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Uare Taoka o Hākena. University of Otago research library, archive and gallery. History and culture of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica.

 Dunedin, N.Z.
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#FlashbackFriday Orientation at Otago 30 years ago. hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes…
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Some West Coast general stores for #FlashbackFriday. These photos come from a little album put together in December 1936 and kept in the records of Sargood Son & Ewen Ltd. See the ALT text for locations.
G. Hawick's store, Market Cross, Karamea [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT G. Hawick's store, Market Cross, Karamea [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

S. Ransby's store, Karamea [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT S. Ransby's store, Karamea [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

W.D. Armstrong's store, Ngakawau [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT W.D. Armstrong's store, Ngakawau [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

A.G. Kerr's store, Granity [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT A.G. Kerr's store, Granity [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

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Store and hotel, Cronadun, M.S. O'Malley [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT Store and hotel, Cronadun, M.S. O'Malley [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

McGregor's, Waiuta Branch [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT McGregor's, Waiuta Branch [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

H. Leggoe's store, Ikamatua [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT H. Leggoe's store, Ikamatua [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

J. Haisty's store, Blackball [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT J. Haisty's store, Blackball [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

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H. Hamer's store, Kumara [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT H. Hamer's store, Kumara [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

Runanga Co-operative Society [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

ALT Runanga Co-operative Society [1936]. Ref: MS-2980/028.

E.W. Willson's store, Granity [1936]. MS-2980/028.

ALT E.W. Willson's store, Granity [1936]. MS-2980/028.

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Ice cream! A few images from the collections, looking at a favourite summer treat for #FlashbackFriday 1/8: A young boy with an ice cream, 1950s. George Chance (1885-1963) photographer.
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7/8: An advertisement for a 'stainless steel and enamel refrigerator, for milk bars and dairies'. From the front cover of the N.Z. Confectioner and Ice Cream Journal, vol.1 no.10, 15 March 1950.
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8/8: The cover of a Tip-Top Ice Cream Company annual report from 1954.
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#FlashbackFriday. Dunedin's George Street, Octagon, and Princes Street, captured by the same unidentified photographer about 1927. What's familiar and what's not?
A view of George Street, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

ALT A view of George Street, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

A view of the Octagon, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

ALT A view of the Octagon, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

A view of Princes Street, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

ALT A view of Princes Street, Dunedin, taken about 1927. Ref: MS-5282/010/004.

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Our new Digital Collections site launched last October and we continue to add new things. Here are just a few of the hundreds of items added over the past few months. If you go to hocken.recollect.co.nz and click on 'Show All', the recent additions display first.
Letterhead of John Hislop, Dunedin watchmaker and jeweller, 1902. From the Union Steam Ship Company records. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63993

ALT Letterhead of John Hislop, Dunedin watchmaker and jeweller, 1902. From the Union Steam Ship Company records. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63993

Inside Stewart's Store, Cromwell, in February 1985. Ron Murray photographer. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63798

ALT Inside Stewart's Store, Cromwell, in February 1985. Ron Murray photographer. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63798

Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team, 1915. Tewson and Dawson family papers. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63886

ALT Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team, 1915. Tewson and Dawson family papers. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63886

Hayward Hall residents in costume for capping parade, Frederick Street, Dunedin, 2006. University of Otago Division of External Engagement records. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63677

ALT Hayward Hall residents in costume for capping parade, Frederick Street, Dunedin, 2006. University of Otago Division of External Engagement records. https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63677

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If you were ‘trans-island’ this summer, did you take a Cook Strait ferry (aka ‘floating bridge’) to get to your destination? “Drive on Drive off….. New Zealand Railways Cook Strait Ferries”. Wellington: [NZ Railways Publicity Branch], 1966. Ephemera Collection. #FlashbackFriday
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Have you been camping or glamping this summer? One of the age-old obstacles to a camping holiday is its lack of creature comforts. Alex Thompson & Son's 1939 catalogue includes the Kia ora Tent, claimed to be ‘scientifically designed to give roominess’. #FlashbackFriday
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Double Bangs… Bamboo Thunders… Catherine Wheels… some of the fireworks listed in a 1916 invoice found in the collections. Choie Sew Hoy opened his Dunedin store in 1869. He became a prominent merchant and a leader within the Otago Chinese community (teara.govt.nz/en/biographies…).
An invoice on blue paper. The printed billhead shows a building (Stafford Street, Dunedin) and includes the words 'Bought of Sew Hoy'. Below is a handwritten list of fireworks ordered and their prices. Reference number Misc-MS-1688/001.

ALT An invoice on blue paper. The printed billhead shows a building (Stafford Street, Dunedin) and includes the words 'Bought of Sew Hoy'. Below is a handwritten list of fireworks ordered and their prices. Reference number Misc-MS-1688/001.

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Hocken Collections retweeted
Stephen Clarke@StephenClarkeNZ15 Dec 2023
For this last #FlashbackFriday before the summer holiday break I'd like to turn the tables on Doc! On behalf of Readers... Merry Christmas @DocHocken🎄 Ref: McCahon, Colin, 1919-1987 (Colin John), Merry Christmas Hocken (1974). Hocken Digital Collections, hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes…
McCahon, Colin, 1919-1987 (Colin John), Merry Christmas Hocken (1974). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 15/12/2023, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/56396

ALT McCahon, Colin, 1919-1987 (Colin John), Merry Christmas Hocken (1974). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 15/12/2023, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/56396

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