Strand Picture Theatre (Hamilton, N.Z.)

Date: [Circa 1924]

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2132-F

Description: Split image with two scenes in Hamilton taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1924. A: On the left a two-storeyed building with the offices of T. Mandeno Jackson upstairs, and the Commercial Bank of Australia downstairs. The next building is a single-storeyed wooden building, Almadale Private Hotel behind a hedge. Two men and a small girl are standing in the gateway to the hotel. On the right is the Livingstone Chambers two-storeyed building, which includes the Strand Picture Theatre, Hunter's Crown Clothing and the Goodrich Service Station. B: On the right the three-storeyed Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company Ltd (established in 1907 and built in 1918) with shops and businesses on the ground floor, including J.N. Irvine, dentist. Several cars and bicycles are parked outside the shops. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 103.2 cm

Date: [Between 1922-1925]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046869-G

Description: Looking along Victoria Street, Hamilton, sometime between 1922 and 1925. Rows of commercial buildings line both sides of the street. Shows canvas roofed cars. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. The motor cars in the photo carry Hamilton Borough Council plates. The Motor Vehicles Act 1924 changed this and motor registration became a central government responsibility with registration plates being issued the same the country over. The ‘HN’ plates disappeared by the end of 1925. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative