Photographs of Wellington and Seaview

Collection comprises:

Photograph of road works in Ghuznee Street, Wellington, ca 1950s, by Pacific Photos, Courtney Place, Wellington.

3 photographs of Seaview, taken from the top of the Wainuiomata Hill in 1950 by Wal Richardson.

Album leaf with 5 photographs of Wellington, ca 1860s-1900s, including preparations for visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Wellington, wedding of Ted and Amy Yates, portrait of a woman, Te Aroha Bathhouse and fire damage in Lambton Quay.

Duke of Edinburgh visited New Zealand in 1869. Cadman Bathhouse opened in 1898.

Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album leaf with 5 b&w original photographic prints.

Provenance: Donated by Wainuiomata Historical Society, October 2002, through Mrs Vicky Alexander. The photographs were given to the society by the late Mrs Claire Burdan, whose husband was descended from Richard & Mary Prouse, and from the Dixon family, of the Dixon aerated water business. The photographs appear to have come from these families.