IMAGE
View of Orakei Bay, Auckland
- Date
- [ca 1910]
- Reference
- 1/2-001263-G
- Description
View of a yacht lying on its side near the high water mark on the tidal flats in Oraki [ie Orakei] Bay (part of Hobsons Bay). A two storey house 'Sudeley House' (belonging to Thomas and Elizabeth Coates) can be seen on the summit of Hobson Point hill on the opposite side of the bay.
Taken by William A Price in early 1900s.
The lone house on the Hobson Point hill belonged to settler Thomas Coates, see 'Opening up Orakei', New Zealand Herald, 5 September 1929.
Other Titles - View of Oraki Bay, Auckland
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Oraki Bay. Remuera. 1008.
Relationship complexity - A similar view, taken from the other side of the yacht, is available at 1/2-001039
William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Processing information: The house on the summit of Hobson Point above Orakei Bay had been incorrectly identified as a named home 'Conspio House'. Record updated on 29 August 2017.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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