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Taking tea on the lawn, 1917

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Taking tea on the lawn, 1917

Maud Herd and her husband Leslie Adkin take tea on the lawn in March 1917. Herd is pouring tea from a silver teapot into a delicate china cup as her husband looks on expectantly. The tea is accompanied by griddle scones.

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Kerryn Pollock, Tea, coffee and soft drinks – Tea and coffee, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40375/taking-tea-on-the-lawn-1917 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 30 November 2012.