Places

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Parton, L I, active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; William Beattie & Company; Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PAColl-4601

Description: Postcards of: the old gun on Mount Victoria; the General Post Office, Wellington lit up with lights for coronation night 1902; parade at Newtown Park on Dominion Day 1907 with the gun from HMS Challenger; Lord Plunket inspecting troops during the Dominion Day parade 1907; spectators at the Dominion Day celebrations in Newtown Park, taken by Zak 1908; battalions marching past on Dominion Day 1907, taken by Zak; the junction of Wills Street and Lambton Quay with the Bank of New Zealand on the left; looking along Lambton Quay towards Willis Street with the Wellington Investment Trustee & Agency Co Ltd on the left; Lambton Quay at the Government Buildings with Quinton's Corner on the right; the Makohine Viaduct on the Main Trunk Railway (taken by Aldersley); the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line taken by Frederick Radcliffe; Raurimu at the foot of the spiral with the railway track in the foreground; the fire on the High Street, Christchurch February 6th 1908; the Salvation Army Rescue and Children's Home, Newtown (in colour); Maori carved house called Takitimu at Martinborough with pakeha visitors outside it; two of the view from Tinakori Hill over to Wellington harbour with Tinakori Road in the foreground and Bolton Street cemetery to the right; a view looking west along Oriental Bay towards St Gerard's Monastery with a billboard for Crescent Tea on a shop to the left; a locomotive going through Ohakune railway station; a fire in Courtenay Place in which six shops were demolished; the interior of the conservatory at Wainoni Park, Christchurch with chrysanthemums; River entrance to Wainoni Park, Christchurch; The lion at Wellington Zoo called 'King Dick', possibly photographed by Zak Studios; Main Street, Ohakune, photographed circa 1 June 1908 by William Beattie and Company; Opening of the Victoria Bowling Club, Wellington, 1908, photographed by Joseph Zachariah. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w copy negative(s).