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Lambton QuayThorndon QuayThe Second to Last Tram, Lambton QuayWorser Bay, SeatounBoat Sheds, Clyde Quay Boat HarbourGovernment BuildingsThe Last Car for Oriental BayKarori ReservoirCourtenay PlaceJervois QuayGrey Street & Queens WharfPictorial souvenir of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939-1940Specially Selected Views of WellingtonJames Smith's CornerTe AroExterior of the Wellington Central Library Children's Section, Wellington Public LibraryWellington Railway StationCuba Street Wellington : Biography of a City55 Minute Dry Cleaning, Cuba StreetClearing sand dunes at Lyall BayTaxi stand at the railway stationShort Sunderland NZ4115Te Aro, 1858

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Welcome to the Wellington City Recollect website, a database of heritage photos, books, maps and related ephemera reflecting the Capital's past. The database is administered by Wellington City Libraries.

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Wartime productions at the Hutt Railway WorkshopsHeretaunga College Silver Jubilee, 1954-1979World Trade Centre, Cuba StreetSt. John's ChurchDomestic terminal, Wellington International AirportCity Voice, 15th February 1996Dairy, Queens Drive, Lyall BayStaff room, Wellington Central Public LibraryPapakowhai SchoolCleveland Street, BrooklynCuba Street Carnival (2009)Newtown School 1879-1959, 80th Anniversary Jubilee Celebrations37 Reuben AvenueWellington MotorwayHomewood, KaroriJ.C. Williamson: "Wait a Minim"Dairy at 40 Coromandel Street Wellington Repertory Theatre: "French Without Tears"Grey StreetNewtown LibraryWindsor PlaceRemoval of 11 Calabar Road (I)22 Buller Street Terrace Chambers26 & 28 Arthur Street77 Abel Smith StreetThe Ngaio Town HallDownstage Theatre: "Foreskin's Lament"Mount Street CemeteryFiducia, March 1950Rubbish collection, Amritsar Street, KhandallahWellington Public Library 'Extension Services'Spinning Top, Robert JahnkeThorndon ReclamationSeatounJoseph Percy's House1975 Māori Land MarchRiddiford Street, NewtownPlunket StreetTwenty-Eight Photographic Views of Wellington & SuburbsLand for Mt Victoria TunnelBranch Library CatalogueHygrade Dairy, 217 The Parade, Island Bay395 Karaka Bay Road, SeatounDisplaycraft Factory, 22 Kingsford Smith Street, RongotaiTe AroGlenmore StreetKarori ParkWilton Road at Purakau Ave, WadestownWellington Central