Located in Lower Hutt. Original Hazelwood's store started by J A Hazelwood's stepmother circa 1887 and taken over by J A Hazelwood in 1893. Hazelwood's stood approximately on the site of the present Hazelwood building in Main Road. The company waas bought by T N Gibbs in 1944. In the late 1950s and 1960s the store expanded into a major department store. In the 1980s several departments were sold, and the stock of the furniture department and the Fisher and OPaykel franchise were bought by Colin Gbbs who leased part of the building as Hazelwoods Home Traders, and later Hazelwoods Furntiure Court. Hazelwoods ceased trading in 2009.
J A Hazelwood and Company Ltd
Hazelwood, J A, and Company Ltd
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J A Hazelwood and Company Ltd (Upper Hutt) : The History and 70th anniversary celebration
Date: 1963
Reference: qMS-0937
Description: Newspaper clipping in pocket at back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 pages). Physical Description: Typescript & printed matter (34 cm; blue pam case)
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Photographic prints relating to accidental fires
Date: 1914, 1939-1978
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-7327-1-005
Description: Photographs relating to accidental fires, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, chiefly between 1939 and 1978. Including fire at Hazelwood's drapery store, Upper Hutt, in March 1914, and the Hope Gibbons building, Wellington City, on 11 August 1952. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.
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J A Hazelwood and Company Ltd. Alterations to department store, Main Street, Upper Hutt
Date: Date unknown
From: Various architects: Collection relating to William Gray Young architectural firms and successors
By: J A Hazelwood and Company Ltd
Reference: Plans-GY-H75
Description: Title taken from information on enclosure and index card. Plan count taken from School of Architecture Library listing on enclosure. Arrangement: Record is in the envelope in which it was placed by the School of Architecture Library. The replacement envelope contains the original envelope as well as the plans, and has the firm's original reference number and any identifying details from the original envelope on the front. There is also a typed sheet affixed to the back of the envelope listing the types of plans and noting their condition. Quantity: 1 container(s) envelope containing 6 plans..
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James Alfred Hazelwood in front of the Hazelwood store, Upper Hutt
Date: [ca 1890s]
From: Upper Hutt Historical Society
Reference: 1/2-022295-F
Description: James Alfred Hazelwood, and a boy, standing in front of the Hazelwood grocery store, Upper Hutt, circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Group outside J A Hazelwood's general store, Upper Hutt
Date: ca 1906
From: Upper Hutt Historical Society
Reference: 1/2-022399-F
Description: Group, including members of the Hazelwood family, standing outside J A Hazelwood's general store, Upper Hutt, circa 1906. Photographer unidentified. (Further information, some conflicting, follows below) Information on back of file print of 1/2-022399 reads: "Hazelwood's Store, Main Rd, Upper Hutt, ca 1906. Possibly the third store where the business was moved circa 1904. L to rt: W N Pepperell; S C Brace; (back) J Gillies; (kerb) Charlie Morris; Herbert Hawks; Percy Hazelwood; May Hazelwood; J T Hazelwood and J A Hazelwood." Information from back of file print of the same image at 1/2-106499 reads: "Markings on face of original indicate - Blacksmith - to right - out of picture. Right - Hazelwoods Drapery and Hardware destroyed 1/2/22. Left of centre - right of way. Far left - Brace & Pratt. On back of original: J A Hazelwood, 41 Queens St about 1910. Old grocery shop and added building, lean to, drapery. L to r: W N Pepperill, F G Brace, Morris, Herbert Hawkes, Percy Hazelwood, May, Jim, Dad - J C Hazelwood. 1979 - All dead except May Hazelwood. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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A group standing outside J A Hazlewood's Upper Hutt
Date: 1900 - 1920
By: Davies, C, active 1900s; Poulson, Ethel May, 1898-1987
Reference: 1/2-106495-F
Description: A group of men and women, standing outside J A Hazelwoods in Upper Hutt. They are from left to right: L Greenwood, H Hazelwood (brother of J A), J Gillies, P Hazelwood, J A Hazelwood, W N Pepperill, Fred Hill (baker), F L Brace (accountant), George Morgan (Akatarawa farmer). A horse-drawn vehicle (side car) with two men is standing towards the left end of the store. Photograph taken by C Davies ca early 1900s. Note on back of file print gives names of those in photograph and states info. on back of original. On the far right of picture is the Old Blacksmith's shop and on the far left is the verandah of a small drapery. (Source: back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
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Main Street, Upper Hutt
Date: 1920s
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048204-G
Description: Looking along Main Street, Upper Hutt, circa 1920s. A Council Chambers building is in the left foreground. Further along, shops and other businesses line both sides of the road. Cars are parked alongside. Power poles and power lines are visible. Signs advertise a lunch and tea rooms, two chemists, J A Hazelwood, and an agent for the Australasian Seed Company. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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Main Street, Upper Hutt, showing the Provincial Hotel, J A Hazelwood & Co, the Bank of ...
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047856-G
Description: Looking along Main Street, Upper Hutt, circa 1940, showing the Provincial Hotel and J A Hazelwood on the left and the Post Office (peaked roof) and the Bank of Australasia on the right. Cars and trucks are visible. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Group standing outside J A Hazelwood's general store, Main Street, Upper Hutt
From: Upper Hutt Historical Society
Reference: 1/2-022400-F
Description: Group standing outside J A Hazelwood's general store, Main Street, Upper Hutt. James Alfred Hazelwood is on the right with a bicycle. The man with the child is probably Mr Gillies. Bill Wilkie is one of the other men. A group of children and a dog stand in the centre. A cart laden with parcels is on the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Main Street, Upper Hutt
Date: [ca 1940]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047855-G
Description: Main Street, Upper Hutt, circa 1940, showing the firm of S S Howan, butcher, the Bank of Australasia, J A Hazelwood & Co and the Post Office on the left. On the right is another Hazelwood's building and the Provincial Hotel. Cars can be seen. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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The Old Bush Settlement at Staglands Wildlife Reserve, Akatarawa valley
Date: 1977
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1602
Description: All frames taken at the recreation of an early bush settlement "The Old Bush Settlement" within Staglands. Men, women and children are wearing period costume in the village. Parts of various buildings are seen, including a shop front with the name "J.A. Hazelwood General providers above the door, a cottage with picket fence, and a barn. A number of people are sitting on the step in front of the shop. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
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The Old Bush Settlement at Staglands Wildlife Reserve, Akatarawa valley
Date: 1977
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1601
Description: All frames taken at the recreation of an early bush settlement "The Old Bush Settlement" within Staglands. There is a large turkey in the foreground in frame 2. Men, women and children are wearing period costume in the village. Parts of various buildings are seen, including a shop front with the name "J.A. Hazelwood General providers above the door and a barn. A number of people are sitting on the step in front of the shop, one man playing a guitar. A small girl is trying on a top hat in frame 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film