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Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.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, 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
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Specialist Floors, 8 Main Street; owner Ted Hunt.Rose of Sharon hall awaiting demolition.Fire; Benge & Pratt's store, March 1914; aftermath of fire and explosion. Military Service, World War II; cemeteryUpper Hutt School, unidentified class; 1949Brownie leader Debbie Clegg explains how a "fridge caterpillar" is made.Wedding; Colin Williams, Kristine Howard 7. [P1-7077-9467]H2O Xtream; 'take the plunge' programme; Hayey Wano, 5Main Street; Benge's building, housing David Clyde's shop, and Baigent's garage.Central Institute of Technology; visiting lecturer Professor Norman Kagan, University of Houston.Quinn's Post Christmas party; Len Rink as Father Christmas; Elsie Tickner, manager's wife.Rifle Club [P1-5557-7947]Y.M.C.A Photograph Album; Page 40: Children Waiting for a Lolly ScrambleRugby League Ball [P1-1962-4352]Brown Owl School 1979 Room 9. Infant dept J2; Mr. Donald.Trentham racecourse fashions 2004; supreme and high-fashion winner Rebecca Connor.RSA opening social; 1970. James Cruickshank's mill, Upper Hutt. circa 1870Maidstone Park conservatory opening; fountain in memory of Brian Nelson.Pearce/Stewart engagement; 1966. [P1-6022-8412]Axemen's Association Scrapbook; Trentham Axemen's Event; ca. 1958 Dunlop factory building construction; boilerhouse foundations 1.Trentham Camp; Logistic Battalion work goes to Serco Project Engineering.Ōrongomai Marae 1988; whare whakairo detail; wallChristmas parade 1996; motorcycles.Ballroom Dancing Competition; Lorraine and John Pye.Main Street, c.1974; south side, looking west from opposite Wakefield StreetWoolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1967; winner, Miss Bell. [P1-1861-4251]New Zealand Railways locomotive, S 0-6-4 T class; number 213Bowls; Whakatiki Club's oldest member Jack Dymes turns 90.Simon Anthony Brown, B Sc.; awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for study in Britain.Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, looking upstreamWhakatiki Bowling Club 20th Anniversary 006Ben Kingi given official Millennium Office backing for his Year 2000 time capsules.Gerry's Charcoal Chicken & Seafood, 4 Keys Street; Gerry himself.Plunket House, corner of Kowhai Avenue and Logan Street; celebrating the end of a mortgage.Upper Hutt Bicycles, 15 Main Street; salesman/mechanic David Johnson.Seven men, five in uniform with medals visible, at railway station. [P1-14-110]Hazelwoods; floor plans, 1985Len, Ivan, Steve, and Vin Benge; ca. 1990sDunlop (NZ) Ltd; Tube Section Rebuild; ca. 1983Upper Hutt College awards, 1985; Colin Rickerby, first in Form 6 (Dunlop Award)Heretaunga Players; Alfie: Shirley Comeskey, Derek Edwards.Civil Defence simulated-earthquake exercise; with Army and Red Cross; chief C D warden Basil Frank 'Buster ' Falloon.Queen Mother visit; 1958Upper Hutt Swimming Club Jubilee Celebrations, 1983Vic Seivli promoting a new apple variety, Braeburn, developed in Nelson; 1986Informative Poster about Angus the "Countdown Cat"; 31 January 2024Totara Park bridge area; small trucks.Civic Centre site 1968-07-11 5
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