IMAGE
Erosion in front of house at Paraparaumu, Wellington
- Date
- 1948
- Reference
- PAColl-8557-07
- Description
View of an eroding sand bank in front of a house at Paraparaumu Beach, showing a man with oil drums and quarry spalls used to hold back the sea. Photograph taken in May 1948 by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post.
Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Original published caption: OLD DRUMS and quarry spalls are relied on to hold back the sea at Paraparaumu in this case.; Verso - centre - Date stamp: 7 May 1948; Verso - centre - D c x 5 1/2 / Erosion / B. P. Fri left Coln
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.6 x 21 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 15.6 x 21 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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