General Post Office, Wellington
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of the General Post Office, Wellington. The photograph has been taken at night, possibly from Post Office Square. The building is decorated with lights. The lights were installed as part of the celebrations that were held to mark the arrival of William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, who became the Governor General of New Zealand in 1904, a position that he held until 1909. A marquee is visible in the bottom left hand corner of the image.
A note on the album page reads: Reception of Lord Plunkett. G.P.O. Wellington. Illuminations.
Photographer, unknown.
A note on the album page reads: Reception of Lord Plunkett. G.P.O. Wellington. Illuminations.
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: 114 x 158mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 114 x 158mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1904
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16625
Credit Line
gifted by Pauline Schwabe
Other number(s)
m2000/64/2, 16625, 82796
Public comments
Plunket was an Irish peer - céad míle fáilte is Irish Gaelic for ‘One hundred thousand welcomes’. céud mílle fáilte is the Scots Gaelic version - the wording used here is apparently a combination of the two.
- Edward Bennett posted one year ago.