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New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic: Send us a six o'clock closing rhyme. 10 would not be a moderate hour; to vote for six is in your power. Referendum March Nine ... Wright & Carman, 127 Vivian Street, Wellington [1949] uploaded October 2017
New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic: The big brewers want 10 p.m. and bigger profits...Vote for six as closing time. [1949]. uploaded October 2017
Members of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company in their bunks below the ground at La Fosse Farm uploaded October 2017
Bath houses at Hot Springs Hotel, Waiwera uploaded September 2015
Opera House (Auckland) :Potter-Bellew season. Lessees & Managers Messrs Williamson & Musgrove / Wil R Barnes, designer. [Programme cover. 1897]. uploaded September 2015
Wardell Bro[ther]s & Co. :Monthly price current. [List of teas, confectionery, etc.] August 1893. uploaded September 2015
Young, H W, fl 1898-1901 :Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition. Certificate of merit. 1st class award to Gear Meat Pres[er]v[in]g & Freez[in]g Co. Ltd. H W Young des. Lithographed at the 'Star' Printing Works, Auckland, N.Z. 1898-1899. uploaded September 2015
Band rotunda at Greymouth uploaded September 2015
View of the gardens behind the Wanganui Racecourse, with swans on a lake uploaded September 2015
Briscoe & Co Ltd :A residence, Invercargill, with Marseilles Tile roof. From the extreme south to the sunny north of New Zealand, the Marseilles Roofing Tile has found its way. It will suit any climate. [1906-1908]. uploaded September 2015
C J W Griffiths, auctioneer :Bankrupt stock! In accordance with instructions received Mr C J W Griffiths will sell by public auction at his rooms, Market Place, Blenheim, at 12 o'clock noon, on Saturday next, June 7th, one of the largest and most varied s uploaded September 2015
Herbert Ernest Hart on horseback, Bruck, Germany uploaded September 2015
Post and Telegraph Office, Thames uploaded September 2015
View of Lake House, Takapuna uploaded September 2015
Mangahoe Bridge, Te Awamutu uploaded September 2015

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Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911

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Janus said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Exergy, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Jens Roesner said:
Simply stunning to see these shots hundred years after the fact. They seem so fresh and clear and considering the conditions and equipment there and then, I think they are humbling for today's photographers.
National Library NZ on The Commons said:
@J e n s - considering the conditions, the equipment and the downright enormous gloves I have to agree - they're almost miraculous. -- Courtney
Robert Carrier said:
Incredible.
SharkBait1313 said:
great proportion. I didn't realize how big it actually looked until i saw the ant-sized people on the bottom. Took my breath away.

Group in the garden of William and Lydia Williams, Carlyle Street, Napier, ca 1890

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Pixel Wrangler said:
Information from Timeframes:
"... Lydia Williams is in the centre, playing the banjo. Seated at the right is her sister, Amy Devereux. The man with the camera is Russell Duncan. The other man's identity is unknown but it is possible he was a member of a group such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a troupe of Negro singers and musicians who toured New Zealand in the late 1880s. Photograph taken by Lydia's husband William Williams. "Historical note: "Russell James Duncan (1855-1946) was later to become a well known photographer and historian of Napier."
John Wattie said:
19th century photographers were skilled at stereoscopic photography and have a lot to teach modern exponents of the art
josefnovak33 said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Musicians, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Lovely scene.
Peppin ANAGLYPHE said:
A stereo negative must always be reversed, which is finally quite logical.... www.flickr.com/photos/187371730@N02/52263361705/in/datepo... Great stereo!

Sailing ship Alcestis being towed from rocks where she had run aground, probably in Otago Harbour, 1880s

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stormchaser_nz said:
Looks like the vessel is being towed off the southwest end of Quarantine Island (St Martins) in the middle of the Otago Harbour
mambo1935 said:
good shot!
b0b said:
exquisite find, love the slow smoke trail, that steamer is trying hard
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