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Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.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 1920s?, 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 Hazelwoods promotional booklet, May–June 1958Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.
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Kingsley Heights 1976 09; first street (King Charles Drive) 02; construction of kerb channel & water mainRedvers subdivision, eastern end of Chatsworth Road; street sign for Arundel GroveUpper Hutt School, unidentified netball team; 1946View from hill above Kashmir Avenue, looking north-east.Upper Hutt Rugby Club jubilee dinner group.Edhouse 21st [P1-2621-5011]Hapai Club; Fergusson Drive building under construction.Upper Hutt Leader article; Beryl Harris' book on Dame Cecily PickerillHeretaunga Players; The Good Old Days: Thorpe, unknown, Piper, Collin, Francis, Nickalls, unknown, Brown, unknown.E. G. Taylor cavalry training 1937 02Akatarawa bridge 1, leading to Bridge road; timber truss.Trolley derby 1987, Kingsley Heights; 'scrutineer' Traffic Officer Harry Carleton with Andrew Shakes.Heretaunga Players; Private LivesUpper Logan Street; shops on west side in building later demolishedBirch Hill 2017; bedroomFire, Wallaceville Hill.Maidstone Intermediate, Room 14; 1979Horse and gigUpper Hutt Rugby Club jubilee dinner group; 'Jack' Comeskey, Les Evans. Upper Hutt Rams Rugby Football Club; Life members; 2014Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3745-6135]Joyce Laurie 21st.Central Institute of Technology buildings; eastern buildings, looking south-east.Quinn's Post; Brian Faint's stag night.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave. [P1-4855-7245]Wallaceville Hill Road improvement; mayor's home affectedPiper-MacAuley wedding. [P1-8392-10782]Girl Guide Dominion Camp; Trentham, Upper Hutt; 1930Heretaunga Players; Sweeney Todd; Arthur Williams.Joyce Laurie 21st.Trentham Camp guns; 24-pounder Carron muzzle-loading cannon.Campbell Family Photograph; ca 1920sSilverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade 1990 approx.Wayne Roberts 21st.Central Institute of Technology buildings; base of lecture tower from the north-east.Wallaceville Research Centre; view from hill, looking west circa 1910.Maidstone Intermediate, Room 19; 1984McArthur Real Estate; Alan Brassey after 1 year.Leckie debutante(?) [P1-8238-10628]Sava-Dollar supermarket staff members, 1968Upper Hutt College Sport; Badminton, 1968 (?)Rotary President's PartyEric Wood collection; RotaryUpper Hutt Bowling Club undated 043Jackson family and friends; heading to Deep Creek swimming holeMilitary Service, World War II; Japan; cherry blossom.Soccer; Stokes Valley Women's team fund-raising; BP Silverstream, 260 Fergusson Drive.Inland Revenue processing centre; new S-4000 payment-processor demonstration.Vanessa Robinson; additional co-ordinator, Modern Approacch to Social Health.Birch Hill 2017; bedroom
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