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[Wellington City Council. Electricity Department] :New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington 1939-1940 New Zealand [Site plan, 1938?] EA 163.
- Date
- 1938
- Reference
- Plans-2002-011-2
- Description
Shows a site plan of the buildings and stalls at the exibition. The centre of the site was occupied by an illuminated fountain, with four large reflecting pools nearby. There were large courts or sections for the following:
NZ Government Court - including a hall of progress, and stalls for each of the government departments
General Exhibits Court - with Art Gallery, Churches and Missions, Wellington Gas Co., J Bates & Co., Christian Science, Bank of NZ
Motors and Transportation Court - Todd Motors, General Motors, Dominion Motors, Ford Motors, Amuri Motors, Austin Cars, Hairlok
NZ Manufacturing Industries and Engineering & Electrical Court - Aladdin Lamps, Amalgamated Brick, Anderson Manufacturing Engineers, Aulsebrooks, Beatty Washers, Bonds Hosiery, Boracure, Bruces Biscuits, Cadbury Fry, Clyde Engineering, Cochrane Boilermaker, Columbus Radio, Cory Wright & Salmond, Coulls Somerville Wilkie, Creamoata, Eat More Fruit, Edmonds, Fletcher & Love, Gough Gough & Hamer, Griffins Biscuits, B L Hart, Henderson & Pollard, I G Marshall, International Harvester, David McCrae, Moose Meal, Mosgiel Wool, Nestles, NZ Cement Industry, NZ Tanneries, Otago Brush, Precision Engineering, Reidrubber, Rinso, Ross & Glendinning, Sargood Son & Ewen, Sanitary Fittings, Smith & Smith, Tingeys, D & T Tullis Laundry Machines, Wellington Beautifying Society
Dominion Court - stands for each region of New Zealand.
Quantity: 1 plan(s).
Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed paper, 675 x 745 mm.
Provenance: Donated by the Municipal Electricity Department in the 1970s. Trasnferred from Cartographic Collection in 2002.
Transfers: From Cartographic Collection -.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- [Wellington City Council. Electricity Department] : [1. New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington 1939-1940 New Zealand [Site plan, 1938?] EA 163; 2. N.Z. Centennial Exhibition. Electrical distribution. Scale 64'=1". AE 156/1. Drg no 2137. 21.10.38].
- Format
- 1 plan(s), Plans, Ink drawings, Architectural drawings, Ink drawing on waxed paper, 675 x 745 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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