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A Labour Day Parade on Victoria Street, Hamilton on 27 October 1913. Hamiltonians line the street as horse and carts turn into Hood St in front to the BNZ (The Bank in 2009).

"The Times they are a Changin'".

100 years ago Hamilton was a fresh new town and the hub of trade in the Waikato. Victoria Street, Hamilton was well and truly established as the main shopping thoroughfare. It's footpaths paved and the street a sandy wide strip that met the demands of horse, buggy, bicycle and the automobile.

The photographs scanned as part of this collection are the work of two photographers. Their legacy to the people of Hamilton is a virtual time capsule of how our city looked and what Hamiltonian's were like before World War 1.

Many of the buildings that feature in these photographs still stand nearly 100 years later. I have photographed them from similar angles for you to compare how the years and successive owners have treated them.


The original Post Office on Victoria St. Photographed circa 1910 with scaffold and plasterers at work.


Now called ArtsPost the building is well looked after, if slightly different from original. Gone are most of the chimneys and the horses are now replaced by Mitsubishis.

Claudelands Grandstand on 4 November 1914 as Farmers from the Dominion parade on the oval.


The Claudelands Grandstand during the Medieval Festival as part of the 2009 Waikato Winter Show

The New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company was a new building in 1913 on the corner of Victoria Street and London Street. Recent rain has turned the roads to mud.

In 2009 this grand historic Hamilton building looks very much the same as it did 100 years ago.


George Henning Ltd were the Hamilton agent for Dodge and were located on the corner of Victoria St and Bryce St, Hamilton. This 1913 photograph shows two brand new automobiles parked on a dusty Victoria Street

In 2009 the building is dwarfed by its neighbours and is in the heart of a thriving shopping district
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©Philip Hagan 2009 (excluding historical scanned images)
 

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