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Wellington City Archives is the business archive of the Wellington City Council. Our collections date from the 1840s to the present day.

 

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Feature: Thomas Ward Maps/ Whakaaturanga Thomas Ward Mahere

1892 map sheet 33

 

     
Circa 1900 map sheet 33

 

  
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No 206 Helston Roada. Pedestrian subway, Lambton Quay to Railway Stationk. Zoo miniature railwayf. No 17 Irvine St, drainageb. Old Substation Jervois Quayd. views of stairway access, collapsed bankb. Traffic, Streetscapes, Johnsonville29 Ohiro RoadFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)p. Storm damage, Ridgeway subdivisionb. Hunter Building, Victoria University, Kelburnb. No 78 Nairn StCivic Centre ReconstructionTramcar on Customhouse QuayAerial View of Wellington 1947, Rongotai, Airport and environs (distant view)n. Various views of Taranaki Street road works. Includes Traffic Offices directing traffic, the Panama Hotel on the corner of Vivian Street, Wright Stevenson Building, workmen and equipment, and motor vehicleb. Construction of new building, Wellington AirportCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer Cityb. Motor Vehiclen. Various stages of asphaltic road surfacing by Council workmen, Lambton Quay end of Featherston Street. People passing by have stopped to watch work in progress. Trolly buses in backgroundMobil Street RaceChartered Institute of Secretaries, E A Burley World President and J F Phillips World Secretarya. Job 6310, construction site, unidentified locationNZ Library Association (Building in Burnell Avenue-occupied 1961), interiorKatherine Mansfield Memorial Parkb. House Refuse TrucksMobil Street Raceu. Emerson Street, Berhampore, FloodingAerial View of Wellington 1947, Mt Victoria, Boat Harbour, Te Aro Flatl. Table tennis pair, CouncilmanCivic Centre ReconstructionRoyal Visitc. Karori ReservoirColonel Wakefield's residence, showing Wellington Terrace winding up the hillsCliff Richard, the Rock Collectionb. The Terrace Test Bottles laboratorySummer CityCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)k. Civic Square at night, approx 8pmi. Views of workmen re surfacing the road. Machinery and motor vehiclesCivic Centre Reconstructiony. Vehicle Access, Newlands Road, NewlandsCommunity Gathering, Poriruad. No 80 Nevay RoadSummer City - John Pilley's Photose. Crossing, Main Rd Karoria. No 14 Overtoun Tce; footpath damaged by FlanaganGeneral - Southern Coastal ScenesStatue of Queen Victoria, Kent Terrace
 
 
 

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