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The cream separator
Saturday 10 June | Camera Obscura,
This brochure from c. 1931 outlines the new models available from R. A. Lister & Co Ltd. The Lister Separator Co.
Railway on shopping strip
Saturday 3 June | Camera Obscura,
This is from a wee album of ‘works photos’ taken by the intrepid A. E. (Hef) Graham. In the album there is a typed pasted-in label, ‘6. 5.
Player's first performance
Saturday 27 May | Camera Obscura,
On 29 August 1935, the St Peter’s Players performed “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Oscar Wilde’s well known comedy to a crowded auditorium.
Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 1
Wednesday 24 May | Library History, Stories of Hamilton,
2023 marks the 30th year that the Central Library has been operating from our current location in Garden Place.
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.
Digitisation Station now available!
Wednesday 26 April | Resources,
The Ngaa Koorero Tuku Iho teams are very excited to announce a new service now available at Level 3 of Central Library! Our very own digitisation station is now in place…
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.
Library History - Mobile Library
Wednesday 12 April | Stories of Hamilton, Resources, Library History,
When the Hamilton Public Libraries changed from subscription to free membership in the 1960s library usage skyrocketed. There were only two library sites, Frankton, and the city centre.