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Street Names Through the Years
Wednesday 14 June | Resources,
HCL_09608, Hamilton City Libraries Street names change from time to time, none more-so than Hamilton streets since the first surveys were drawn onto plans and approved.
The cream separator
Saturday 10 June | Camera Obscura,
This brochure from c. 1931 outlines the new models available from R. A. Lister & Co Ltd. The Lister Separator Co.
Railway on shopping strip
Saturday 3 June | Camera Obscura,
This is from a wee album of ‘works photos’ taken by the intrepid A. E. (Hef) Graham. In the album there is a typed pasted-in label, ‘6. 5.
Player's first performance
Saturday 27 May | Camera Obscura,
On 29 August 1935, the St Peter’s Players performed “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Oscar Wilde’s well known comedy to a crowded auditorium.
Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 1
Wednesday 24 May | Library History, Stories of Hamilton,
2023 marks the 30th year that the Central Library has been operating from our current location in Garden Place.
Manuwai Waikato bound
Saturday 20 May | Camera Obscura,
This was one of the last big transactions of the Waikato Shipping Company, the purchase of the paddle steamer Manuwai.
Shipping shares in 1916
Saturday 13 May | Camera Obscura,
This week’s image is a recently digitised archive, outlining information about shares in The Waikato Shipping Company, Limited from August 1916.
Those were the days
Saturday 6 May | Camera Obscura,
HCL_11555 Our country had a great deal to celebrate in 1953.
Check out the bargains
Saturday 29 April | Camera Obscura,
HCLE_00085 Do you remember shopping at Pollock & Milne? This flier advertises a summer clearance sale, which began on 18th January 1935, two years after the store opened.
Digitisation Station now available!
Wednesday 26 April | Resources,
The Ngaa Koorero Tuku Iho teams are very excited to announce a new service now available at Level 3 of Central Library! Our very own digitisation station is now in place…
From years gone by
Saturday 22 April | Camera Obscura,
Postcards from years gone often might be considered of little interest except that they undoubtedly showed the growth and suggested prosperity of newer towns and cities.