Print, Photographic, Bellevue House
Production date
1880s
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Description
A sepia print mounted on cardboard showing a two storey weatherboard building. A sign over the footpath reads 'Bellevue House'. Printed below image 'Belle Vue House, Opposite the Town Wharf, Tauranga, New Zealand. Superior Accomodation. Suites of Rooms. Baths. Stables. Royal Mail Coach leaves daily for Hot Lakes and Terraces. Telegrams attended to. J Bodell, Proprietor'.
Bellevue House was established in 1882 by James Bodell and was located on the corner of Wharf Street and Cameron Road. It was a temperance hotel which, according to newspaper advertisements, offered commodious accommodation to tourists, visitors, boarders and the travelling public. Baths and pianos were available on the first floor and good stabling was offered. Guests could enjoy extensive views of the sea, harbour and surrounding country from upstairs rooms and balcony. Bodell was an entrepreneur and in this photograph one of his other businesses, an Auction Mart, is visible on the opposite side of Cameron Road. Bodell can be seen standing outside his establishment. Bodell is the taller of the two men with very distinctive pork chop sideburns.
Bellevue House was established in 1882 by James Bodell and was located on the corner of Wharf Street and Cameron Road. It was a temperance hotel which, according to newspaper advertisements, offered commodious accommodation to tourists, visitors, boarders and the travelling public. Baths and pianos were available on the first floor and good stabling was offered. Guests could enjoy extensive views of the sea, harbour and surrounding country from upstairs rooms and balcony. Bodell was an entrepreneur and in this photograph one of his other businesses, an Auction Mart, is visible on the opposite side of Cameron Road. Bodell can be seen standing outside his establishment. Bodell is the taller of the two men with very distinctive pork chop sideburns.
Production date
1880s
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
210mm (height), 220mm (width)
Accession number
0134/10
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