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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/a-fashionable-wedding</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Fashionable Wedding - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The wedding part at the Donald-Mills marriage at Wellington. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19040910-0027-02</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The bride, Miss Mills, daughter of the Hon. C. H. Mills. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19040910-0027-01.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ministerial Residence Tinakori Road East, additions and alterations, ground and first floor plans and front elevation and details of doors, Wellington, J. Campbell, scale 8 feet to 1 inch, one drawing and 1 in pencil. Archives New Zealand Item Code R25328381</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Garden Party at Mrs Howdens. Wellington City Council Archives, BN001-361</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Subdivision Fortunatus Street. Wellington City Council Archives, 00009-36/1042</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Karori Tunnel - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Karori tunnel works. Image from Spackman, Herbert, 1864-1949. Sharp album 1. Ref: PA1-o-465. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22424861</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The tunnel portal 2025. Image from https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/3601/Listing</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/opening-of-the-wellington-bicycle-season</loc>
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      <image:caption>The opening of the Wellington bicycle season: members of the clubs at Kilbirnie. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19011024-04-05.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/george-amp-caroline-dutton</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-01</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Business premises of Elson chemist and Dutton bookshop, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts. Ref: 1/2-011666-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23167009</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George William Dutton, courtesy of Ancestry trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of the business of the City Pharmacy and G W Dutton, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts. Ref: 10X8-0007A-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22700677</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dutton plot at Bolton Street cemetery, courtesy of FindaGrave</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The photo shows two unidentified men standing outside the chemist. Compare with an 1899 photo of the Wellington Chemist Provision Council, it appears to be Henry in the centre (with beard). Brittains' Pharmacy, corner of Manners and Herbert Streets, Wellington. Hardwick, J :Photographs relating to Brittains' Pharmacy, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-135962-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22497095</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Brittain's Chemist - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Thomas Ward map overlaid on present day aerial of Manners Street intersection with Victoria Street. Courtesy of WCC Maps. Brittain’s chemist is located in what is now the middle of Victoria Street (centre of image).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Brittain's Chemist - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Members of the Wellington Chemist Provisional Council of 1899. Back row: D T Orr, J F Sutherland. Centre: H Brittain (Chairman). Front: R C Brien, S W Wilton, W C Fitzgerald, T H Hustwick, and R D Hanlon. Photographer unidentified. Wellington Chemist Provisional Council of 1899. Hardwick, J :Photographs relating to Brittains' Pharmacy, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-135961-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22428240</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Brittain's Chemist - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Building or businesses: Brittain’s Building, Dr A G Jones Dental Surgeon, Kiwi Milk Bar. Exhibition catalogue number: 31. Exhibited in: Gone but not Forgotten, The demolished buildings on Wellington’s Golden Mile. Photographer: Mike Aamodt. 1970’s. Wellington City Council Archives, AM001-80-31</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brittain plot at Karori Cemetery, courtesy of FindaGrave.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Wellington Woodware Company - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>‍ ‍Cabinet making workroom, Wellington Woodware Company, Wellington. New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907. Ref: PA1-o-367-28. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23083797</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail. Note the fretwork bedframe.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail. Note the manager’s office in the corner.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Wellington Woodware Company - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Interior of the cabinetmaking workshop of Wellington Woodware Co Ltd, showing workers. New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907. Ref: PA1-o-367-27. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22343602</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Wellington Woodware Company - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Exterior of the Wellington Woodware Co factory, with the men of the company standing alongside. New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907. Ref: PA1-o-367-24. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23242232</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wellington Woodware Company building in Egmont Street (Google streetview 2020)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sim's Hardware, Cuba Street, Wellington. Hardyment, Zoe, 1887-1975 : Photographs. Ref: PAColl-4934-02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23115956</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sim’s Hardware store in 1927 to the right hand side of the view. Note the Hannah’s store two doors further along. Cuba Street, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/2-048942-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22786344</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sim’s Hardware - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google Streetview. Sim’s Hardware now occupied by a restaurant (behind the park bench). The former Hannah’s store is visible next to the building with the brown parapet.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/alexandra-barracks</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alexandra Barracks - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The New Barracks, Mount Cook, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0885-01.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of the harness and saddle rooms of the permanent Artillery Field Battery at the Mount Cook Barracks in Wellington, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0887-04.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alexandra Barracks - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Barrack room on second landing with gymnasium at the Mount Cook Barracks in Wellington, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0887-03.