QUEENS STREET by BRENDAN GRAHAM

Queens Street, Auckland (1949) Colourised in 2023

309 × 420 mm photographic print on fine art archival paper
Signed, numbered & titled, with 50 mm border included for framing

Showing Queens Street, Auckland in 1949 the photo shows trams and cars. Signs on buildings advertise Horsley's Chemist; C B Store, dress and manchester specialists; Walter Denison; Boots Chemist; R P Pollard; McKenzies; and Begg's Musical Electrical Centre. Signs on the trams advertise Baxters cough syrup; Edmonds custard powder; Zube throat lozenges; Tip Top ice cream; and Capstan cigarettes. Photographer unidentified. 

Colourised By Brendan Graham 2023 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Brendan Graham, is a visual artist and auther based in Wellington, has been passionate about art, photography, and history for over two decades. Self-taught in digital art, Brendan found his calling in colourising historical photographs, accurately recapturing the past and telling new stories through his work.