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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.
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.
Those were the days
Saturday 6 May | Camera Obscura,
HCL_11555 Our country had a great deal to celebrate in 1953.
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.
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.
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.
Serving up a treat
Saturday 8 April | Camera Obscura,
Last week Rowan featured a menu for the Frankton Junction railway station dining rooms.
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…
Promoting rugby games
Saturday 18 March | Camera Obscura,
As Super Rugby returns to FMG Stadium today, this week we are highlighting a rugby programme from 8 June 1963.
Standing the test of time
Saturday 11 March | Camera Obscura,
This small building still happily stands in Victoria Street just to the south of the Collingwood Street intersection on the east side of the street.
Power to the people
Saturday 4 March | Camera Obscura,
This flier, dated May 1921, was distributed by B. H. Goldsmith to announce the establishment of his business on London Street. Mr.
'An ornament to the town'
Saturday 25 February | Camera Obscura,
We covered the A & P Show last month. This prompted a look at where the out-of-town visitors, exhibitors and judges stayed while in Hamilton.