Archibald Dudingston Willis, the printer of this attractive postcard, was born in London, but having lost both parents by his early teens, and already having had three years' work experience in a printing firm, he made his way to New Zealand in 1857. He soon met up with editor James Wood, and together they started the Hawkes Bay Herald. But Willis moved on, to Auckland, Wellington, the Otago goldfields and Dunedin, before settling in Wanganui. His printing company, A D Willis, produced many attractive chromolithographs.
Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Benoni White, del. New Zealand Post Card (carte postale) issued by the New Zealand Government Department of Tourist & Health Resorts. W R Bock, sc. A D Willis, Lithographer, Wanganui, NZ [1902-1905?]
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