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Auckland by the sea : 100 years of work and play / David Johnson.
- Title
- Auckland by the sea : 100 years of work and play / David Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, David.
- Publication
- Glenfield, Auckland, N.Z. : D. Bateman, 1988.
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Details
- Description
- 184 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.
- Summary
- "This meticulously researched book traces, in pictures and captions, the development of the Auckland isthmus coastline for work and pleasure over the hundred years before World War II. From wharf buildings under construction to young ladies attempting to paddle while dressed in crinolines, the book provides a fascinating, nostalgic record of Auckland since the time of early European settlement." -- Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- Auckland by the sea : one hundred years of work and play.
- Auckland by the sea : one hundred years of work and play
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- History.
- Note
- Map on lining papers.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The first half century: Freemans Bay to Mechanics Bay, 1840-1890 -- 2. The commercial centre: Freemans Bay to Mechanics Bay,, 1890-1939 -- 3. The North Shore: Devonport, Cheltehnam to Torbay; Bayswater to Riverhead -- 4. The South Shore: Point Chevalier to Ponsonby; Judges Bay to St Heliers -- 5. Way out East: Panmure to Whitford -- 6. Muriwai to Whitford -- 7. The Manukau.
- ISBN
- 0908610866
- LCCN
- ^^^89195587^
- OCLC
- 21043688
- SCSB-12908963
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library