Places

Date: ca 1930

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045675-G

Description: View east dowm Courtenay Place from the junction with Taranaki Street. A bus marked "lambtons" is taking on passengers beside the Taranaki Street men's toilets which are screened by a rangiora hedge and surrounded by cabage trees planted in the 1910s. Two policemen stand talking in the middle of the street, and a hording for "Fuller's Vaudiville" can be seen above the St James' Theatre. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith about 1930 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: August 1930

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Transport-Roads-Tunnels-01

Description: View of the western entrance of the Mount Victoria Tunnel under construction. Included in the view are houses at the southern end of Mount Victoria, Wellington East Girls Colledge, St Mark's Anglican Church, and part of the Basin Reserve. A tram can be seen turning into Rugby Street from Dufferin Street, and there is a view up Patterson Street above the approaches to the tunnel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in August 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21 x 16 cm

Date: March 1930

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Transport-Roads-Tunnels-02

Description: View of the road to the entrance of the Mount Victoria Tunnel under construction. A truck and men working can be seen as well as a railway carrying containers of spoil from the tunnel to the site of Hataitai Park. Beyond can be seen part of the suburb of Hataitai. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in March 1930 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 25.5 x 20.2