Freddy Jones

Jones was most well known for his journalistic photographs, and he recorded important Nelson civic events from the early 1900s to 1935.

[2] In 1921 Jones retired from photography to focus on his other endeavours such as his Magic Cave and Pixie Town creations.

The Magic Cave and Pixietown consisted of a number of elaborate scenes with automated "pixies".

[1][3] When Pixietown visited Christchurch for the first time in 1949 for the New Zealand Industries Fair, nearly 28,000 people viewed it.

[4] At that time the display consisted of five scenes, including a mathematics schoolroom, a donkey causing a traffic jam, a music box and an organ-player, a boat-yard with a submarine, and a domestic wash-day.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-6615
Video of Pixietown as displayed in 2024. The Toitū Otago Settlers Museum owns around 13 scenes, and displays eight each year.