Princes Street
1860s (unknown photographer) – 2024
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1860s image: Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira | Princes Street, unknown photographer, PH-ALB-94-p7-1
Showing the northern end of Princes Street, eastern side. The corner of Waterloo Quadrant (then Waterloo Crescent) is at right.
Faintly seen at far left in the 1860s image is a building with a distinctive veranda that was the old Princes Street Post Office. It seems that no photographs of it have survived, but there is a sketch, attributed to Nicholas Chevalier, several versions of which were published by George Chapman.
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections
Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902. Chapman, George Thompson, 1824-1881: Post Office, Auckland. Chapman lith. [Auckland, 1861?]. Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870: Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868. Ref: E-248-q-059. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22854769
Below, the scene in 2024.
