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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?
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?
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.
Kiwi Christmas shutdown
Saturday 10 December | Camera Obscura,
We’ve had a few people on holiday in the photos in the last few months and here we are again in holiday mode.
Books, an ideal Christmas gift
Saturday 3 December | Camera Obscura,
A sentiment I’m sure many of us can sympathise with: “Give Books This Christmas!
Viewing the city from a top vantage point
Saturday 26 November | Camera Obscura,
We don’t often feature aerial photos. They are very often higher altitude therefore very small detail and lots of it.
Hamilton centre stage for comedy
Saturday 19 November | Camera Obscura,
In 1934, Hamilton was the location for ‘Hamilton Talks’ a twenty minute comedy billed as New Zealand’s first ‘talking picture comedy’.