Beach Street, Queenstown
1878 (William Hart) - 2024
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Beach Street, Queenstown, NZ, during flood of 1878, 1878, Queenstown, by William Hart, Hart, Campbell & Co. Purchased 1943. Te Papa (C.014175)
Below, four crops from Hart's superbly detailed plate (click images for larger versions).
The leaning building at right in Hart's image at top has signage proclaiming "MacLarn's Dining Rooms"; below is a newspaper advertisement for the establishment from 1875.
Lake Wakatip Mail 29 April 1875 Page 2
