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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.
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.
Festival of the arts
Saturday 18 February | Camera Obscura,
Did you attend this arts festival? Perhaps you were showing off your handicrafts or you enjoyed seeing what was on offer and bought something to decorate your home? This arts…
Do you know the girls in this photo?
Saturday 11 February | Camera Obscura,
There seems always to be something in the news about netball – the Silver Ferns, England (what are they called?), the Australian team playing all around the world or maybe…
Pick collection documented
Tuesday 7 February | Camera Obscura,
This week’s image is another from Mr. R. D. Pick’s slide collection, this time showing the beginnings of an archaeological excavation.
A&P show was a great outing
Saturday 28 January | Camera Obscura,
You knew summer was here when the A & P Show was under way. This is what a show looked like in the 1920s – probably about 1924/25.
Splash of colour, but where is it?
Saturday 21 January | Camera Obscura,
To start off 2023, and to bring some colour to the dull weather, we have this photo taken from a slide transparency.
Revival of the Messiah
Saturday 17 December | Camera Obscura,
Handel’s Messiah is a well-loved choral production, so it is not surprising that it was chosen for the first performance of the Hamilton Choral Society in December 1922.