View of Balaena Bay, Wellington

View of Balaena Bay, Wellington
Date
22 November 1958
Reference
EP/1958/4016
Description

Photograph of Balaena Bay, Wellington, showing a sandy beach, houses, boats, and two cars parked in the foreground, taken 22 November 1958 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer.

Caption - Antwerp sands to Balaena Bay waters is not nearly as far as one would suspect - not even a stone's throw. Here Wellingtonians are taking advantage of Saturday's sun at Balaena Bay beach, which has recently been dressed with sands from the Belgian capital, carried to New Zealand as ship's ballast.

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

Physical Description: Film negative

Finding Aids: Print available in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations files at EP-New Zealand towns-Wellington and suburbs-Evans Bay and Greta Point (11/4).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Square image
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