Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington

Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington
Date
ca 1884
Reference
PAColl-2603-01
Description

Looking along Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1884. Photographer unidentified. Looks along a road, showing the coastline on the left and hills on the right. A group of two storied wooden houses is in the centre. James Edward Fitzgerald's house Clyde Cliff is on top of a hill, right of centre, on a site later occupied by St Gerard's Monastery.

Source of descriptive information - The inscription signed G F G was possibly written by Geraldine Fitzgerald shortly before her death in 1955.

Other Titles - Note - Inscription mis-spells Gerard's

Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - The Wellington home of J E Fitzgerald, about 1884. This site is now occupied by St Gerrard's monastery.; Mount verso - Clyde Cliff in 1884 or earlier. The cliff was cut down for reclamation about'85 or'86. G F G

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.9 x 20.5, mounted on board 23.6 x 29 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Chilton Historical Trust :Photographs and negatives relating to Chilton St James School / Photographs and negatives relating to Chilton St James School
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 14.9 x 20.5, mounted on board 23.6 x 29 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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