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Creator of Collection Unknown : Miscellaneous images of Lambton Quay
- Date
- ca 1860-1914
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
- Reference
- PAColl-7388
- Description
The shop front of Lyon & Blair, wholesale and retail manufacturing stationers, engravers, die sinkers, steam printers and lithographers, on Lambton Quay; looking towards The Terrace from the tower of the Post Office with Lambton Quay in the foreground and P Hayman & Co on the corner - taken by Burton Bros ca 1870s; looking up Lambton Quay from the corner of Willis Street with the original Bank of New Zealand on the right ca 1860s; a survey party outside Allan Dispensing Chemist with workmen laying drains in the road ca 1870; Wilson and Richardson, importers, A R Hislop, watchmakers and jewellers, and Barraud & Son, chemists ca 1880; looking south along Lambton Quay opposite the Government Buildings with trams, carts and pedestrians in the street and Quinton's Corner on the right ca 1914; Hotel Cecil on the corner of Mulgrave Street with the Government Printing Office opposite and an archway constructed for the Royal visit - taken by Burton Brothers 1901; corner of Lambton Quay and Featherston Street with the South British Insurance Company, the Bank of New South Wales and Whitcombe and Tombs on the left ca 1880s; looking towards Willis Street with many shops on the right including William Wiggins and J & W Lloyd, watchmakers - taken by Zak ca 1900; and the Oxford and Occidental Hotels on the two corners of Johnston Street and Lambton Quay taken by Burton Brothers ca 1880.
Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003809, 003811, 003816, 003820, 003826, 003829, 003832, 003838
Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). 5 b&w original photographic print(s).
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives of prints at 1/2-003815, 003818, 003824, 003831, 003833
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 8 b&w original negative(s), 5 b&w original photographic print(s), Negatives
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Bank of New South Wales, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Date: 1902 or 1903
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Miscellaneous images of Lambton Quay
Reference: PAColl-7388-01
Description: Bank of New South Wales on Lambton Quay. Signs on the right portion of the building advertise the business of A J McTavish and Co, land agent, and the Metropolita[n?] School of Shorthand. On the right, out of the picture, is the firm of Whitcombe & Tombs. Houses on the Terrace are in the background. Photograph taken in 1902 or 1903 by an unidentified photographer. This building was built in 1863 as the Wellington Supreme Court. It was sold to the Bank of New South Wales in 1882. (Information from Evening Post 13 June 1936, page 17). It was demolished in 1904 (Information from "Colonial Capital" by T Hodgson). Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - The 2 Pohututakawa Trees 1903 D.A.J. Relationship complexity - Similar image at 1/2-003833 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.5 x 12.8 cm, on card 12.2 x 16.1 cm
Lambton Quay, Wellington
Date: ca 1860s
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Miscellaneous images of Lambton Quay
Reference: 1/2-003811-F
Description: View of Lambton Quay from Willeston Street, at the intersection of Lambton Quay and Willis Street. The original Bank of New Zealand building is visible. Photographed ca late 1860s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
View of Lambton Quay from Barrett's Corner, Wellington
Date: 1870
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Miscellaneous images of Lambton Quay
Reference: PAColl-7388-1
Description: View of the southern end of Lambton Quay, looking north toward The Terrace, Wellington. Barrett's Hotel is in the left foreground. Sir Walter Buller's house can be seen third from the left on The Terrace. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1870. Note on back of file print reads: Looking up the quay from Barrett's 1870 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from loose print). Physical Description: Film negative