Welcome Parade by the Crescent
Digital Record
Identifier: D27520001_106
Welcome Parade by the Crescent
Dates
- 1901
Summary
Behind Invercargill Post Office and Government Buildings, looking from Leven Street toward the Crescent. Government Block and Block LXXVI
Featuring: Crescent Buildings, west grounds of the Post Office
Featuring: Crescent Buildings, west grounds of the Post Office
Conditions Governing Use
This item has no known copyright restrictions. Please acknowledge Invercargill City Libraries and Archives, Ref: A0105 S27520001_106, when re-using this image.
Biographical / Historical
A crowd is shown gathered in Leven Street, opposite the Crescent, to meet the New Zealand Troopers who returned from the Boer War, July 12 1901. The General Post Office is shown to the left of the image. Crescent businesses include J. G. Ward (corner), National Mortgage Agency and NZ Loan Mercantile Agency. The Crescent was designed in a Victorian style by local architect Frederick William Burwell, during the 1880s.
Sources: ‘Papers Past’; ‘The Council of the Fire Underwriters’ Association of New Zealand’,, REF: ArchiveSpace ID: D00890120_001
Sources: ‘Papers Past’; ‘The Council of the Fire Underwriters’ Association of New Zealand’,, REF: ArchiveSpace ID: D00890120_001
Extent
1 digital object (From album of 114 photographs) : TIFF file.
Existence and Location of Copies
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Physical Description
Black and white photographic print.
Dimensions
H 152mm x W 203mm
Repository Details
Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository
