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Spring fashion from the past
Saturday 30 October | Camera Obscura,
This flier from 1950 comes from H & J Court, titled A Preview What’s New for Spring.
Family History Resources at Central Library
Wednesday 27 October | Resources,
Following on from our previous post of five steps to get started with your family history journey, we delve deeper into the resources we hold at Central Library.
Renovations - what they uncover
Saturday 23 October | Camera Obscura,
This is a scene many of us are familiar with – renovations in the doing but no-one in sight and the sun shining outdoors.
Speaking out on Prohibition
Saturday 16 October | Camera Obscura,
This flier dates from October 18, 1928 and promotes a public talk at the Town Hall by Fred Burke.
Family History Tips and Tricks
Wednesday 13 October | Resources,
Researching your family history can be a fascinating and addictive pastime. Here are some tips from our Family History Librarian to help you get started on your journey!
Drapery stores cut a fine dash in days gone by
Saturday 9 October | Camera Obscura,
Do we still have drapery stores? Much of the older terminology, much which entered the English language hundreds of years ago, has fallen into disuse.
Wellings' - the place to shop for a bargain
Saturday 2 October | Camera Obscura,
This flier promotes a sale at Wellings’.
G. E. Clark
Wednesday 29 September | Stories of Hamilton,
Mr George Edward Clark was born in Cambridgeshire, England in 1840 and came to New Zealand in 1864.
This is how it's done...
Saturday 25 September | Camera Obscura,
This has the look of hard yakker. An old chap is on a machine which looks to be manually operated for the linear movement and the vertical moves.
Clarke Cup Final 1928
Saturday 18 September | Camera Obscura,
In 1928, teams from the Hamilton Rugby Union who were not competing for the Peace Cup, were competing for the Clarke Cup.
Suffrage Day - 19 September
Wednesday 15 September
19 September 2021 marks 128 years since New Zealand granted women the right to vote.
October 1984: Rotowaro Dairy open for business
Saturday 11 September | Camera Obscura,
Last week we featured an image of the very early Frankton ‘Model Dairy’ flier.