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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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Lambton Quay, rooms of Wellington Tramways Employees, Industrial Union of Workersq. Karori Reservoir, Bypass OverflowRoyal VisitCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Views of city and harbour from KelburnCivic Centre ReconstructionVegasf. Airport runway surface flawsSaint Gerard's cathedralc. Supermarkets, Kilbirnie, Constable Streeta. Traffic Department staff at the Regal Theatrec. Old Substation Jervois QuaySummer City - Anderson ParkCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Traffic houses. Town Planning Appeal Board. School patrols. Wellington Club, The TerraceDominion Observatory, Salamanca RoadSummer CityCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Abattoirsb. Zoo, tigerh. Chaytor St. Upland Rd. Traffic deptPotter-Bernard LeachRt Hon Sir Bernard & Lady Waley-Cohen, Lord Mayor of London: civic dinnerSummer City, grass ski-ingy. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction SignsCourtenay Place - Dixon Street, Ghuznee Street, Taranaki Streetl. Interior of Laboratory at Corporation Yardf. Town Plan Receptionb. Paper Bag CarrierPoetry and SongCivic Centre ReconstructionThe Rock, BNZ CentreMichael Fowler Centrebo. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon StLambton Quay, looking towards Willis Street from Featherston Street cornerd. Hobson Street Drainagea. Boulcott Stf. 55 Waikowhai Streeta. Job 3145, KaroriSummer City - Straw Fight / Building Stagea. No's 6-8 Alfred StGroup of men standing in front of train engineab. Safety Week, Traffic Deptc. Hobart Street and Fife Lane flatsq. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 Marcha. Electric Rail CutterSummer City 1984/85 colour transparency slidesb. Mairangi Road, Retaining Walla. Copies of Cartoons
 
 
 

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