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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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b. Views of slip affecting residential propertya. Maranui DepotNissan Mobil 500Thorndon Esplanade and bathsc. Wooden Dwellings, Volga Street, Island BayRubbish on Lambton Quay at Self-Help StoreMobil Street Racea. No 123 Ironside RoadCivic Centre ReconstructionNissan Mobila. Stirling St, stormwaterd. Traffic Cuba StreetDoorway, General Assembly Library FoyerDuke of Edinburgh at Mayor's receptionb. Views of the commercial / industrial area around the Hutt Road and Kaiwharawhara Road intersection. Warehouses, dwellings, BP Service Station, motor vehicles, Kaiwarra Wool Store, Wm Cable Ltda. Interior of Town Hall, showing position of spotlights on wallsb. Road Safety Week, Traffic Department Hugh Wright Ltd, Willis Streetg. Reception to American Editorsd. Views of construction, workmen using overhead crane to pour concretew. Visit of Chief Constable of LancashireSummer CityKent Terrace, workmen hoisting drums of Cold Fix onto Cold Fix Spraying Trailerv. Various buildings and shops, Lambton Quay, Manners St, Featherston St, Panama Streete. Bridge, Box Hilla. Effects of subsidence on a brick buildingb. Accesses, Tisdall Streetr. Reception, traffic houseWellington City Council Football TeamFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)Suyeon Kang and Stephen De Pledge, Masterpieces for Violin and Pianox. KaitokeParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose Gardensa. damage to concrete pathEvents in Wellingtonc. No 14 Majoribanks StreetSaint Gerard's cathedralInterior of the main auditorium, Town HallAir Marshall AD Selwyn, with Mayor Kittsa. Seascape, Princess Bayf. Panorama, Awarua StationGPO, Queens Wharf and crane on Jervois Quayd. Traffic prosecution, Onslow Roadi. Traffic Departmentp. Houses and Accesses - Calcutta StCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Dwelling, 174 Tory Street, Te AroWellpro [Graphic content warning - Meatworks]OpulenceSummer City - Town and country / Pie BakingWork in progress, area of wooden dwellings
 
 
 

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