Adelaide Road, Wellington
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Adelaide Road, Wellington, thought to have been taken during the construction of the electric tramway in the early twentieth century. In the foreground, men with axes and shovels work on the road surface. Commercial premises and houses are visible on the opposite side of the street. Advertisements for Wilton chemicals and chemical apparatus are visible along the fenceline.
A note on the album page reads: Electric Tramway Construction (Adelaide Rd, W'gton).
Photographer, unknown.
A note on the album page reads: Electric Tramway Construction (Adelaide Rd, W'gton).
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: 118 x 155mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 118 x 155mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1900-1904?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16605
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16605, 82737
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