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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.
Hamilton Lake Exhibition
Wednesday 18 January | Exhibitions,
Over the decades the natural lake and its grounds have seen many changes.
Garden Place Trucks
Wednesday 4 January | Stories of Hamilton,
In January 1939, just as the new year began, trucks began to rumble around urban Hamilton. This was the start of the removal of Garden Place Hill.
Street Directories
Wednesday 21 December | Resources,
If you are searching for people or places in the past whether they be residences or business premises then you may like to try searching street directories.
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.
The Richard Douglas Pick Collection
Wednesday 23 November | Resources,
Richard Douglas Pick, known as Doug, was born in 1901 and died in 1977. He grew up on farms in the South Island and later worked on sheep stations in the North Island.
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’.
Is it truck, lorry, or a pick-up utility?
Saturday 12 November | Camera Obscura,
A truck known years ago as a lorry but possibly even small enough to be a ‘pickup utility’. It is No. 3 in the fleet of Cambridge Co-op Dairy Coy. Ltd.