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alexandra Barracks - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Reading room at the Mount Cook Barracks in Wellington, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0886-02.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alexandra Barracks - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mess kitchen with the chief cook and assistants at the Mount Cook Barracks in Wellington, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0887-01.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alexandra Barracks - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Portion of mess room at the Mount Cook Barracks in Wellington, 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19011109-0887-02.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/the-matrons-sitting-room</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photograph of the matron's sitting room at Wellington Hospital. Published in ‘The New Zealand Graphic’ on 22 September 1906. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19060922-0005-01</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - The Matron’s Sitting Room - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Portrait of Miss Frances Keith Payne, matron Rotorua Sanatorium. September 1902. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19020906-0604-02</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A view of the nurses' sitting room. Published in ‘The New Zealand Graphic’ on 22 September 1906. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19060922-0008-04</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photograph of the operating theatre at Wellington Hospital. Published in ‘The New Zealand Graphic’ on 22 September 1906. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19060922-0006-04</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photograph of the lecture room at the Wellington Hospital nurses' home. Published in ‘The New Zealand Graphic’ on 22 September 1906. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19060922-0008-01.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/henry-wright</loc>
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      <image:caption>Henry Charles Clarke Wright with his son Reginald Clarke Wright, daughter Elizabeth Minnie Clarke Wright and eldest daughter Amy Elizabeth Wright, Henry's daughter from his first marriage in Australia. Posed on a verandah. Included are the family's cat and three dogs. Photograph taken by Henry Wright, circa 1890-1891. (Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020458-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23171586)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Henry Wright photograph of his son, Reginald Clarke Wright (born 1876), daughter Elizabeth Minnie Clarke Wright (born 1881) (seated) and eldest daughter by his first wife, Amy Elizabeth Wright (born 1867), with their greyhound in the hills above Wellington. (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1572-1389)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amy Elizabeth and Reginald Clarke Wright with two unknown boys on beach at Worser Bay, Wellington. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020537-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23190300</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Henry Wright and his son Reginald Wright in the vegetable garden of their Britomart Street home. Taken in 1892 by Henry Wright. (Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/2-066324-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22780168)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A photograph of a group at Te Karaka kāinga, facing south towards Te Au a Tāne, taken by Henry Wright circa 1885. Rīpeka Te Puni is holding the baby and sitting with Amy Wright under a woven cloak or kaitaka.The two men next to her are thought to be her two brothers Nopera and Atanatiu. The man in the back is Captain William Shilling, Harbour Pilot, and on the right is Amy Wright. (Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020634-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22333089)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Outdoor portrait of Henry Wright picnicking with his son Reginald Clarke Wright, daughter Elizabeth Minnie Clarke, and eldest daughter Amy Elizabeth Wright (reading). Shows them sitting by a rock face with a greyhound and a black terrier dog named Skye. Clarke's tripod and camera rest against the rock face. Location unidentified. (Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020430-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23202399)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from the Wellington hills, looking towards Rongotai, showing the photographer's children, Reginald Clarke Wright (born 1876) and Elizabeth Minnie Clarke (born 1881), and eldest daughter by his first wife, Amy Elizabeth Wright (born 1867), in the foreground (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1572-1385)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/rangiuru-house</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Rangiuru House - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rangiuru house, 63 Hutt Road. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-0563-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22793297</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>63 Hutt Road, Petone. From Google Streetview 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>63 Hutt Road, historic blueprint courtesy of Hutt City property &amp; building search. Application ref GEN7955900.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/george-harris</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-04</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936. Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936 :Buildings, Tinakori Road, Wellington, N. Z. Sketch plans. G. T. Harris Jun. Baker etc. July 1905.. Ref: Plans-80-0502. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23232197</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail from: Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936. Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936 :Buildings, Tinakori Road, Wellington, N. Z. Sketch plans. G. T. Harris Jun. Baker etc. July 1905.. Ref: Plans-80-0502. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23232197</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google street view of the building today. The passage to access the horse stalls is still apparent.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George and Margaret Harris with their children Madge, Jake, Rene, Lena and Ivy. Photo from Ancestry trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New Zealand Mail, 19 July 1905, p73</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/picton-excursion</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-28</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Tourists from Wellington disembarking from the Rangitira in Picton. Auckland Weekly News. 5 January 1939. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19380105-46-01.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/christmas-picnic</loc>
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      <image:caption>Christmas picnic, Wellington. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: MNZ-0344-1/4-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22887784</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/christmas-dinner-at-trentham-camp</loc>
