IMAGE
Empire Day photo of Queen Victoria statue, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
- Date
- [24 May 1957]
- Reference
- PAColl-7796-52
- Description
Photograph looking up to the statue of Queen Victoria on Cambridge Terrace in Wellington, taken through a gap between a serviceman and a civilian who are standing in front of it. The serviceman holds the hilt of a sword. Photograph taken on Empire Day in 1957 (24 May), by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post.
Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Empire Day / D/C x 5 1/2 / L N / Frid; Verso - centre left - Evening Post / Wellington / May 1957 / Copyright Photograph [Evening Post stamp]; Verso - bottom centre - 24 May 1957 [Date stamp]; Verso - bottom centre - Queen Victoria looks steadily down Cambridge Terrace and civilians and servicemen combine to pay tribute to her memory in an Empire Day ceremony this morning. [clipping attached from original publication]
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.7 x 16.5 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper / Evening Post photographic prints
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 21.7 x 16.5 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Empire Day photo of Queen Victoria statue, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: PAColl-7796-52. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22387601More information can be found in our terms of use.