Hobson Street, west side, between Wyndham and Victoria Streets
1860s (unknown photographer) - 2024
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1860s image: Auckland Museum | composite of PH-ALB-94-p52-1 and PH-ALB-299-p36-1
The Victoria Street intersection is at far left. The Governor Browne Hotel, seen near centre, was first mentioned in the local press around 1856, and it seems to have persisted into the early 1900s. It stood roughly opposite what was Durham Street, now Kingston Street.
