Print, Photographic, Victoria Wharf & The Strand, Tauranga
Maker
Charles Spencer
Production date
1884-1887
Current rights
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Object detail
Description
A panorama carbon print by Charles Spencer mounted on card showing a view from Victoria Wharf, Tauranga, (built 1877) to the Strand from wharf shed at end of wharf. Corrugated iron and weatherboard shed with several men and boys around. Shows timber seawall and old Tauranga Hotel which dates from after the 1881 fire and itself was burnt down in 1936.
Handwritten on reverse 'Tauranga in the early days' 'D Whitehead, 34 Mochan Street, Te Puke'.
Handwritten on reverse 'Tauranga in the early days' 'D Whitehead, 34 Mochan Street, Te Puke'.
Maker
Charles Spencer
Production date
1884-1887
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
Image - 240mm (width), 100mm (height)
Mount - 250mm (height), 390mm (width)
Mount - 250mm (height), 390mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by D. Whitehead
Accession number
0086/10
Current rights