IMAGE
Short flying boat Centaurus, Evans Bay, Wellington
- Date
- January 1938
- Reference
- 1/2-048518-G
- Description
Short S23 Empire flying boat Centaurus about to be refuelled from launch Wild Duck on Evans Bay, Wellington, January 1938. Centaurus, captained by John Burgess, had arrived in Auckland on 27 December 1937 on a survey flight from England for Imperial Airways. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
- 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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