This is a combination of 6 individual images from postcards dating back to 1912. To learn more about these images read the blog post here. It has an aspect ratio 1:10, and is available in colour or black and white.
Auckland Panoramic circa 1912
Auckland Panoramic circa 1912
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Looking east from the Ferry Buildings down Quay Street East and over Mechanics Bay, with St Barnabas Point (being demolished, right distance), St Georges Bay and Parnell (right), Campbells Point (centre distance), with Quay Street Jetties (left foreground), and premises of Lichenstein Arnoldson and Company, Northern Roller Milling Company, New Zealand Shipping Company, Robertson Brothers, Northern Steamship Company, New Zealand Laundry Company and other premises along Quay Street East (right to centre), premises in Customs Street (right), Railway Station (right, middle distance), with yard of D Goldie, timber merchant (left, middle distance)
Looking south east from Ferry Building over city to Parnell (left distance), showing premises of A H Nathan, A J Entrican, Brown Barrett and Company, W H Hart, A S Patterson, P Hayman, Briscoe and Company in Customs Street East (foreground), W Gunson and Company, John Schischka and Admiralty House (left), Emily Place (centre, middle distance), and Auckland Institute and Museum (centre right, distance) on Princes Street
Looking south from Ferry Building over city showing part of Post Office (foreground) and the Waverley Hotel in Queen Street, Tyrone Buidings, John Burns, and L D Nathans tea factory (right to left), in Customs Street East, R Peace and Son, plumbers, Bycrofts Limited, Waikato House and Winks and Hall in Shortland Street (left to right middle distance), New Zealand Express Company, central sample rooms, and Auckland Safe Deposit Buildings in High Street (right, middle distance), with the Synagogue, Auckland Hospital and Albert Park (left to right, distance)
Looking south from Ferry Building over city to Mount Eden (left background), showing buildings in Queen Street (left of centre), premises of Thames Hotel, Campbell and Ehrenfried Company Limited and Customs Buildings (left to right, foreground)
Looking south west from Ferry Buildings over city showing the Customs Buildings on the corner of Customs Street West and Albert Street, premises of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited on opposite corner, Alex Harvey and Sons Limited, Yates and Company, R H Hopkins, Criterion Hotel (on corner of Moore Street), Kempthorne Prosser and Company, Star Hotel (on corner of Swanson Street), and the Shakespeare Hotel (on the corner of Wyndham Street), St Matthews Church, Collin Brothers and the spire of St Patricks are seen (left to right, distance)
Looking west from the Ferry Buildings towards Freemans Bay, showing the Auckland Sailors Home, Seaman’s Mission Hall, Union Oil Soap and Candle Company, S Winterbourne and Company and Wingate and Company on Albert Street (foreground, centre to left), the Graving Dock (right foreground), A and T Burt Limited on Customs Street West (left middle distance), New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency on corner of Federal Street and Fanshawe Street (previously Customs Street West), also showing other premises on Fanshawe Street including Grove and Sons and Gleesons Hotel on the corner of Hobson Street, Hobson Street crosses Fanshawe and Customs Street West and runs down to the morgue and premises of Carder Brothers and Company (extreme right, middle distance), Sam White and Sons is seen (centre distance) with the timber mills behind. The ferry in the dock is the Peregrine.
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Looking east from the Ferry Buildings down Quay Street East and over Mechanics Bay, with St Barnabas Point (being demolished, right distance), St Georges Bay and Parnell (right), Campbells Point (centre distance), with Quay Street Jetties (left foreground), and premises of Lichenstein Arnoldson and Company, Northern Roller Milling Company, New Zealand Shipping Company, Robertson Brothers, Northern Steamship Company, New Zealand Laundry Company and other premises along Quay Street East (right to centre), premises in Customs Street (right), Railway Station (right, middle distance), with yard of D Goldie, timber merchant (left, middle distance)
Looking south east from Ferry Building over city to Parnell (left distance), showing premises of A H Nathan, A J Entrican, Brown Barrett and Company, W H Hart, A S Patterson, P Hayman, Briscoe and Company in Customs Street East (foreground), W Gunson and Company, John Schischka and Admiralty House (left), Emily Place (centre, middle distance), and Auckland Institute and Museum (centre right, distance) on Princes Street
Looking south from Ferry Building over city showing part of Post Office (foreground) and the Waverley Hotel in Queen Street, Tyrone Buidings, John Burns, and L D Nathans tea factory (right to left), in Customs Street East, R Peace and Son, plumbers, Bycrofts Limited, Waikato House and Winks and Hall in Shortland Street (left to right middle distance), New Zealand Express Company, central sample rooms, and Auckland Safe Deposit Buildings in High Street (right, middle distance), with the Synagogue, Auckland Hospital and Albert Park (left to right, distance)
Looking south from Ferry Building over city to Mount Eden (left background), showing buildings in Queen Street (left of centre), premises of Thames Hotel, Campbell and Ehrenfried Company Limited and Customs Buildings (left to right, foreground)
Looking south west from Ferry Buildings over city showing the Customs Buildings on the corner of Customs Street West and Albert Street, premises of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited on opposite corner, Alex Harvey and Sons Limited, Yates and Company, R H Hopkins, Criterion Hotel (on corner of Moore Street), Kempthorne Prosser and Company, Star Hotel (on corner of Swanson Street), and the Shakespeare Hotel (on the corner of Wyndham Street), St Matthews Church, Collin Brothers and the spire of St Patricks are seen (left to right, distance)
Looking west from the Ferry Buildings towards Freemans Bay, showing the Auckland Sailors Home, Seaman’s Mission Hall, Union Oil Soap and Candle Company, S Winterbourne and Company and Wingate and Company on Albert Street (foreground, centre to left), the Graving Dock (right foreground), A and T Burt Limited on Customs Street West (left middle distance), New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency on corner of Federal Street and Fanshawe Street (previously Customs Street West), also showing other premises on Fanshawe Street including Grove and Sons and Gleesons Hotel on the corner of Hobson Street, Hobson Street crosses Fanshawe and Customs Street West and runs down to the morgue and premises of Carder Brothers and Company (extreme right, middle distance), Sam White and Sons is seen (centre distance) with the timber mills behind. The ferry in the dock is the Peregrine.
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Tags: Auckland Panoramic
Image descriptions courtesy of Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries
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