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Yamerton [sic] album 2
- Date
- [Between 1890s and 1900s]
- Reference
- PA1-o-540
- Description
Album of photographs of early Wellington, circa 1880s to 1890s.
One view shows the wreck of the Oliver Lang at Kaiwharawhara. Other views of ships show the RMS Ruapehu on arrival in Wellington; the ship Pleione in port, and the Opawa on the patent slip at Evans Bay.
Other views in the album include one of the tram track on the way to Oriental Bay; Te Aro (1883); Wellington from Bolton Street; Government House and Offices; a view from "Gaol Hill" (near the Te Aro Prison at the junction of The Terrace and Abel Smith Street); a tram run by the Wellington Tramway Company in front of Government Buildings; the corner of Featherston Street and Lambton Quay with the Union Bank of Australia and Johnny Martin's fountain; the tombstone of Mete Kingi Paetahi at Whanganui; the memorial to Te Wharepouri at Ngauranga; the Karori Reservoir; and a view of the mouth of the Hutt River from the eastern hills.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with green cloth cover, entitled "Sketched by the sun"; 17.5 x 21.5 cm
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Hamerton, N & G (Misses), fl 1967 :Photograph albums of Wellington scenes
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with green cloth cover, entitled "Sketched by the sun"; 17.5 x 21.5 cm
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