Queen Street (West Side) from Custom Street to lane opposite Fort Street.

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Description
Sepia toned image depicting row of two and three storey buildings of stone and weatherboard construction facing onto a gravel road. A wooden cart wheel can be seen in the centre of the image. To the left of the image stands a tall brick building of five storeys and a pitched roof with an attic. A number of buildings along the street have awnings extending onto the footpath.
At the right of the image is a large building on the corner between two streets with a sign reading 'WAITEMATA HOTEL'
JOHN COPLAND. Two male figures stand in the doorway. The corner of the building, above an ornate streetlamp, is labelled 'Queen St. Custom House St'. To the left of this building is another building with the signs 'W.MESSENGER JUN
MESSENGER
MESSENGER
SHIPPING BUTCHER'. To the left of this builiding is another building with the sign 'SAILMAKER
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS.' To the left of this building is another building with the sign 'COMRIE AND BURT'
J.D. COMRIE'
Place
Auckland Central/Auckland City/Auckland/New Zealand
Other Id
236220 (Presto content ID)
PH-ALB-299-p9-2 (Reference Number)
16 (Photographer's number)
PH-CNEG-C92 (Copy negative number)
PH-CNEG-B10592 (Copy negative number)
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Photography

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Object Type
photograph
Name/Title
Queen Street (West Side) from Custom Street to lane opposite Fort Street.
Primary Maker
unknown (Photographer)
Place
Auckland Central/Auckland City/Auckland/New Zealand
Date
1860s
Physical Description
90mmx165mm(image and support)
Level of Current Record
Child
Related Object Notes
pg 35 of associated red leather 'GUARDIAN
ASSURANCE COMPANY
LIMITED' notebook. Handwritten in black ink '18 19' Queen St W side
from Custom St up.'
Side 1 of 'AUCKLAND SAVAGE CLUB' A4 sheet of paper found in back of album. Handwritten in black ink '18. Queen St W Side from Custom St to
southward [Thornton Smith fork mall appears.
in High bldg].
Is Part Of
Lusher Album
Media/Materials
paper (fiber product)
Technique
Albumen silver print
Silver print
Monochrome photographic print
Photographic techniques
Subject Category
Auckland/Library of Congress subject headings
Fort Street (Auckland, N.Z.)
Custom Street (Auckland, N.Z.)/Library of Congress subject headings
Waitemata Hotel (Auckland, N.Z.)
Butchers--New Zealand--Auckland/Library of Congress subject headings
Butchers/Library of Congress subject headings
Butchers--New Zealand/Library of Congress subject headings
Queen Street (Auckland, N.Z.)
Auckland/Library of Congress subject headings
Auckland (N.Z. : Provincial District)--History/Library of Congress subject headings
Auckland (N.Z. : Provincial District)--Pictorial works/Library of Congress subject headings
Auckland (N.Z. : Region)--Pictorial works/Library of Congress subject headings
Auckland (N.Z.)/Library of Congress subject headings
Auckland (N.Z.)--Buildings, structures, etc./Library of Congress subject headings
Public Access Text
Handwritten in pencil to the left of the image '16/'
Handwritten in blue ink to the left of the image 'Queen Street (West Side)
from
Custom Street
to Lane opposite
Fort Street'
Handwritten in pencil to the left of the image 'Neg. no. C92
B10592'
[Keywords: Auckland, Queen Street (Auckland, N.Z.), Auckland, Auckland (N.Z. : Provincial District)--History, Auckland (N.Z. : Provincial District)--Pictorial works, Auckland (N.Z. : Region)--Pictorial works, Auckland (N.Z.), Auckland (N.Z.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Auckland (N.Z.)�Commerce, Fort Street (Auckland, N.Z.), Custom Street (Auckland, N.Z.), Waitemata Hotel (Auckland, N.Z.), Butchers--New Zealand--Auckland, Butchers, Butcher Shops SEE Butchers, Butchers--New Zealand, John Copland, W Messenger, Sailmaker, Combie and Burt, J.D. Combie]
Credit Line
Purchased from J.G. Maunsell in 1985.
Last Update
26 Sep 2023

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