The Auckland Gas Company building at the corner of Pitt Street and Beresford Street in Auckland City, New Zealand. Auckland Gas announced their purchase of the building in October 1924. They opened it for inspection on 22 December 1924 and opened it officially in January 1925.
Extended information on origin webpage reads: Auckland Gas Company Ltd, Auckland [ca 1920] / Reference number: 1/2-000386-G / 1 b&w original negative(s). Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Horizontal image. / Part of Price, William Archer, d 1948 :Collection of post card negatives (PAColl-3057) / Scope and contents: View of the Auckland Gas Company Ltd premises and demonstration room (possibly located on the corner of Pitt Street and Beresford Street). The Auckland Fire Brigade Station is on the lefthand side. Passengers are boarding a bus at the intersection, near to a post box (destinations are Blockhouse Bay, Avondale & Pitt Street). Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1920s.
See below. New Zealand law provides a copyright term of 50 years after author's death, this therefore makes this image public domain. Also see the following factsheet of the National Library of New Zealand.
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