item details
NameRiccarton Road, Christchurch
ProductionMuir & Moodie; photography studio; circa 1905; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesgelatin dry plate process, black-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.011458
Overview
Intersection of Riccarton Road, Riccarton Avenue and Deans Avenue. Taken from Riccarton Avenue and looking south towards Riccarton Road. An automobile is parked on the right, beside the tram and power lines, with a man and a woman in the car posing for the camera. The corner is commonly referred to as "Nancy's Corner" after one of the propeitor's of the hotel (centre left), initally the Plough Inn and later Nancy's Hotel, which has since been demolised.