| Accession No |
2005.56.90
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| Name/Title |
PHOTOGRAPH; War Memorial, Queens Park
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| Brief Description |
One of a collection of black and white photographs of buildings and streets in Whanganui, thisprint being the War Memorial Monument in Queens Park. The Cenotaph is a memorial to the men and women of Wanganui who died in the First World War, 1914-1918.
A debate over where the cenotaph should be meant that construction was delayed until 1923, five years after the idea was accepted. Architects Reginald Ford and Robert Talboys won a local design competition for the Queens Park Cenotaph and local builders Walpole and Patterson constructed the monument from reinforced concrete faced with Coromandel granite.
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| Classification |
Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Bethwaite, Francis Haddow (b.1884, d.1961)
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| Primary Prod Date |
1939
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| Primary Prod Period |
20th century
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui
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| Measurement Reading |
25.4cm
20.3cm
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| Collection |
F H Bethwaite Photograph Collection
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