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Accession No 2005.56.37
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; Drews Avenue from Ridgway Street
Brief Description One of a collection of black and white photographs of buildings and streets in Whanganui. This print is of Drews Avenue, formerly Wicksteed Place, taken from Ridgway Street.

H R Beauchamp & Co Agents, Kempthorne Prosser, a large house and business premises and the glorious Cosmopolitan Club proceed down the hill in a prosperous line. This site was known as Stevenson’s block after the former owner and a one-time mayor of Whanganui, James Lockhart Stevenson.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker Bethwaite, Francis Haddow (b.1884, d.1961)
Primary Prod Date 1939
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Primary Prod Place Whanganui
Measurement Reading 25.4cm
20.3cm
Signature/Marks Block 6 Wicksteed Place from Ridgway St
Wang 55
Collection F H Bethwaite Photograph Collection
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