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Growing tobacco and gourds (3rd of 3)

Growing tobacco and gourds

These three children are sitting in one of the Māori gardens at Jerusalem (Hiruhārama), on the Whanganui River, in the early 1900s. Tobacco plants are behind the children and bottle gourds are growing in the foreground.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: MA_B010386
Photograph by J. McDonald

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Gardens', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/gardens/1/4/3