Cornwall Park, Hastings
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About this object
A hand coloured photograph of ducks on a stream near a small stone overbridge at Cornwall Park, Hastings. There are several tennis courts in the distance, laid out in 1905 and first played upon in 1906 by the Hastings Lawn Tennis Club, then subsequently the Hastings Park Tennis Club. The pavilion was for club members, but it and the courts have since been removed.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Hand coloured black and white photograph glued into an album of brown paper pages, brown patterned leather covering with gold embossing and tied with cotton.
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Measurements
Height x Width: 85 x 136mm
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Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16661
Other number(s)
16661, Album 34, 83259
Public comments
This is a photo of the Hastings Lawn Tennis Club, being 6 courts in Cornwall Park, laid out in 1905 and played upon in 1906. They were there in 1936 when the P.A.F. did the first aerial survey covering Hastings, but not there in 1947. Likely the Whitehead Road courts superseded the Cornwall Park courts. The pavilion is for the tennis club members. There are just 3 known and different photos of this aspect. See Matthew Wright's book 'Town and Country - The history of Hastings and district' p269
- Wayne Collins posted 3 years ago.