View of Tauranga Harbour and the Matapihi Railway Bridge

Date
1928
Reference
Pan-2245-F
Description

Panoramic view, probably of the Matapihi Railway Bridge, Waipu Bay and Tauranga Harbour. There is a large camping ground in the foreground with many tents and marquees including a big circular tent on the right. Crowds of people on the beach behind the tents. Another collection of tents across the bridge on the left. Cars and trucks parked in a field on the far right. A tent in the foreground has the letters "C.D.M.S." printed on the roof. Stacks of wood piled up, smoke from a coupld of fires. Fields of corn in the foreground between tents. Photograph taken by R P Moore.

Source of descriptive information - Location and date from other images with some similarities taken by R P Moore

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.4 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.4 cm
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