Sussex Square, Wellington
Production date
1900-1904
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Sussex Square, Wellington, around 1990 to mid 1904 when the electric trams started.
Trams, a horse drawn vehicle and pedestrians are visible down the street. Sections of heavy weight tramway rail stacked in the gutter (right foreground).
A note on the album page reads: Sussex Square, W'gton.
Photographer unknown.
Trams, a horse drawn vehicle and pedestrians are visible down the street. Sections of heavy weight tramway rail stacked in the gutter (right foreground).
A note on the album page reads: Sussex Square, W'gton.
Photographer unknown.
Production date
1900-1904
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued into an album with a leather spine and corners, and red linen cover.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Album (closed): Height x Width: 310 x 260mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 113 x 157mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 113 x 157mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1900-1904
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16589
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16589, 82676
Public comments
The large wooden building is part of St Marks. This part of Sussex Square is now Dufferin St. The sections of heavy weight tramway rail stacked in the gutter (right foreground) may be for electric tramway construction (if so photo would date to early 1900s - electric trams started mid 1904).
- GKS posted 4 years ago.