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      <image:caption>Christmas dinner at Trentham, Wellington: Good fare for our boys in camp during the festive season. Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 4 January 1917, p.36. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19170104-36-03</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/a-merry-christmas-holiday</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A Merry Christmas Holiday, Auckland Weekly News, 28th December 1911. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19111228-02-01</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/woman-racer</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>‍ ‍ Female competitor in a cycle race, being assisted by a starter. Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc. Ref: 1/4-017551-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22671055</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>House and whare, Karaka Bay, Wellington. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1572-1381.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A raupo whare and a fenced enclosure are in the foreground. By the fence are two of Henry Wright's older children, Reginald and Amy. Henry Wright is seated on the foreground to the right. Photograph taken circa 1887-1890. Scene at Karaka Bay, Wellington. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020626-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23107769</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Māori woman in a korowai (tag cloak), and a pakeha woman, alongside a raupo whare at Karaka Bay, Wellington. The photograph was taken, circa 1885, by Henry Wright. The woman on the right is the photographer's eldest daughter, Amy Elizabeth Wright. Women and raupo whare, Karaka Bay, Wellington. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020509-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22784295</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wiremu Parata Te Kakakura. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020616-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22440878</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 : Maori man wearing a korowai cloak at Karaka Bay, Wellington. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 11. Ref: PAColl-6304-27. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22758507</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Unidentified Maori girl standing in front of a raupo whare at Karaka Bay, Wellington. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020569-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23238318</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/richard-pierce</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm). D Pierce outside a dwelling house in Abel Smith Street, Wellington - Photograph taken by Wrigglesworth and Binns. Reed, C B (Mrs), fl 1960s? :Photographs of Wellington, George Cheese, and ships. Ref: PA2-2015. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23078981</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/thorndon-grocery-store</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>‍Thorndon Grocery Store on the corner of Mulgrave and Pipitea Streets, Wellington. A woman and children stand in the doorway. Taken circa 1870s. Grice, Bernard Wilson, 1932-2013. Grice, Bernie :Photograph of Thorndon Grocery Store on the corner of Pipitea and Mulgrave Streets circa 1870s. Ref: PAColl-0134. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22835713</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/j-amp-r-sloan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>J. &amp; R. Sloan, 1868 (?), Hocken Collection, Reference Number P2016-013/2-023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - J &amp;amp; R Sloan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sloan family headstone in Bolton Street cemetery. Courtesy of FindaGrave website.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/hobson-street</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Hobson Street - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, featuring swing bridge with unidentified persons, including road gang at far end, and houses on Tinakori Road ‍Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901. Davis, William Henry Whitmore :Photograph of the Hobson Street Bridge, Thorndon, Wellington. Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district. Ref: PA7-11-50. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22719877</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Hobson Street - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swing bridge on Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington. Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji. Ref: 1/2-042034-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22486695</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Hobson Street - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking up gully to bridge; Hobson Street gully, 4 May 1953, by Leslie Adkin. Te Papa (A.007894)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Swing Bridge at Hobson Street, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1955/2660-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23043013</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Invited dignitaries attend the opening ceremony of the Hobson Street over-bridge associated with the motorway's construction 1969. Wellington City Libraries ref 50006-273. Ministry of Works motorway design negative: 1597</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/sarah-randell</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sarah Randell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sarah Randell in front of her Thorndon cottage, circa 1910, Wellington, maker unknown. Gift of Beverley Randell Price and Susan Price, 2023. Te Papa (O.051735)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sarah Randell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sarah Randell, circa 1900, Wellington, by The J. H. Brown Studio. Gift of Beverley Randell Price and Susan Price, 2023. Te Papa (O.051726)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sarah Randell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>China doll's face (partial), maker unknown. Gift of Beverley Randell Price, 2009. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH020930)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sarah Randell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>White leather female boot, maker unknown. Gift of Beverley Randell Price, 2009. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH012376)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Sarah Randell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Large fragment of plate with pink, purple and yellow pattern, maker unknown. Gift of Beverley Randell Price, 2009. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH012278)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/joseph-burne</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Joseph Burne - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>View of Lambton Quay, Wellington, from The Terrace, circa 1870s. In the foreground are Joseph Burne's Emporium, offices of Christian Julius Toxward (architect) and Charles Hartmann, and Barraud's chemist shop. Queen's Bond and Wharf are seen in the background. Taken by unidentified photographer. Credit:Lambton Quay, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-018823-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22707731</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wellington Independent, 6 October 1863, p4</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/fanny-mason</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Fanny Mason - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fanny Mason, with a camera set up in a garden. Blackburn, Misses : Photographs. Ref: 1/2-082473-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23182519</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fanny Mason. Courtesy of Hutt City Libraries.