Colour Photograph: Victoria Square, 1985

Maker
Joan Woodward
Production date
1985
 Description
One landscape colour photograph taken in 1985 showing Victoria Square, Christchurch looking towards Colombo and Armagh Street. Features shown include the Bowker Fountain and Captain Cook statue.
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Maker
Production place
Christchurch
Collecting unit
Photographs on paper
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Named collection
Joan Woodward
Subject category
Streets: City, within belts/Victoria Square (after 1950)
Researcher comments/remarks
Victoria Square in central Christchurch features several pieces of public artwork, two of which, the Bowker Fountain and the statue of Captain James Cook, are featured in this photograph from 1985. The H L Bowker fountain was donated to Christchurch city in 1915 in the will of Henry Layton Bowker, an early settler to Christchurch. It wasn’t until 1931 that the fountain was erected on the site of the former animal pound in the square. The marble statue of Captain James Cook commemorates his three voyages around New Zealand. It was made by William Trethewey and gifted to the city by M F Barnett in 1932.
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Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
258/97
NR
Pic 97/56/193
7078/22
Catalogue number
Pic 97/56/193
Accession number
1997.258.193

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