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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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d. Airportd. Kiwi Point Quarry, Impact breakeri. Motor vehicle in display from Manthel Motorsc. No. 209 The TerraceElizabeth, Almost by Chance a Womenc. Waterworks, Orongorongo, WainuiArea of residential use. Photograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Boulcott Street, 1926Summer City - Sound Shell ConcertSummer City poster, Bay FestVictoria Street extension, Brittains building on the corner of Herbert StreetNissan Mobila. Civil Defence Test, Ngauranga Meat WorksCivic Centre - Reconstructionj. 42 inch main, Johnsonvillew. Botanical GardensPortrait of Katherine Swand. Cases on footpath, Lower Cuba StSummer City, A Touch of the Sunb. Drainage, Curtis StreetCorner of Wakefield Street and Oriental ParadeSister City Photo Competition: prize presentations at Michael Fowler Centre with Mayor Sutherland (Sydney)Houses in Aro Street area, ScottWellington City Council Administration Building: foyer with new furnituref. Traffic prosecution, Raroa Roadb. Blocked drain, No 251 Queens DriveCivic Centre Reconstructionax. Road Safety service at Wellington Cathedral of St PaulAvalon Park playgroundWellington Zoo, iguanaHono Tai, Where the Two Seas MeetWellington Public Library: Mrs Gillon and Mrs Smuts - Kennedy, gift of opera musicCambridge Terrace, Kent Terrace, Courtenay Place: building facades for eyebolt placementAerial View of Wellington 1947, Lyall Bay, Marine Drive and bayd. Views of bulldozer creating new accessArrival of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, June 1901Portrait of New Zealand author, Rosaline Redwood ( left) and Eva Burefield (right)Children playing in Pigeon Parka. Flats, Duncan Terrace - constructionBringins Shipwright and Boatbuilder, Balaena BayWellington from Brooklyn Showing Electric Tram RouteMount Victoria panorama from slopes above Clyde QuayMichael Fowler Centre Concerts69-77 Aro Street, inside and outsideAerial view of Kilbirnie, showing Centennial Exhibition and motorbike speedwaySeatoun bound Tramcar, no. 210 entering Seatoun Tunnel , City Portala. Pumping station,waterworks, Kaiwarra [Kaiwharawhara]i. Pilot tunnel for motorway, Windsor PlaceSaint Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellingtonf. No 52 Roseneath Terraceu. Wilton Farmhouse
 
 
 

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