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mason family by a stream. Blackburn, Misses : Photographs. Ref: 1/2-082495-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23218236</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Farm of Samuel Mason with daughter Fanny and goats. c 1890. Courtesy of Hutt City Libraries. Ref. 3779; BRN 416507</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Fanny Mason - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>These artificial flowers and ceramic hand, complete with gold wedding ring, originally adorned the wedding cake of Fanny Mason and Fred Randolph Blackburn, who wed on 17 August 1910. The flowers would have matched the white icing of the cake. Credit: Glass dome with floral display, 1910, New Zealand, maker unknown. Gift of Wayne Blackburn, 2010. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH012684)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/dr-pollens-house</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-21</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Construction site on the corner of Willis and Boulcott Streets, Wellington - Photograph taken by John Nicholson. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1988/3144/8-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22299598</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Free Lance, Volume XVIII, Issue 959, 28 November 1918, Page 5</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dr Pollen’s House - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr Pollen’s house 1980. Photographer Charles Fearnley. Wellington City Libraries ref 50003-1787.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/william-tustin</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - William Tustin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Burleigh, Lois, active 1990s. Burleigh, Lois : Photograph of W Tustin's store, Willis Street. Ref: PAColl-4763. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23042147</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William Tustin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>William Tustin courtesy of Ancestry Trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Harriet Tustin (born Dixon) courtesy of Ancestry Trees</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/dominion-training-school-for-dental-nurses</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dominion Training School for Dental Nurses - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Interior of the Children's Dental Clinic, Willis Street, Wellington. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/1-010430-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23105638</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dominion Training School for Dental Nurses - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Children's Dental Clinic, Willis Street, Wellington - Photograph taken by Mr McNeely. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/2-030253-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22866873</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dominion Training School for Dental Nurses - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982. Patients waiting room, Dominion Training School for Dental Nurses, Wellington - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/2-033383-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23068944</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dominion Training School for Dental Nurses - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Cafeteria at the Willis Street Dental School, Wellington. September 1966, Wellington. Archives New Zealand</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/ymca-anniversary-1906</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Y.M.C.A. Anniversary 1906 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photograph of Mrs Ilott's table, 'Ould Ireland' at the Y M C A's international tea meeting. Published in The New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Journal, 6 October 1906, p.2. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19061006-0002-04</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>General View of the Tables. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1803, 26 September 1906, Page 40 (Supplement)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tables on the platform. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1803, 26 September 1906, Page 40 (Supplement)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/laundry</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Laundry - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The laundry at the Wellington Hospital. 1901. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19010720-0119-04</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/dr-walter-amp-margaret-fell</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dr Walter &amp;amp; Margaret Fell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wedding party of Dr Walter Fell and Margaret Richmond, in 1886. From left to right, back row: Dr Collins, Emily Richmond, Alice Richmond, Mabel Fell. Middle row: Flora McDonald, Walter Fell, Lil Fell. Front: Ruth Atkinson (kneeling), Mary Richmond, Eva Fell (bridesmaid), Margaret Richmond (bride). Photograph taken by Charles Yates Fell. Wedding party of Dr Walter Fell and Margaret Richmond. Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Fell and Atkinson families. Ref: PA1-q-074-08-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22801503</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Dr Walter &amp;amp; Margaret Fell - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Walter Fell and daughters, with Mary Richmond, Wellington. Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918 :Photograph album. Ref: PA1-q-075-31. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23034782</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/william-amp-thomas-newcombe</loc>
