Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907 :Album of Wellington and Petone views

Date
ca 1892
By
Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907
Reference
PA1-o-879
Description

Album complied by Sir James Hector titled "Dulce Domum, Xmas 1892", containing views of streets and businesses in Wellington and Petone.

PAColl-5751

Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Dulce Domun; Xmas 1892

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Albumen prints
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View of Petone from above Sir James Hector's house, Ratanui

Date: Christmas 1892

From: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907 :Album of Wellington and Petone views

Reference: PA1-o-879-01

Description: View of Petone and Wellington Harbour from a hillside above Ratanui, Sir James Hector's house on the Western Hutt Road. In the Foreground can be seen a group which may be members of Hector's family. Photographed by an unknown photographer, Christmas 1892. Dated from inscription on album title page. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.7 x 17.2 cm, with cropped corners, mounted on album page.

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Star Boating Club shed

Date: [Ca 1892]

From: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907 :Album of Wellington and Petone views

Reference: PA1-o-879-27

Description: Star Boating Club shed, Wellington waterfront. Photograph taken ca 1892 by an unknown photographer. Dated from inscription on album title page. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Star Boating Club's shed Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 10.3 x 14.1 cm, with cropped corners, mounted on album page.

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Unidentified farm house, out-buildings, and garden

Date: 1892

From: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907 :Album of Wellington and Petone views

Reference: PA1-o-879-13

Description: Unidentified shingled roofed house, out-buildings, and garden. Two women and two men are seated and standing in the garden and near the house. In the garden grow cabbage tress, and what may be camellias or trimmed holly bushes. Beyond the house, on the hillside, is a line of Pinus radiata and one gum tree. Five cows occupy the foreground of the image. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1892. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15.5 x 11.8 cm, with cropped corner on album page