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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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Tony's Tyre Service, Corner of Cambridge Terrace and Tennyson Street​n. No 24 Crieff Stw. Mayoral ReceptionsPanoramas - Harbourc. Streetscape, Hector Street, Seatounj. Airport, construction of drainage channelsHutchison Roadw. Substandard dwellings-see log bookJ G O'BrienDuck Pond, Botanic GardenSummer City, Sun Festival, fireworksArlington Street, urban renewal old houses on present sitesa. Copies, old photos and documents of KaroriChews Lane looking towards Carlton Hotelb. Job 9639 - AbattoirsDays Bay [Muratai] Roadd. Kelburn Paradey. Rugby, Martin Luckie ParkC J Readk. Central Library, interior and exteriorKarori Cemetery, Path N in N-VP2 looking north, 17 January 1989d. Drainage, Park RoadVarious parks and gardensGlenbervie Cutting, Western Access.f. Television test, Traffic Housea. No 97A Aro StMichael Fowler Centre Concertsb.Streetscape, footpath, shops, motor vehiclesLyall Bay sea wallb. No 154 Sutherland RoadMobil Street RaceDestructor, Wellington Corporation Yard, Clyde Quay, 1908w. Variousbi. Visit of Chief Constable of LancashireThe Black Keys, Brothers LivePortrait of W ToomathPortrait of Mrs. M Bannister, nee TutchenCivic Centre ReconstructionNewlands Road (for Mr. Coyle, Valuer's Department)Northland RoadKarori Tunnela. Civic Square, crowd on lawns. Golf Tournament, Shandon Cluba. Plant no 72e. Parking problems in streets, Town PlanCommissioner Gilliard & wife (Salvation Army)d. Panorama Hutt Rd TrafficCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Views of interior of shaft and tunnelc. Washington Ave
 
 
 

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ANZ Tower Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo

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