IMAGE
Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912 :Panoramic photograph of Auckland city
- Date
- 9 February 1903
- By
- Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912
- Reference
- PA9-051
- Description
Panoramic photograph of Auckland city, including waterfront, taken Sunday, 9 Februrary, 1903 by Melvin Vaniman. Looks over city buildings and streets, and the edge of Waitamata Harbour, from opposite Queens Wharf and Queen Street (running vertically up centre). Quay Street runs along the water's edge. A range of shipping vessels, including a paddle steamer, are berthed at wharves. Signs advertise the following businesses (from left to right): D Goldie, timber merchant; Roller flour mills and stores; John Burns & Co, iron merchants; New Zealand Herald; Wingate & Co; Spargo Gladstone Coffee Palace; and Westfield chemical works.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Source of descriptive information - Photographer, date and location, from inscriptions on print. Platinum print recognised by Library photographic conservator.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Auckland. Sunday. Feb 9. 1903; Recto - bottom right - Protected 9 2 03 Melvin Vaniman San Francisco; bottom centre - [On frame] Auckland 1903
Another copy of the panoramic photograph available at PA6-542.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Platinum photoprint 37.3 x 117.3 cm [visible image], with mat, in wooden frame 65.5 x 144.5 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negatives at 1/2-002199-F and 1/2-002201-F
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Platinum prints, Panoramic views, Platinum photoprint 37.3 x 117.3 cm [visible image], with mat, in wooden frame 65.5 x 144.5 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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