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View of Orakei Bay, Auckland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000773-G
Description: View of Orakei Bay (now known as Okahu Bay) looking west. In the immediate foreground are sewer pipes and the newly constructed sewer running along the beachfront at what is now Tamaki Drive. A lone house, 'Sudeley House' belonging to Thomas and Elizabeth Coates, can be seen in the distance on the summit of Hobson Point hill. Taken by William A Price ca 1910. The lone house on the Hobson Point hill belonged to settler Thomas Coates, see 'Opening up Orakei', New Zealand Herald, 5 September 1929. Other Titles - View of Oraki Bay, Auckland Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Orakei Bay. No 1795D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches Processing information: The house on the summit of Hobson Point above Orakei Bay had been incorrectly identified as a named home 'Conspio House'. Record updated on 29 August 2017.
View of Orakei Bay, Auckland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000775-G
Description: View of Orakei Bay (now known as Okahu Bay) looking south. In the immediate foreground is Orakei wharf. The newly-laid sewer pipe can be seen running along the beachfront at what is now Tamaki Drive. A house called Sudeley House belonging to Thomas Coates can be seen in the distance on the summit of Hobson Point to the right of frame. Taken by William A Price ca 1910. Information about the house belonging to Thomas Coates can be found in the article 'Opening up Orakei', New Zealand Herald, 5 September 1929. Other Titles - View of Okahu Bay, Auckland Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Orakei Bay. No 1797D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches Processing information: The record was updated on 25 August 2017 to correct the information about the house seen on the Hobson Point summit. The house had been incorrectly identified as 'Conspio House' from an inscription on a British map reproduced in "Auckland by the sea; 100 years of work and play" by David Johnson, 1988 (p 127).
Okahu Bay, and church near upper Queen Street, Auckland
Date: 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0675-F
Description: Scenes from Okahu Bay, and upper Queen Street, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show parents with an infant playing on the sand at Okahu Bay Beach and young children swimming in the sea. Also includes church (largely obscured) in Upper Queen Street, Auckland. Frames 11 and 12 show young man, identified as Peter Witehira, wearing a collarless 'Beatle' jacket. His hair is combed forward. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Meeting about land ownership, and Okahu Bay
Date: 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0674-F
Description: Scenes from a meeting about land ownership, and views of Okahu Bay, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show people gathered in a living room to discuss land ownership, and views over hills to a distant bay (possibly the land in question). Also include scenes of parents with an infant playing on the sand at Okahu Bay Beach. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film