Constable Postcard Collection

The Constable Collection is based around a series of Wellington postcards, most of which date from 1905 through to 1914. The collection is named after a Mr. Constable from the Hawke's Bay who donated his personal collection of Wellington-based postcards to Wellington City Libraries during the 1980s which forms the core of this collection. Many of these postcards were Wellington's contribution to a world-wide phenomenon of collecting picture postcards which began at the turn of last century and lasted until the beginning of World War I. Follow the link below to discover more about the history of postcards and the collection.