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A top performance
Saturday 10 September | Camera Obscura,
The Hamilton Civic Choir and Orchestra often combined for performances, and this programme comes from 1951 when the groups performed Faust by Charles Francois Gounod.
A glimpse of the past
Saturday 3 September | Camera Obscura,
The Vienna was the northern-most shop in the Bristol Building on Victoria Street which was built in 1925.
Hamilton as a military settlement – 4th Waikato Militia
Wednesday 31 August | Stories of Hamilton,
Following the Waikato Wars, the colonial government sought to maintain peace in the Waikato. Their solution was to use military settlers.
What's on the menu...
Saturday 27 August | Camera Obscura,
This a la carte menu is from Restaurant Vienna, on Victoria Street, and dates from 1959. Both Restaurant Vienna and Restaurant Chevron were owned and directed by George Vlasic.
Times are a changing
Saturday 20 August | Camera Obscura,
Hamilton as we knew it in October 1978. Crawford Street is off to the left having come away from Avalon Drive which goes off to the distance on the right.
Local photographers leave legacies for the city
Wednesday 17 August | Stories of Hamilton,
We look at photographs every day here in Special Collections. They range from formally set portraits to scenic images to carefully composed photographic recordings of our built environment.
Civic choir celebrates
Saturday 13 August | Camera Obscura,
In July 1956, the Hamilton Civic Choir celebrated it’s tenth anniversary with a concert at the Embassy Theatre. The concert was conducted by J.
Camping by the lakeside
Saturday 6 August | Camera Obscura,
A few weeks ago, we showed a photograph of four young people on holiday. This image may be a wee bit later and it is said to be near Taupo. We don’t know the location, but the hills suggest the ‘other side’ of the lake.
Tips and Tricks for Using Our Heritage Collections Online Website
Wednesday 3 August | Resources,
Did you know you can search for items from our Archives and Special Collections from your own device? Our Heritage Collections Online website is the place to go if you…
Waikato trounced
Saturday 30 July | Camera Obscura,
This flier lists the teams from Hamilton and Pukekohe who played a rugby football match at Pukekohe on 23 July, 1927.
Show on a grand scale
Saturday 23 July | Camera Obscura,
Last week we featured a piece of ephemera. It was a flyer for a production of Dick Whittington and his cat done in 1926.
The history of the famous miners cough cure
Wednesday 20 July | Stories of Hamilton,
There is many a home medicine cabinet being raided right now with both Covid and seasonal colds and flu doing the rounds.