IMAGE
Moanataiari Creek, Thames
- Date
- 1868
- Reference
- 1/2-065407-F
- Description
View of Moanataiari Creek, Thames, showing the chimney of the Caledonian Claim up the Valley in the background, and buildings in the settlement along the shore of the Firth of Thames (including the Prince Alfred Hotel, the Melbourne Boarding House, and the butcher W L File). Photograph taken 1868 by Henry Frith.
The negatives at ½-065407-F, ½-065408-F, and ½-065409-F fit together to form a panorama.
Note on back of file print states `Mudflats in foreground have since been reclaimed'. Location also identified as Beach Rd, Shortland (now Thames). Prince Alfred Hotel on corner Coromandel St.
The chimney previously identified as the Moanataiari Battery corrected to Caledonian Claim after contact from a researcher, 6 March 2021.
See also 1/2-020789
The mudflats in the foreground have since been reclaimed.
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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