Gibson's Quay, Hokitika, Westland

Maker
Tensfeld, John
 Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of Gibson's Quay in Hokitika, Westland, possibly taken in the 1860s. Commercial premises, including the Digger's Arms Hotel, are visible along the left side of the photograph. A length of rope and a boat are located in the foreground along the edge of the Hokitika River.

From an album titled: A New Zealand Souvenir.

Photographer, John Tensfeld.
Maker
Production place
Dunedin/Otago/South Island/New Zealand
Production technique
Photography
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph pasted into a leather bound album.
Media/Materials
Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Card/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 230 x 306 x 16mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 120 x 166mm
Classification terms
Print, Photographic
Album, Photograph
Documentary Artifact
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Communication Artifacts
Subject period
1860s/19th Century
Subject date
1860s
Current rights
Public Domain
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 270
Other number(s)
Album 1, 270, 83968

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