Looking south across Customs Street opposite the Waitematā Hotel
Undated image in carte de visite format (1880s) by Edwin Willmott - 2023
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1880s image: Waitemata Hotel, Custom Street, Auckland, 1880s, Auckland, by Edwin Willmott. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.021620)
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Below, the reverse of one of Willmott's cartes (Te Papa O.021604).

Below, an advertisement for Willmott's business from the Auckland Star in the 1880s.

Below, announcement in the Auckland Star following Willmott's death, November 1888.
