IMAGE
Wellington Town Hall
- Date
- [ca 1930s]
- Reference
- 1/1-023105-G
- Description
View of the Wellington Town Hall taken from the corner of Mercer and Cuba Streets in Wellington, with cars parked outside. Shows the tramlines above the street. A sign leaning against the building advertises an upcoming event: `Help the Orphans / Town Hall / Tues Dec 11 at 8 pm / to aid of / St Joseph's Orphanage / Jubilee Choir / [illegible] / Mrs Wilfred Andrews / Mr Roy Trewern /' etc. Photograph taken in the 1930s (after 1934), by Sydney Charles Smith.
In 1934, the clock and its tower were removed from the Wellington Town Hall as a precaution after the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: 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, Glass negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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