Railway Station - Christchurch - Museum of Transport and Technology, New Zealand

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-2022-1.2

Maker

<C> Burton Brothers

Production period

19th Century

Description

Original whole plate contact albumen photographic print of Christchurch Railway Station.

Image shows railway platform with locomotive parked alongside; workers on track and horse and carriages on road outside of railway station.

Marks

29352 - Railway Station - Christchurch. Burton Bros. Dunedin. Label
2935 Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 19.5 cm

Record level

Item

Credit Line

<C> Burton Brothers. 1870s-1890s. Railway Station - Christchurch, PHO-2022-1.2. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Print, Albumen Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Burton, Alfred, d. 1914 Burton Brothers (Firm) Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880 Auckland New Zealand Horse-drawn vehicles History New Zealand Carriages and carts History Canterbury Region New Zealand Railroads History Canterbury Cars History Christchurch Pictorial works Passenger-cars Pictorial works New Zealand Trains South Island New Zealand Locomotives

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Sky Rectangle Tints and shades Horizon Monochrome photography Landscape Monochrome Picture frame History Bridge

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Railway Station - Christchurch