Category: Camera Obscura

 

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Picnic by an archaeological dig

Saturday 24 June | Camera Obscura,

1978. 01.

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The cream separator

Saturday 10 June | Camera Obscura,

This brochure from c. 1931 outlines the new models available from R. A. Lister & Co Ltd. The Lister Separator Co.

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Railway on shopping strip

Saturday 3 June | Camera Obscura,

This is from a wee album of ‘works photos’ taken by the intrepid A. E. (Hef) Graham. In the album there is a typed pasted-in label, ‘6. 5.

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Player's first performance

Saturday 27 May | Camera Obscura,

On 29 August 1935, the St Peter’s Players performed “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Oscar Wilde’s well known comedy to a crowded auditorium.

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Manuwai Waikato bound

Saturday 20 May | Camera Obscura,

This was one of the last big transactions of the Waikato Shipping Company, the purchase of the paddle steamer Manuwai.

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Shipping shares in 1916

Saturday 13 May | Camera Obscura,

This week’s image is a recently digitised archive, outlining information about shares in The Waikato Shipping Company, Limited from August 1916.

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Those were the days

Saturday 6 May | Camera Obscura,

HCL_11555 Our country had a great deal to celebrate in 1953.

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Check out the bargains

Saturday 29 April | Camera Obscura,

HCLE_00085 Do you remember shopping at Pollock & Milne? This flier advertises a summer clearance sale, which began on 18th January 1935, two years after the store opened.

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From years gone by

Saturday 22 April | Camera Obscura,

Postcards from years gone often might be considered of little interest except that they undoubtedly showed the growth and suggested prosperity of newer towns and cities.

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The Pick Collection

Saturday 15 April | Camera Obscura,

1978. 01. 172 This week’s image is another from the Pick Collection, this time showing an archaeological dig in progress in the 1960s.

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Serving up a treat

Saturday 8 April | Camera Obscura,

Last week Rowan featured a menu for the Frankton Junction railway station dining rooms.

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A taste of days gone by

Saturday 1 April | Camera Obscura,

HCLE_08346 Did you ever dine in the Railway Dining-Rooms at Frankton Junction? This menu may bring back memories if you did! A wide variety of fare was available to ‘satisfy the…

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