IMAGE
Men clearing the beach at Cape Terawhiti, Wellington, after the ship Penguin was wrecked
- Date
- Feb 1909
- Reference
- 1/1-020150-G
- Description
Men clearing the beach of wreckage and bodies at Cape Terawhiti, Wellington, after the ship 'Penguin' was wrecked in February 1909. Shows men and horses by rocky cliffs. A group stands around (a body?). A life raft is visible. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Penguin Wreck Scenes
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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