Agnes Sasse Heeney Collection
Bunge Family Collection
One of the famous ‘ flag raising ’ photos of the invading New Zealanders in 1914 shows a close-up view of some of the Courthouse woodwork .
This photo , from the Bunge Family Collection , was taken from the balcony of the Hellesoe store and home on the opposite corner ( see photo top left ). It was one of two or three images of the flag raising taken by professional Apia photographer Alfred Tattersall . He would have been standing on the left of the Hellesoe balcony . ( Harry J . Moors is the man in the middle of the flag photo in grey trousers standing by the palm tree . Beside him on the left is Apia resident Robert Croudace ).
A second Apia photographer Thomas Andrew was beside Tattersall on the balcony that morning and took at least three photos as well . These are held by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa .
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