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Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesHazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.Upper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]St Hilda's Anglican Church 1920s?, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Fire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Rugby league ball; group, with trophies and Coca-Cola prominent. [P3-418-1647]Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audienceSilverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Queen Street saleyards; cattle sale. Timber industry; Campbell's Sawmills Ltd, Karapoti; experimental logging tractor on bush tramway bridge. Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1928; juniors.New Zealand Railways locomotive, S 0-6-4 T class; number 213Timber industry; axemen at Narrow Neck, Whiteman's Valley.City status proclamation, Maidstone Park 1; crowd at ceremony.Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees Ōrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Army charter march 6, Main Street.
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Wedding; Kenneth Cherry, Beverley Williams 21. [P1-8856-11246]Heretaunga Players; Tonight At 8: names unknown.Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; Cecil Orr and Bob Smith; 1944Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3670-6060]Heretaunga Players; AmadeusTotara Park; show house; Noel Dalley (project manager) and 'Miss Totara Park'. [P2-1877-3481]New Zealand Railways locomotive, G 4-6-2+2-6-4 class; number illegibleWedding; Duncan Oliver de Berry, Jennifer Ivy Armstrong(?) 13.Whiteman's Road and Kiln Street corner, Silverstream; shops.Dunlop Christmas social.Hutt River erosion protection; groynes and debris fences by Manor Park golf club.The Mall (Logan Central); artist's view of Logan Street entrance landscaping.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy. [P1-4356-6746]21st birthday; Rosina Anderton 16. [P1-3120-5510]Demonstration to save Elderslea Maternity Hospital 1989Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave with fairy 2. [P1-1334-3724]Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Happy. [P1-4785-7175]Boxer Steve Wood, coach Ken Meyrick (right) and boxing stalwart Snow Davis.Brown Owl School 1978; children from destroyed classrooms, going to Oxford Crescent School.Needham engagement. [P1-7455-9845]St Patrick's College; Duke of Edinburgh's awards for 25 students.Edhouse 21st. [P1-2616-5006]RSA ball 1972; table groups. [P1-6882-9272]Engagement; Julie Hosie, Alan Percy Sunkel; B. [P1-4915-7305]Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1964?Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave. [P1-1400-3790]Central Institute of Technology buildings; unidentified building 1; wall framingMisses Canning - senior and junior; intermediate portrait. [P1-3384-5774]Tasman Vaccine Laboratory; pouring of concrete for nuclear-irradiation plant, for sterilising medical supplies.[P1-1276-3666]Fraser Cresent School; Upper Hutt emergency management team's Esther Griffiths tucks Jesselee Bevan in basket stretcher.Upper Hutt College Sport; Soccer, 1998; Junior BoysGlacier Guiding 005Queen Street; No. 18-22; Smugglers liquor store.Aerial map 1958e1 7; Maoribank and Brown Owl (bottom left detail; Clouston Park and Montgomery Crescent).Hazelwoods; staff member Patricia Jephson, fashion parade compere.Heretaunga Players; Blithe Spirit: Margaret Smythe, Mary Lee.Maidstone Intermediate 1978 Rm20Valley Home Lube and Services; Steve Bell.RSA ball 1972; table groups. [P1-6852-9242]Rugby league; Sonny Whakarau contracted to play for a season in Bramley, Leeds.Dunlop jubilee exhibition, Wellington; closing night; quiz. General Motors Xmas Party [P1-4081-6471]House, Martin Street; No. 107; former state house, Pearce family residence - c1955.Bowling Club; Exchange Street all-weather green tested; Bruce Smith bowling.STC Social, 1965. Girls' Brigade; Original Cadets; 1952Queen Street, north side; No. 11; Warehouse Stationery (actually part of 7-9); eastern faceHeretaunga Park; playground equipment donated by Heretaunga Kindergarten.Ōrongomai Marae 1987; catering course; Latoyah Mulgrew, chef Mike McBride, Norma King, Kathleen Topp.Upper Hutt Leader entries in Qantas media awards; November 22 and December 6, 13 and 20, 1987.
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