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H.O. Ingram Photo Collection - 1945 to 1969

Collection SummaryA collection of photos taken by H. O. Ingram between 1945 and 1969 in and around the Auckland Grammar School and on School Trips. Last edited by: Peter Stanes

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Henry Owen INGRAM, MA (Hons) entered Auckland Grammar School as a student in 1919 and, having later graduated from Auckland university with an MA with honours, came back to the School as a Master in 1928. He remained at the School until 1969 when he retired after an amazing career of some 41 years. During that time he was the Senior Latin master from 1951 to 1965.

HO Ingram, as he was affectionately known, was an enthusiastic and extremely competent photographer and, in addition to still photos, he developed a strong interest in movie films, becoming an early adopter of the then very new 8 mm system. The standard 8 mm (also known as regular 8 or double 8) film format was developed by the Eastman Kodak company during the Great Depression and released to the market in 1932 to create a home movie format that was less expensive than the earlier 16 mm.

The School is indebted to HO Ingram for many reasons, not the least of which is this collection of largely unique and absolutely irreplaceable images of the School from the 1940s to the 1960s. An equally valuable collection of Ingram videos from 1948 is also available online in this Archive's Video Collection at https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/9246

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