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Silverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Rugby league ball; group, with trophies. [P3-418-1647]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.Beauty pageant audience, A & P show, 1967Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]St Hilda's Anglican Church, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Hapai club 8th birthday, Rugby gymnasium; Māwai Hakona Māori concert party and audienceFire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1972. [P2-437-863]Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audienceLa De Da's, rugby gym, c. 1967Hazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.A & P show; cars; Shelly Motors' stand; Volkswagen Karmann Ghia coupeUpper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Ōrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesArmy charter march 6, Main Street.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.
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Dunlop Head Office; Kent Terrace; Wellington; 1964 [?]Māwai Hakona 1970; Gisborne; royal visit and Cook bicentenary celebration.Kelton wedding 1C.75 Martin StreetUpper Hutt College buildings 1962; Staffroom & A Block (front) Hall (rear)STC social 2. [P1-2507-4897]Bitter_Ends audience 2.Upper Hutt School, unidentified class; 1965Hutt Valley History 10; Early History. Streets and landmarks, 1848.Upper Hutt School, Netball Team B; 1947Work and Income New Zealand; chief executive Christine Rankin launches 'Managing Your Money'.William Lyons's grave 3.Māwai Hakona ; Dame Te Atarangi Kaahu, RamonaNew Zealand Railways locomotive, G 4-6-2+2-6-4 class; number unknownUpper Hutt Bowling Club 1999 001Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1968; cave. [P1-4555-6945]Soccer; new coach Gary Jenkins.Heretaunga Players; The Man Who Came To Dinner: Royce Doyle, Sheila Wyatt.Hutt Valley Bushfire Force crew boss Jason Sarich and rural firefighters at new base, Messines Avenue, Trentham.Dunlop people; Earl Hunt, moulding foreman.Dunlop raw materials; fabric; impregnator; James HewitsonMinister of Transport Richard Prebble, Eastern Hutt M P Trevor Young and Heretaunga M P Bill Jeffries and plans for Waterloo bus-rail interchange.Upper Hutt School, Room 4, Standard 4; 1980Brenda Anderson, 1991; overall winner, Hawkes Bay Country Music Awards.Kemara Tukukino, mid-1980sFringe Festival performer Dado, Canadian, with Fraser Hoyland, 5.Quinns Post Hotel bar entrance, 1982Wallaceville Research Centre; Pets Day, 1989.Maidstone Mall; James Smith's store; James's farewell.Wallaceville Research Centre; animal medicinesCivic Ball [P1-1815-4205]Silverstream Village Mall project; one of two views.Upper Hutt School, Netball Team C; 1964Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Sleepy.Hazelwoods; Gold Coast select-and-wear promotion and fashion parade 10.Jill McIntosh, Tubbers Kitchen and Bathroom Court co-owner, 16 Pine Avenue, in a mock kitchen.Murdoch house 2; east end, seen from the lawn.Trentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Local election candidates 1992; mayor; 5/8 (4.4%); Harry Kent; council; 9/26, 10 required.Dunlop tyres; moulding; large cross-ply sizes; separating mould halvesUpper Hutt Municipal Band, 1968 National ContestHeretaunga College; Class Photo, 1970Wallaceville Research Centre staff; sport in the rainMaidstone Intermediate, Room 15; 1979AgResearch farm day Mount Cook School visitAlexander 21st [P1-3080-5470]Aircraftman Lee Delaney and Padre Charles Joe at Air Force exercise camp.Brown Owl School 1996; principal and Police education officer; how to stop bullying.Hapai Club 12th birthday; Peggy James, Kath Warren, Mrs Downs.Daija Hair, Silverstream, flooded; owner Amanda McClure, Casey Bingham, Mikelle Robinson.
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UPPER HUTT RECOLLECT is the interactive database for the Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections. It provides easy online access to a rich store of heritage material relating to Upper Hutt City, its people, and events.

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