Bank of New Zealand building, Queen Street, viewed from Shortland Street
Early 1880s image by an unknown photographer – 2022
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Historical image: copy by Henry Winkelmann of a photograph by an unknown photographer | Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1-W0282
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The Bank of New Zealand building is the nearer of the two central three-storey buildings. The historical image must have been made in 1882 or earlier, as it was in that year that the building was extended, with two bays added on its northern side (see an 1880s Burton Brothers photograph here).
Below, a prescient scene from the 1982 film Blade Runner.
