Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Zealandia Cycle Works - Oates & Lowry Co, Christchurch - Cycling Craze #20

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Zealandia Cycle, Hawke's Bay Hearld ad, 2 January 1895. Oates, Lowry and Co's Zealandia Cycle Works, 82 Manchester Street, Chris...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Speedy Cycle Works, Retail Store, Christchurch, early 1900s - Cycling Craze #19

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Jack Suckling's Speed Cycle Works located at 114 Manchester Street, Christchurch, circa 1912-14. Jack is the moustached man wearing a c...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Cycle Store Interior, Christchurch 1910 - Cycling Craze #18

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Unidentified Cycle Store Interior, Christchurch, 1910, photo Steffano Webb. Alexander Turnbull Library During the cycling craze of the l...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Nairn & Sons, Florists & Nurserymen, Christchurch, circa 1900s

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  Nairn & Sons, Plant Catalogue cover, 1901-02. Alexander Turnbull Library The firm of Nairn & Sons, located in Lincoln Road, Ch...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The City Boot Palace, Shoe Store, Christchurch, circa 1900

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The City Boot Palace, 1910. Photo Steffano Webb. Alexander Turnbull Library You can almost smell the leather in this store interior of th...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Where The Godwits Fly - Robin Hyde on Kuaka

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Robin Hyde New Zealand novelist, journalist, and poet, Robin Hyde, (1906-1939) is currently featured as Kiwi of the Week on New Zealand ...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Better Britain - Cultural Cringe in New Zealand Schooling in the 1930s

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As a British settler colony, New Zealand and New Zealanders sought to build a new, better Britain but were inextricably bound to "Mothe...
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