IMAGE
Photograph of the General Post Office, Wellington - Taken by Burton Bros, Dunedin
- Date
- [between 1884-1887]
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
- Reference
- PAColl-D-0324
- Description
View of the front facade of the General Post Office building on Customhouse Quay. Dinghies can be seen hoisted on davits on the quayside. St Andrew's-on-the-Terrace church is to the right of the building in the far distance. The time on the clock in the clock tower is quarter to ten. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers between 1884-1887 (see historical note).
Advertising on the seaward side of the shed on Customhouse Quay for Wilson & Richardson (Drapers, outfitters & importers), and S Danks & Son (Brassfounders & coppersmiths, Brandon Street).
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - General Post Office about 1880; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 2223 [?] Post Office - Wellington. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Recto - bottom left - Fronting Customhouse Quay; Recto - bottom right - Boat Harbour in foreground
Originally erected in 1884, burnt down in 1887 and rebuilt
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: 283 x 375 mm
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence
- Format
- 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Photographs, Photomechanical prints, 283 x 375 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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