Queen Street, eastern side, between Victoria and Wellesley Streets
1880s (Burton Brothers) – 2022
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Historical image: Queen Street, Auckland. Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.010902)
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The date must be 1884 or later in that decade, as it was in that year that the Auckland Savings Bank building, seen here on the right, was constructed. Click here for another image of the Auckland Savings Bank building made around the late 1880s or early '90s by Josiah Martin.
Below, the Remuera Express, a crop from this superbly detailed Burton Brothers image.
Below: a second plate was made of this scene, from the same camera position. This print from it is in the Hocken Collections.
Hocken Collections, P1990-015/01-004
