Picturing Canterbury: Gundry-Strong Wedding, 1902

 
Ethel Gundry marries Frederick Strong. 20 August 1902. Entry by Roger Strong in the 2015 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. Out of copyright. CCL-PH15-RoSt-Ethel

Roger Strong entered this photo of his grandparents' wedding in the 2015 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt:  "Frederick George Howard Bach Strong marries Ethel Theresa Gundry.  The wedding toook place in Christchurch, August 20th, 1902  – Springfield Road somewhere? The Strong family is on the groom’s side. The bride’s father was William Hickley Gundry, a prominent auditor and accountant in Christchurch. His uncle was Dr Gundry one of the first settlers along with his father Samuel Gundry. The man with the beard at the back, third to the left of the groom is the groom’s father – at that time Librarian of the Canterbury Public Library - the Strongs lived in the library house on Cambridge terrace."

But what is the story behind the figure cut out in the back row?

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