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Description

This must have been taken before November 1906 because there is no clock in the tower. This post office was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square in 1906. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was considered unsafe. The clock and chimes were put into storage until reinstated in a clock tower in The Square, which was completed in 1957. See also 2007p_go35_gor_0702 for another example in this series.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Po 18
Date
1906
Digitisation ID
2014P_Po18_007512
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1900s,
black and white,
buildings,
heritage building,
photographs,
post office,
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