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Pictorial 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, 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 Wharf

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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.

You are welcome to share our material on social media or between individuals on a non-commercial basis but please include a reference and a link back to the original page.

 

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Lambton QuayDomestic terminal, Wellington International AirportPensioner units on the corner of Frankmoore Avenue and Phillip Street, JohnsonvillePrintersJunior Library219 The Terrace9 - 13 Clifton TerraceCuba Mall, Cuba Street"Celebration" Downstage productionAurora House Lambton QuayWellington City Council and staffCats at the Newtown Library38 Parkvale Road, KaroriState House, Broderick Road, Johnsonville22 - 30 Kaiwharawhara RoadGroup photograph of a local Indian family6 Brooklyn Terrace21- 25 Cavendish Square, Strathmore Park127 Onepu Road, Lyall BayŌwhiro Bay ParadeExcavation of Wexford RoadWellington from  Te Ahumairangi / Tinakori HillMounted Riflemen on paradeFiducia, March 195077 Abel Smith Street27 Farm Road, NorthlandBerhampore Shops, Adelaide RoadFarish StreetPapakowhaiCleveland Street, BrooklynEuropa Service Station, Newlands RoadJames Smith's Christmas ParadeDemonstration HouseCorner of Rua Street & Queens Drive, Lyall BayChildren's Library Bowls TournamentCuba Street172 Oriental ParadeShops on corner of Waitoa Road and Moxham AvenueSheila MacDonald280 The TerracePapakowhai SchoolAlex Lindsay M.B.E. (Sculpture), Alison Kissling Bank of New Zealand, Hunter Street58 Karepa Street24 Emerson StreetDairy, 80 Constable Street NewtownConstruction of the Michael Fowler CentreIssues desk