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Haurongo: Crookes, Samuel Irwin

Samuel Irwin Crookes

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Samuel Irwin Crookes

Samuel Crookes wore his Masonic regalia for this 1920s portrait. At that time he was a busy man, running a thriving engineering consultancy, and serving on both the Auckland City Council and the Auckland University Council.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 31-71334

Photograph by Herman John Schmidt

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Lowe. 'Crookes, Samuel Irwin', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39849/samuel-irwin-crookes (accessed 4 June 2026).