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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

 

  
Link to 1892 maps   Link to 1900 maps
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

Summer CityCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)b. Interior of workshop. Workman cutting wood with a table sawElevated view of Hataitai. 5970Risdond. views of 91 Waripori Street [Te Wharepōuri Street], a wooden dwelling affected by floodingThorndon poolNZ Library Association Office. Miss D. Bibby, Assoc. Secretary (at rear left)Macbethb. Burma Road Tip, DrainageAwateaf. Railway Stationa. Slip, 5 Pahia Street, RoseneathSummer City - Holmes Judge Dance ShowSummer City - Anderson Parka. Statue of Queen Victoria, Kent TerraceLee, Dong Whan, Korean Ambassador (Canberra)Tamahinea. Safety Week, Traffic Deptm. Land Projects Ltd, Happy Valley Rd, proposed industrial siteReceptiona. Liardet StreetSea Wall, Island Bayi. Helston Roadd. Views of workmen using a crane to install a new drainage pipe into trench59 Ghuznee Street, Bath House, Private Hotelc. Laboratory staff, Tests for Traffic Deptf. Anti-litter paradeSummer City - Sun Festival Prepa. Pipe in trenchb. Proposed 27 inch sw pipe at half costJ A Batemanq. Unknown housej. Footpaths, Roadways, Manholese. Views of wooden dwellings, pathways, bank covered in scubParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardensa. Municipal Buildingf. Elevated views of Courtenay Place, Cambridge and Kent Terrace from the top of the Embassy Theatre. Mens Toilet / Taj Mahal Restaurant, Tramcars, motor vehicles, Queen Victoria Statue, Cambridge Hotel i. Single storey wooden dwellings, footpaths, motorvehiclesU11, Trooper Retter Memorial, Johnsonvilleb. No 27 Roxburgh Streeta. 58 Stanley St, collapsed 6 inch sewerm. ZooOfficial opening, new cable car systemMunicipal Open Market- Wakefield Streeta. Drainage, Stout St34 Riddiford Streetd. Hobson Street Drainaged. Wilton Rd Developmentf. Abattoirs
 
 
 

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