North British Freezing Works, Westshore

Object detail

About this object

View of the interior of the North British Freezing Works, Westshore, thought to have been taken in 1906. The group of ten unidentified men stand next to a row of sheep carcasses suspended from hooks.

Photographer, unknown.

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph glued onto a piece of card.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Card/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Photograph: Height x Width: 150 x 204mm
Card backing: Height x Width: 174 x 225mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

North British Freezing Works; 1887; 1924

Subject period

1900s/20th Century

Subject date

Circa 1906

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 4101

Credit Line

gifted by A J Baker

Other number(s)

m69/62, 4101, 83280

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Subject place

Westshore Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Local history History Archive classification Commercial premises Buildings and structures Group Portraits Meat processing Industry

Subject auto tags

Black-and-white Style Monochrome Monochrome photography Crew Event Fish Art Stock photography Crowd

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