Coronation Celebration
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An image identified as the Coronation Celebration for Edward VII, crowned 9 August 1902.
A large procession is moving down Emerson Street in the direction of Clive Square. The photograph is taken near the Dalton Street intersection with Emerson Street. A large float pulled by a team of drays and carrying the children of Port Ahuriri School. The children are holding Union Jack Flags on small sticks. The children are seated in rows of diminishing numbers leading to the top of the float. At the central apex of the float a large tree fern (likely a ponga, mamaku or katote, all types of Cyathea) is visible. The remaining decorative foliage is attached to the tree and the corners of the float along a rope or string. At the front of the float the New Zealand flag is visible. Several other floats follow behind.
Spectators fill both sides of the street and are crowded into the balconies and windows of the surrounding buildings. The identifiable businesses along Emerson Street are as follows: F Wilson and Company, Boot Manufacturers; F Howard, Watchmaker and Jeweller; Blythe’s; Parkers; R H Robinson, Draper; and Patterson and Company, Store Keeper.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 1902.
A large procession is moving down Emerson Street in the direction of Clive Square. The photograph is taken near the Dalton Street intersection with Emerson Street. A large float pulled by a team of drays and carrying the children of Port Ahuriri School. The children are holding Union Jack Flags on small sticks. The children are seated in rows of diminishing numbers leading to the top of the float. At the central apex of the float a large tree fern (likely a ponga, mamaku or katote, all types of Cyathea) is visible. The remaining decorative foliage is attached to the tree and the corners of the float along a rope or string. At the front of the float the New Zealand flag is visible. Several other floats follow behind.
Spectators fill both sides of the street and are crowded into the balconies and windows of the surrounding buildings. The identifiable businesses along Emerson Street are as follows: F Wilson and Company, Boot Manufacturers; F Howard, Watchmaker and Jeweller; Blythe’s; Parkers; R H Robinson, Draper; and Patterson and Company, Store Keeper.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 1902.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 159 x 210mm
Height x Width: 188 x 250mm
Height x Width: 188 x 250mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
09 Aug 1902
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 4220
Credit Line
gifted by Mr Charles Golding
Other number(s)
4220, m56/17, 78741
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