Thames Street, Oamaru.
Maker
Burton Brothers Photographers (estab. 1866, closed 1916)
Production date
Circa 1882
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Object detail
Description
"Compliments of the Season 1882". Thames Street. W. Robertson written on reverse.
From right: Dunedin Co-operative Store; Mollison and Son, boot store; N.Z.Clothing Factory; W.Menzies, clothier and draper; R.H. Cathcart, jeweller. (The buildings containing the above were built in 1876, the northern [Waitaki House] a few months before southern)
R.L. Rule, stationer; T. Falconer, furniture; W.H. Cottrell, fancy goods (two storeyed). [These three shops were removed and others built 1887]
A. Headland, grocer; J. Bulleid & Co, drapers.
Beyond can be seen Waterloo House, the Imperial Hotel, and the three- storeyed London House, occupied at the time by R Gabites, draper. The new Queen's Hotel can be seen, and the Globe Hotel, the last large building in the row.
Gas lamps; telegraph poles 1372 - Oamaru Burton Bros
From right: Dunedin Co-operative Store; Mollison and Son, boot store; N.Z.Clothing Factory; W.Menzies, clothier and draper; R.H. Cathcart, jeweller. (The buildings containing the above were built in 1876, the northern [Waitaki House] a few months before southern)
R.L. Rule, stationer; T. Falconer, furniture; W.H. Cottrell, fancy goods (two storeyed). [These three shops were removed and others built 1887]
A. Headland, grocer; J. Bulleid & Co, drapers.
Beyond can be seen Waterloo House, the Imperial Hotel, and the three- storeyed London House, occupied at the time by R Gabites, draper. The new Queen's Hotel can be seen, and the Globe Hotel, the last large building in the row.
Gas lamps; telegraph poles 1372 - Oamaru Burton Bros
Production date
Circa 1882
Collection type
Subject person
Accession number
3097P
System ID
103177
Current Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Organisation Credit Line
Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 103177
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