to John Hunter in 1986 I still have camera given to Mr Preece by Herbert Ponting used on the expedition to Antartica in 1912 and I still have a Century glass plate camera on display in the Canterbury museum.<br />Nigel Tod former ownernigel@protimelapse.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-72509008680856487902011-03-29T19:38:07.794-07:002011-03-29T19:38:07.794-07:00Curios what part of the Preece family is still aro...Curios what part of the Preece family is still around? Also how to get a hold of them. Just so happens to be my last name, there was a William Henry from my family, Family origin was Welsh, and family was Minors. <br /><br />Even more weird now is I'm a Photographer, I actually kinda sign my name same way as lettering in logo. I'm very curious to find out more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com