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      <image:caption>Men standing outside the Karori General Store. At this time it was owned by brothers Sid and William Newcombe. Courtesy of Wellington City Libraries ref 50010-359.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Group of four nurses at Nurse Murphy's maternity home, Wellington. Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs. Ref: PA1-q-115-10-6. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22320455</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>128 Abel Smith Street. Photo from https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/836616</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Floor plan 1898 from https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/383960</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nursery addition 1913 from https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/384822</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Group in front of the hairdresser and tobacconist shop L P Christeson on Willis Street, Wellington. Harkness, W E : Photographs of a barber in Willis Street, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-075776-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23147759</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Girl at the residence of Louis P Christeson at 213 Willis Street, Wellington. Harkness, W E :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-062475-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22752169</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Man in the back garden at the residence of Louis P Christeson at 213 Willis Street, Wellington. Harkness, W E :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-062476-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23039535</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wellington Retail Store, circa 1900, Wellington, maker unknown. Te Papa (O.026208) (the original image is a stereoscopic photograph)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of Wilkins &amp; Field's retail showroom. Cyclopedia of New Zealand, vol. 1, 1897, p. 720. From https://thenewzealandjournal.blogspot.com/2009/04/wilkins-and-field-ironmongers-manners.html</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of Wilkins &amp; Field building in Manners Street, Wellington. A horse drawn covered wagon is outside. Photo Collection Reference Number 114607. Courtesy of Nelson Museum.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cowles shop front, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-056053-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22764851</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Government House and Lambton Quay, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-003819-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23188381</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>David Taylor's butcher shop, Wadestown, Wellington. Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/2-010345-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22870833</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail from David Taylor's butcher shop, Wadestown, Wellington. Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/2-010345-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22870833</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail from: David Taylor's butcher shop, Wadestown, Wellington. Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/2-010345-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22870833</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Charles and Mary Ann Godber outside their house at 73 Abel Smith Street, Wellington. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-0076-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22856071</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail of above image Charles &amp; Mary Ann Godber.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manners Street 1842-1845, Mr Brewer’s house is on the right of the street. [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Wesleyan Chapel &amp; Mission House, Wellington. [1845] Engraved by Henry Melville. Drawn by S C Brees. [London, 1847]. [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 13. Pipitea Point, Wellington, 38; View looking down Hawkestone Street, Wellington with Mr Brees Cottage, 39; Wesleyan Chapel &amp; Mission House, Wellington, 40. Engraved by Henry Melville. Drawn by S C Brees. [London, 1847]. Ref: A-109-022. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22309574</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/ladies-skating-race</loc>
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      <image:caption>Columbia Roller Skating Rink :[Ticket/ invitation. Front. 1887].. [Ephemera relating to ice skating, roller skating, skateboarding, rollerblades. 1800-1999]. Ref: Eph-A-SKATING-1887-01-front. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23194943</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Columbia Roller Skating Rink :[Ticket/ invitation. Back. 1887].. [Ephemera relating to ice skating, roller skating, skateboarding, rollerblades. 1800-1999]. Ref: Eph-A-SKATING-1887-01-verso. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22858169</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alfred Cox, image from Ancestry Trees user bluethomascrg1</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rouse and Hurrell coachbuilders, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17. Ref: PAColl-7489-56. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22674946</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Evening Post, 3 December 1896</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Copy print made 9 January 1987. This was the the first Wellington-built electric tram (Refer to Always a Tram in Sight, by Graham Stewart). 1905-06. Wellington City Council Archives, 00291-5356-26</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NZ Mail, 19 August 1903.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>[Colonial Motor Company Building, Wellington]. Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford &amp; Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry. Ref: PA1-q-144-057. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22452064</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Vance Vivians, 1930, 1924-1965, Wellington, by Gordon H. Burt Ltd., Athol McCredie. Printed from original negative, 1979. Te Papa (O.002662)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of Vance Vivian menswear store, Wellington. Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-015461-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23103944</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Vance Vivian Menswear premises, circa 1937, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd. Te Papa (C.002507)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Vance Vivian Menswear premises, circa 1937, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd. Te Papa (C.002493)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Evening Post, 14 March 1930</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dominion, 9 October 1925</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/anne-hesk</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Anne Hesk - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>24 Grant Road, Private Hospital (Anne Hesk likely to be the person on the left). Copyright Attribution: Wellington City Council, photographer: A K Bristow. Copyright License: CC-BY. Wellington City Council Archives, 00340-1098.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Anne Hesk - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>24 Grant Road, Private Hospital - looking towards the intersection with Newman Terrace. Copyright Attribution: Wellington City Council, photographer: A K Bristow. Copyright License: CC-BY. Citation:Wellington City Council Archives, 00340-1097</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail of above image.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Anne Hesk - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>24 Grant Road (9 room 2-storey house in the centre of the image). Detail from Thomas Ward Map sheets 2, 3, 4. Wellington City Council Archives, 00500-1</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Anne Hesk and Eveline Godfray from document on Ancestry Trees uploaded by user roseyw77</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/robert-hannah</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>View looking south along Lambton Quay, Wellington, taken ca 1903-1904 by Daniel Manders Beere. The line of stationary horse-drawn carriages on the left side of the street may be a taxi stand. Business premises include T &amp; G Mutual Life Society, the Exchange Auction Rooms, Kirkcaldie and Stains and the Dresden Piano Company on the left; and Alfred Lindsay (boot maker), James Jew's boarding house, Barber &amp; Co (butchers), Hannahs (boot makers) and H W Lloyd (watchmaker and jeweller) on the right. Woodward Street joins Lambton Quay on the right and Johnston Street and Brandon Street are on the left. Lambton Quay, Wellington. Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia. Ref: 1/4-034720-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22599366</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of the above. Hannah’s factory standing to the right buried into the bank below The Terrace</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>View looking along Lambton Quay, Wellington, taken 1900s by an unknown photographer. Sign for the R. Hannah and Co. store is visible. A row of horse-drawn cabs is on the left. A tram is in the distance. Lambton Quay, Wellington. Creator unknown :Glass negatives of Wellington. Ref: 1/2-230253-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23126583</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hannah’s Building frontage is visible attached to the former factory behind. The Terrace, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-075393-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22459317</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Detail of the above.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Antrim House, Boulcott Street, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-023048-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23207802</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Hannah - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>View of the drawing room in Robert Hannah's house, Boulcott Street, Wellington. Ref: 1/1-005439-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23054555</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/robie-holliday</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robie Holliday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shops on Lambton Quay, Wellington. Gibbs, James Joseph, fl 1963 :Photographs of New Zealand towns and cities. Ref: PAColl-4374-05. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23007886</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robie Holliday - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of the above image.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Free Lance, 30 January 1915.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/margaret-steel-hill</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Margaret Steel Hill - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>From left to right: Margaret Brown Hill, Ivy Florence Hill, Margaret Steel Hill, unknown boy. Photo supplied by family.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Margaret Steel Hill - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oriental Bay, Wellington. James George Lamb; circa 1900; Wellington Registration Number O.026746. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Margaret Steel Hill - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of above image. Margaret Hill’s house is the single storey dwelling with verandah behind the cart.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/charles-henry-piper</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Charles Henry Piper - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wellington seen from Bolton Street cemetery with fenced graves in the foreground, the flagpole at Government House visible lower down the hill and the houses of Thorndon to the left. The view looks north across Wellington Harbour with Somes Island and the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the distance. 1856. By Alfred Chapman (1828-1874). Credit: Chapman, Alfred, 1829-1874 :The site of the late Mr C H Piper's grave at Wellington drawn by Mr Chapman. March 1856. Ref: A-090-013. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23183843</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/robert-martin</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Martin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Martin family, circa 1889, on the roof of Robert Martin's shop, 17 Manners Street, Wellington. The conservatory is in the background. Standing, back, from left to right: Zoe, Mabel, Isabella. Seated, left to right: Mary Ann, Robina, Robert with Monty, Frank, and Emma. Photographer unidentified. Martin family, 17 Manners Street, Wellington. Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-173035-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23231946</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Martin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Window display, including wallpapers, Robert Martin Ltd, Wellington. Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-173023-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22800009</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Martin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shop interior, including wallpapers, Robert Martin Ltd, Wellington. Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-173024-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22578337</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Robert Martin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking west up Manners Street towards Boulcott Street. On the left is Campbell's grocery store, Martin's papaerhangers, the agency for Wertheim Sewing Machines and Tingeys. On the right is Farish Street corner, Wilkins &amp; Field, Coopers (seeds), Freeman (Jeweller) and the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel.  1884. Courtesy of Wellington City Libraries ref 50002-5-107.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NZ Mail 12 June 1907 from https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/william-robert-mclean</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - William Robert McLean - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo of a block of shops in Manners Street, Wellington where a fireman was electrocuted climbing a ladder to an iron roof. The New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Journal, 24 April 1912, p.23. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19120424-0023-01</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/john-amp-honor-plimmer</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - John &amp;amp; Honor Plimmer - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Group portrait taken at the wedding of John Plimmer (jnr) and Honor Moore. Standing (l to r) Norman Moore (married to May), ? Plimmer, Mary Moore, R P Moore (Bob), John Plimmer (snr), John Plimmer (jnr), Christopher Moore, Eve Moore, Charles Moore. Seated (l to r) ? Plimmer, Nellie Moore, Honor Moore, unknown, Annie Moore (mother of bride), ? Plimmer. Ref: 1/2-178575-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/40141546</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/soldiers-christmas-gift-fete-1916</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Soldiers’ Christmas Gift Fete 1916 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Soldiers taking part in the hair-dressing competition in the Basin Reserve at Wellington last week. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19161019-36-07.