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View of Wellington Harbour, The Terrace School and reclaimed land - Photograph taken by...
Date: [1869]
From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Taylor, Robert H, active 1907-1910
Reference: PAColl-D-0009
Description: View looking down onto the Terrace School and beyond that to recently reclaimed land, Queen's Wharf and across the harbour to Roseneath and Oriental Bay. In the middle distance is the department store, Kirkcaldie & Stains, on Lambton Quay. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1869, and print made from negative by R H Taylor ca 1907 Identical image at PA7-30-09 & PA7-57-07. Image is in the centre of a panorama at PA6-271 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Protected R Taylor; Backing board recto - beneath image - Part of old Lambton Quay and the Well[ingto]n Harbour taken fron the high ground behind the old Terrace School in or about the year 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 29 x 39.4 cm
Photographer unknown :Te Aro Flat, Wellington
Date: [ca 1857]
From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence
Reference: PAColl-D-0008
Description: Te Aro Flat, Wellington, ca 1857. View looking south-east along Manners Street and Courtenay Place with Mount Victoria in the background and the harbour on the left. Shows Rhodes Wharf and residence on the far left; the arched roof of Kebbell's Mill, middle ground, centre; te Aro Pa with swamps, beyond the mill. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Title on print gives an incorrect date. The Grand Opera House was later built on the site of Kebbell's Mill. Photograph was taken after the 1855 Wellington earthquake. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Building with arched roof is Kebbell's Floor Mill, now the site of the Grand Opera House, and Te Aro Pah beyond.; Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat - 1846; Recto - beneath image - Manners Street is shown connecting with track now Courtenay Place Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 37.5 x 30.5 cm