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Mabel Tustin

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Mabel Tustin
Born
Emily Mabel Tustin

(1884-03-25)25 March 1884
Died9 September 1967(1967-09-09) (aged 83)
Wellington, New Zealand
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1921–1940s
Known forPortraits and wedding photographs

Emily Mabel Tustin (25 March 1884 – 9 September 1967) was a New Zealand photographer.[1][2] Her portraits of people and bridal parties are held in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3]

Biography

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Tustin was born on 25 March 1884, the daughter of Harriet Elizabeth Tustin (née Pilcher) and William George Tustin.[4] She grew up in Wellington and attended The Terrace School and Wellington Technical School.[5] She began work at Wrigglesworth & Binns in 1899 until they closed the Wellington studio in 1905. In 1907 after her father was imprisoned, she moved to Whanganui to work at Frank Denton's studio. During the first world war she worked in Wellington in various retouching roles, including government commissions.[6] She ran her portrait photography business, Mabel Trustin's Studio, from premises in central Wellington—initially on Lambton Quay and later on Courtney Place—from 1921 to the mid-1940s.[7][8][6] She also exhibited her photographs at the annual Wellington Winter Show.[9]

Tustin died in Wellington in 1967,[3] and her ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Wedding portrait of Rangi-Katu Rua Utiki and Riria Walker (1941)". National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2019. Photographed by Mabel Tustin of Wellington.
  2. ^ "Tustin, Emily Mabel". Archives New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Mabel Tustin". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1884/4004". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Technical Education - Scholarship Awards". New Zealand Mail. 22 December 1898. p. 34. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via Papers Past.
  6. ^ a b Mitchell, Lissa (2023). Through shaded glass: women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 178–181. ISBN 978-0-9951384-9-0. OCLC 1374563763.
  7. ^ "Mabel Tustin - Portrait Photographer (Advertisement)". Evening Post. Vol. CVIII, no. 47. 23 August 1924. p. 6. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via Papers Past.
  8. ^ "Local Patriotic Funds". Evening Post. Vol. CXL, no. 6. 7 July 1945. p. 9. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via Papers Past.
  9. ^ "Art and Photography". The Evening Post. Vol. CVI, no. 66. 28 September 1928. p. 4. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via Papers Past.
  10. ^ "Cremation search". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Burial search". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.