Printed bottom right on photo - Ballance Str. 8/1/11
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen - ..ee Diane Graham
Stamped on back with black ink - F. Titchett Photo, Nairn Street, Wellington
Ballance Street railway crossing viewed from Nathan Terrace, 1911 1 B&W photo print mounted
2 women wearing white are no other side of crossing (Plimmer Terrace). Wellington Manawatu Club Hotel at right with wind powered water pump. At extreme right (foreground) is one of the gas (carbide) street lamps. This crossing no longer exists.
Used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 49, with caption - This railway crossing at the end of Ballance Street, is no longer in existence, but the Club Hotel remains and was originally called the Wellington Manawatu Club Hotel as can be seen in the photograph. Also shown is one of the carbide gas street lamps, which were lit one by one each evening after sunset until 10.30 p.m.
See also # .0002b b/w copy.
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