IMAGE
Opening of the Midland Railway at Jacksons, Westland - Photograph taken by James Ring
- Date
- ca 1880s
- By
- Ring, James, 1856-1939
- Reference
- PAColl-3060-044
- Description
Opening of the Midland Railway at Jacksons, Westland, by Joseph Ward (not visible), circa 1880s. Shows a group of men and women, all wearing hats, standing on the tracks by the railway station. A steam locomotive is on the left. Flags hang above the crowd. Tree ferns stand in a row alongside the station. Photograph taken by James Ring.
Not published in 'Making New Zealand'
Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.2 x 21.6 cm
Provenance: Item lent by the Post and Telegraph Department to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939.
Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 6. Westland Co. Jacksons. ca 1880s
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection / Prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
- Format
- 1 b&w copy photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 16.2 x 21.6 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Ring, James, 1856-1939. Opening of the Midland Railway at Jacksons, Westland - Photograph taken by James Ring. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: PAColl-3060-044. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22854154More information can be found in our terms of use.