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Clearing sand dunes at Lyall BayTaxi stand at the railway stationShort Sunderland NZ4115Te Aro, 1858Lambton 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 Street

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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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Walking on a serpents' teeth, Clare Athfield21 Trafalgar Street, JohnsonvilleEarthworks for Evans Bay reclamationDairy at 211 Ohiro RoadJ.C. Williamson: "Caste"City Voice, 9th October 1997Brooklyn LibrarySnow on the Karori HillsParry Contractors house removal 78 Hill Street70 Tasman Street, Mt CookThe National Repertory Theatre Society: Three One-Act PlaysWartime productions at the Hutt Railway Workshops12 and 12A Constable Street, Newtown133 Tinakori RoadWellington Automobile ClubMilk Bar in Vivian Street1 Herald StreetAva Store (Dairy)32 Ellice Street"Celebration" Downstage productionKilbirnie South, showing Evans Bay, Wellington. N.Z. Reel Entertainment : Cinemas and Movie Halls in the Twentieth Century, Tawa to TokomaruRare book displayWellington City Magazine, May 1985G. H. Scholefield200 Willis Street162 Tasman Street, Mt Cook243 Ohiro Road225 Ohiro RoadBus Shelter, Oriental BayThe Reference Library 202 The TerraceMt VictoriaCoronation Programme (1902)Freyberg Street, Lyall Bay Wellington Municipal Abattoir, NgaurangaLambton QuayNaga, Protecting the Ancient Knowledge, Robert FrankenBand Rotunda, Shorland ParkKarori CemeteryMen with disused steam tram500 Adelaide Road, BerhamporeSaint Giles Church, 44 Kilbirnie CrescentBrooklyn War MemorialFlying boat landing in Evans BayAppleton Park Mural, Doug Ford236 Jackson Street, PetoneDigest of Data : New Zealand Railways40 Onepu Road, Kilbirnie