IMAGE
Poster advertising the selling of the wreck of the American whaling ship Alexander
- Date
- 1858
- Reference
- MNZ-0144-1/4-F
- Description
Photographic copy of a poster dated 22 February 1858 advertising the selling of the wreck of the American whaling ship 'Alexander' by public auction.
Text of the poster includes "For the benefit of whom it may concern. Wrick of the American whaling ship "Alexander" of New Bedford, U S, 421 Tons Register, Francis Dougherty, Master, with cargo of Sperm Oil, &c Mr J H Wallace has received instructions from James Smith Esquire, the United States Consular Agent, at Wellington, to sell by Public Auction, at the Exchange, Wellington, on Tuesday, The 23rd February, 1858, ..."
Publication note - Published in Making New Zealand (Wellington [N.Z.] : New Zealand Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1940) Vol 1, No 4, p 21
Source of descriptive information - File print, MNZ copyright register, MNZ negative register
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
Provenance: Copied item from 'Redman' for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Film negatives, Posters, Advertisements, Film negative, Orientation: Vertical image
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