The Engravings are divided into 7 sections based on their subject matter. We recommend clicking the large grey button below to start from the beginning of the series and work your way through. However there is an index to all 7 sections below, with buttons leading to each.
| Section | # of Pieces |
|---|---|
| Contemporary News | 26 |
| Views of the Towns | 26 |
| Rural Life | 10 |
| Business Life | 8 |
| The Māori | 18 |
| Travel and | 15 |
| Leisure | 10 |
To Do List
- Run White Balance script over images in sections 1-4 then reupload
- Create a functional and aesthetically pleasing main page
- Scan, process and upload all extra images from source
- Write explanation of source and process for this project
- (General) Replace scroll to top plug with JS code
Resources used for the project
- New Zealand in the Mid-Victoria Era by R. P. Hargreaves and T. J. Hearn
- Wikipedia
- Scanner
- GIMP – Specifically PhotoGIMP
- Tesseract OCR
- textfixer.com for removing line breaks
To do
- Create a page for engravings outside of the normal sections
Changelog
- 11/03/2024: Changed Border colour from black to white, added numerous borders. Applied White Balance script to sections 1 – 4.