Victoria Hotel

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Title

Victoria Hotel

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The two-storied Victoria Hotel, on the main street of Petone, Lower Hutt, was clearly an impressive building for its time. The photographer, James Bragge, used exceptionally large wet-plate negatives, most measuring 10 x 12 inches (255 x 305 mm) and a few even larger, which enabled him to capture a great deal of fine detail we can zoom in on today. A notice by the hotel’s doorway offers a £100 reward for information on a murder; directly beneath it is evidence of the local canine population’s...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1875

Creator

James Bragge

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/127517

Related subjects

Hotels / Guests / Balconies / Men / Porches / Gas street lamps / Children / Telecommunication lines / Featherston (New Zealand) / collodion / silver / photographic plates / sheet glass / wet collodion negatives / documentary photographs / black-and-white negatives / wet collodion process / black and white photography / Bars / Featherston

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