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55 Minute Dry Cleaning, Cuba StreetClearing 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 City

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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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Customhouse QuayArlington Motors Mural, Artfx 20 Epuni StreetLooking across Wellington from Mt VictoriaCity Voice, 3rd August 1995School holidays story time Intersection of Wadestown Road and Sefton StreetKhandallah LibraryThe former Johnsonville Railway StationEpuni StreetNew Zealand Centennial ExhibitionConstruction of the Hotel St. George The National Repertory Theatre Society: "Bird In Hand"Downstage Theatre: "Beauty and the Best"Lyall BayWellington Watersiders' Official Information Bulletin, Number 47Caltex Service Station, NewlandsHarbour and shipping, Wellington, N.Z.Samuel Marsden Collegiate 295-297 Jackson Street, PetoneTerrace ChambersKelburn Park Kaiwhakatere: The Navigator, Brett GrahamInternational 2T-75 PayscraperPlan of Hataitai or Watts Peninsula (Miramar, 1879)Wellington Provincial Council Proceedings, Session 21 (1871)Alexandra Barracks1 Todman Street, BrooklynFlying boat landing in Evans Bay (I)Nairnville Recreation Centre, KhandallahNga Waahi Taonga Map 7NewtownDownstage Theatre: "Educating Rita" and "Cabaret"Little Buller StreetMount Victoria Fruit Supply,  Brougham Street, Mount VictoriaOpening ceremony of the Brooklyn LibraryWellington Provincial Council Gazette, Vol 15 (1868)9 Calabar RoadNew Zealand Centennial Exhibition at nightMilton Street, BerhamporeGeneral Post OfficeTop of the Cable CarThe Children's LibraryOpening of the Karori Library201 The TerraceChildren's Library 65 Wallace Street, Mt CookCity Voice, 31st August 1995Ōtaki-Māori Racing ClubTawa Library 1989