Newtown Park, Wellington
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of a lake in Newtown Park, Wellington, possibly taken in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Possibly the lake in Welliington Zoo but taken sometime before the zoo opened in 1906. A timber fence is located in the foreground. Hills are visible in the distance.
A note on the album page reads: The Lake, Newtown Park.
Photographer, unknown.
A note on the album page reads: The Lake, Newtown Park.
Photographer, unknown.
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 166mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 113 x 166mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1890s-1920s?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16593
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16593, 82684
Public comments
I think this is the lake in Wellington Zoo, but taken sometime before the zoo opened (opened 1906).
- GKS posted 3 years ago.