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The 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, 1858Lambton QuayThorndon Quay

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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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City Voice, 26th January 1995The Beach (Mural), Chris FinlaysonWharf ScabsChildren's Book Week Kelburn Viaduct under constructionMotorway constructionSouth Wellington Intermediate SchoolPetone Full Gospel Fellowship, Sydney Street, PetoneMiramar LibraryBolton Street, Kelburn and the CBDWexford Road from Tirangi RoadExcavation of Moa Point hillBotanic Gardens EntranceWillis Street c. 1991City Voice, 24th September 1998Island Bay Subdivision Plan (1897)Newtown ParkReclamation for Airport runwayFormer dairy, Mills Road, MorningtonPort of Wellington : New Zealand's Central Port (1970)Wellington Interisland Ferry TerminalNorway StreetKelburn ViaductSunday Christian outdoor service"It's Autumn Now" Theatre productionCity Voice, 4th August 199454 Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria11 Kensington StreetKarori Park Demolition of the former tramways power station, Wakefield StreetClifton Cable Car StationCity Voice, 6th July 2000Development of the Hutt Valley Settlement (1928)Family home in Plimmerton85 Upland Road, KelburnPlimmertonTinakori Road, ThorndonWellington Cenotaph, Lambton Quay22 Buller StreetNational Distributors Ltd, 292 - 298 Taranaki StreetVictoria University of Wellington116 Newlands RoadWadestown School : the story of the first 75 years, 1881 - 1956Miramar AvenueCity Voice, 2nd April 1998Town Acre Map of Wellington 1841Learning Exchange Wellington, a comprehensive guide : the capital city of New ZealandBlucher Avenue, NewtownDownstage Theatre: "Alpha Beta"