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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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Civic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityMuralsCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Manhole, Adelaide Roadg. Reception, Victoria UniversitySubstation on fire, Euston Road Kioski. Different pieces of equipment held by the Stores Department at the Corporation YardMobil Street Racebm. Golf Tournament, Shandon ClubSummer Cityq. Interiorb. Traffic DepartmentCivic Centre Reconstructioni. Substandard dwellings: Nos 36-38 Edinburgh Tce. 50, 56 Buckley Rd. 17 Happy Valley RdCity Scapes, DeBretts Tavern, corner of Ballance Street and Lambton Quayd. Raroa Roadj. Unidentified streetViews from top Preston's Gully, views of Happy Valley TipRhian Sheehan, Live with Orchestra WellingtonLove off the ShelfNissan Mobils. Accesses, Black Rock Rd, Glanmire Rd, Woodmancote Rde. No 294-296 Lambton QuayPanoramas - Harboura. Town plannerSummer CitySummer CityTamahineb. Looking east and west from outside 44 Puriri StreetThe Rock, BNZ CentreBuilding on Tonks Avenue, Te AroCashmere playground, Christchurchh. 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 backgroundCivic Centre ReconstructionLombard Street - 29 May 1968 d. Faulty footpath, nos 113-115 Donald StWellington Zoo groundsNissan Mobil 500Houses in Aro Street area, Scottd. Mansfield Street Flatsb. No 86 Helston RoadThe Pearl FishersMain Hutt Roadb. Tram stopped outside Saint Marks Church School, truck in foreground, schoolchildren a. Berhampore Nursery, potting shed, staff potting seedlingsd. Washington Avenue Footpathd. Nairn Street Flatsa. Bus washing machineUnidentified lady
 
 
 

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