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Early Photography: Mount Tarawera in Eruption – Burton Brothers Studio

Posted on the 09 January 2021 by Cendrinemedia @cendrinemedia

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography...

Title: Mount Tarawera in eruption

Location: New Zealand

Date: June 10, 1886

Photographer: Burton Brothers studio

Process: albumen print

Note: The eruption of Mount Tarawa, a volcano located on the North Island of New Zealand, in 1886 buried Māori villages and killed about 120 people. Most of its surrounding lakes were created or drastically altered by the eruption.

Source and information: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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