Looking east from St Matthew's Church
1909 (Sydney Charles Smith) - 2024
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1909 image: | Parts 3, 4 and 5 of an 8-part panorama of Auckland, from St Matthew's Church. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-020358-G, 1/1-020355-G, 1/1-020357-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
A panorama formed from three of Smith's photographs which I've digitally stitched together. Below are some selected crops from the richly detailed original plates.


