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Record Image
Accession No 1959.18.1
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; Soldiers' Memorial, Durie Hill, Whanganui
Brief Description Black and white photograph of the Soldiers' Memorial on Durie Hill, taken soon after its unveiling on 23 November 1923. Mayor Hope Gibbons is standing on the steps leading up to the Memorial, with a panoramic view of the town behind the tower.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker Denton, Frank James (b.1869, d.1963)
Primary Prod Date Circa 1924
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Primary Prod Place Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
Measurement Reading 20.3 x 15.5cm
Signature/Marks Wanganui Regional Museum / Copyright
Carton No. / 45
Pres By Mrs E Gower, / Mount View Road, / Wanganui / 14.2.1959
Durie Hill Tower just after / completion [tower unveiled 23 November 1923] / Mr. Hope Gibbons on steps
Wanganui Public Museum
.14 / 1.74
Proofs must be / [illegible] to / FJ Denton / Wanganui
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