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British Drama League Waikato Area Sixth Annual Festival
Thursday 15 February | Camera Obscura,
HCLE_00876 Here is a programme for the British Drama League Waikato Area Sixth Annual Festival.
Man & woman on single horse buggy
Thursday 15 February | Camera Obscura,
Outside Silverdale House, January 1895. Mr F E N Gaudin and his sister Mrs Marie Davis are seated in a trap.
Bridge & Anglesea Streets roundabout
Thursday 15 February | Camera Obscura,
This used to be a ‘T’ intersection but it has not been so for many years since the opening of the whole of Cobham Drive.
The Merry Widow
Thursday 15 February | Camera Obscura,
HCLE_00353 This week we are showcasing a programme from the Hamilton Operatic Society from September 1953.
Old Hamiltonians
Thursday 15 February | Camera Obscura,
HCL_00334 An image of influential Hamiltonians.
Elderly men pass the time of day
Wednesday 14 February | Camera Obscura,
Entering into September across the country, bowling clubs even in the darkest recesses of the very south of the South Island, readied for the season’s opening torrential spring rain notwithstanding.
Drawing room at Silverdale
Sunday 11 February | Camera Obscura,
Today’s image is the drawing room of Silverdale House in 1895, a great example of Victorian décor, patterns everywhere! A sign of the times is also the different musical instruments,…
Cambridge Town Hall
Sunday 11 February | Camera Obscura,
Cambridge Town Hall HCL_08941 In the very lower right-hand corner is possibly a sliver of Lake Street.
Paddle Steamers PS Rawhiti II
Wednesday 7 February | Camera Obscura, Resources,
On the river: Paddle Steamers PS Rawhiti II, thought to have been taken while on her maiden voyage ceria March 1926.
Tourist series postcard - Victoria Street
Thursday 11 January | Camera Obscura,
This is a Tourist Series postcard featuring a southerly view of Victoria Street from just north of Collingwood Street.
Triggs & Denton Ltd advertising catalogue
Wednesday 10 January | Camera Obscura,
This week we have an advertising catalogue from Triggs & Denton Ltd. This catalogue dates from 1939 and the cover page states ‘A New Shop for Hamilton’.