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/lilian-pine</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lilian Pine - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wellington city, looking south east from the vicinity of the Terrace over Plimmer Steps towards Te Aro, showing houses on Plimmer Steps in the left foreground) and Boulcott Street (centre), with the tower of the Marist Brothers School in Boulcott Street at the right. Businesses in Lambton Quay may be seen at the extreme left. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers circa 1884. Burton Bros. Ref: BB-2266-1/1-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23027828</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lilian Pine - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whitehall Boarding House. Detail from Burton Bros. Ref: BB-2266-1/1-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23027828</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/william-lusty</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - William Lusty - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lusty headstone, October 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William Lusty - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An example of Jupp’s band, taken after William’s time. Caption: Jupp's Private Band, Wellington. Part of a series of photographs entitled: Some prominent N.Z. bands. Back Row. - T. Grey, T. Yates, F. McTheegan, S. Geary, T. Cabot, S. Scott, W. Graham, J. Martin, W. Brady, C. Cimuio, P. Mitcherlich, J. Smith.Front Row. - W. Jones, S. Cimino, W. Jupp (Bandmaster), R. Hutching, F. Coile, R. Estall, P. Hodges.Lying in front: W. Jupp, H. Jupp. 1898. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-18980326-0374-03.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/david-mcleod</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - David McLeod - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Intersection of Willis Street with Manners Street 1934-36. The Leviathan Hotel would likely be one of the buildings on the far left hand side of the photo. "Perrett's Corner", Wellington. New Zealand Railways :Assorted photographs. Ref: 1/2-023764-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23155651</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - David McLeod - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>David Reid McLeod headstone courtesy of FindaGrave.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/christian-and-alice-berg</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Christian &amp;amp; Alice Berg - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christian Peter Berg and Alice Ellen Lilium Stidolph in their wedding clothes. Taken at the home of the bride, 193 Lambton Quay, Wellington. Photographer unidentified. France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs. Ref: 1/2-117163-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23188216</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Christian &amp;amp; Alice Berg - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alice Berg nee Stidolph</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Christian &amp;amp; Alice Berg - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christian Berg</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company of New Zealand Ltd, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts. Ref: 1/2-011653-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22303375</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Christian &amp;amp; Alice Berg - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Note the number ‘193’ on the building. Detail from: Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company of New Zealand Ltd, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts. Ref: 1/2-011653-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22303375</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/john-amp-naomi-hutchinson</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - John &amp;amp; Naomi Hutchinson - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>John and Naomi Hutchinson, with their children, outside their general store Manchester House, Tinakori Road, Wellington. Hutchinson, Horatio Aston, 1904-1987 :Photographs of Manchester House, Tinakori Road, and the Hutchinson family. Ref: 1/2-147537-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23015941</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>‘Manchester House’ as it looks today. The upper storey has been altered but the storefronts remain largely the same.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manchester House in Tinakori Road, Wellington, with John Coates Hutchinson and Naomi Hutchinson standing outside. Ref: 1/2-147538-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23120529</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Evening Post, 20 August 1940</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - John &amp;amp; Naomi Hutchinson - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail from: John and Naomi Hutchinson, with their children, outside their general store Manchester House, Tinakori Road, Wellington. Hutchinson, Horatio Aston, 1904-1987 :Photographs of Manchester House, Tinakori Road, and the Hutchinson family. Ref: 1/2-147537-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23015941</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - John &amp;amp; Naomi Hutchinson - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail from: John and Naomi Hutchinson, with their children, outside their general store Manchester House, Tinakori Road, Wellington. Hutchinson, Horatio Aston, 1904-1987 :Photographs of Manchester House, Tinakori Road, and the Hutchinson family. Ref: 1/2-147537-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23015941</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/government-house-ball</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Government House Ball - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The recent fancy dress ball at Government House, Wellington- the vice regal group. Photo courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-18981118-04-02.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/mabel-clark</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mabel Clark - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Free Lance, 17 March 1906, page 11</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/ernest-bennett</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Ernest Bennett - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>[ca 1925] Retail shop on Glenmore Street, between the Karori Tunnel and the Kelburn Viaduct, circa 1925. Northland Road is to the right, out of the picture. The firm of S W Moult, motor and electrical engineer is visible, as are signs advertising Nelson, Moate &amp; Co's pure tea, Sunlight soap, Lifebuoy soap, Bate's, Britannia Tyres, Velox and Champion Tyres. Also visible is a girl in the foreground alongside a wheelchair/pram type apparatas, seated in which, is another child. Photographer unidentified. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: 1/2-099988-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23109078</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/rasmussen-family</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Looking east over Newtown, Wellington, circa 1900. Shows Constable (middle ground, left) and Rintoul (middle ground, left to right) Streets, with Adelaide Road in the foreground. Photograph taken by Francis E Tomlinson. Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944. Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944 :Newtown. Ref: 1/2-003750-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22868393</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rasmussen plot, November 2022. Courtesy of FindaGrave.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rasmussen plot, December 2024.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/gerard-boeddinghaus</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Gerard Boeddinghaus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking south west down Willis Street, Wellington, from the Lambton Quay intersection (later Stewart Dawson's corner), circa 1885. Shows the tobacconist shop of Gerard Boeddinghaus and the `Press Library and Reading Rooms' in the `Evening Post Chambers' building. Also shows Goodson's, importers of hosiery, hats and mercery and, further along, the verandah of the Empire Hotel. Signs advertising the `Steam Printing Office' of Blundell Bros and McDowell Bros, importers, drapers, clothiers and outfitters, can also be seen. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers circa 1885. Willis St, Wellington. Burton Bros. Ref: PA7-04-23. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22339288</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Gerard Boeddinghaus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of above photo. Willis St, Wellington. Burton Bros. Ref: PA7-04-23. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22339288</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Boeddinghaus plot, Karori Cemetery. November 2024.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/alice-barnaby</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alice Barnaby - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of Lambton Quay 1885. The Igoe’s restaurant and home is just around the bend beyond Edinburgh House on the left hand side. Lambton Quay, Wellington. Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia. Ref: 1/2-096215-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23251350</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Alice Barnaby - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 68, 17 September 1885, Page 3</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/oliver-clayton</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of Town Acre No. 123 (bottom right) from  Thomas Ward Map, sheet 37 courtesy of Wellington City Council Archives, 00514-37</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cottages in Clayton's Avenue, Wellington, and men alongside, circa 1883, photographed by William Williams. From left to right: Thomas H Wyatt, Alexander Barrington Keyworth and William Williams. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025545-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22350628</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cottage in Clayton's Avenue, Wellington, and men alongside, circa 1883, photographed by William Williams. From left to right: Alexander Barrington Keyworth, William Williams, and Thomas H Wyatt. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025549-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23191400</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025549-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23191400</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025549-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23191400</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Clayton Plot at Karori Cemetery, courtesy of FindaGrave.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Oliver Clayton - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Clayton's Avenue, Wellington, photographed circa 1883 by William Williams. Includes a row of cottages and picket fences Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025549-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23191400</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/phoenix-briggs</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Phoenix Briggs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>97-99 Adelaide Road at corner with Broomhedge Street. Demolished 1981. Charles Fearnley collection ref 50003-1431 courtesy of Wellington City Libraries.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Phoenix Briggs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The grave of the Briggs family at plot 38.R, Sydney Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington. Ref: 35mm-25541-21-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22889994</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Phoenix Briggs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Evening Post advertisement, 18th April 1891.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Phoenix Briggs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Showing Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington to be widened and improved,  1900. Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 17 August 1900, p.6. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19000817-06-02.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Phoenix Briggs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Briggs headstone, October 2024.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/lucy-lyall</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lucy Lyall - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Lyall family grave, plot 0702, Bolton Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. Ref: 35mm-25500-6A-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22697836</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lucy Lyall - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lucy Lyall, nee Thompson, formerly Buckridge. From Ancestry Trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lucy Lyall - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lyall headstone, October 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lucy Lyall - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lyall headstone, October 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lucy Lyall - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lyall headstone, courtesy of FindaGrave website, 2017.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/george-long</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Lighthouse on Somes Island, Wellington. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers. Ref: 1/1-025715. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23194862</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George Long headstone, October 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George Long plot, October 2024.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/jorgensen-family</loc>
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      <image:caption>Jens Peter Jorgensen, courtesy of Ancestry family tree</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Henriette Jorgensen courtesy of Ancestry family tree/</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928. Kilbirnie, Wellington. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15. Ref: PAColl-7081-18. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22375232. The Wellington suburb of Kilbirnie, circa 1915, photographed by David James Aldersley. Notes on back of file print read: "Left - Moxham Ave (formerly Charles Street). 2 houses in centre of photo on cnr Moxham Ave built by Mr Compton for Albert Jorgensen ca 1899. On right side of Moxham Ave - (right side photo) William (Bill) Price's home - he was killed at Gallipoli and left two maiden sisters. Old Anglican Church off Hamiliton Rd. Later replaced by brick building. This one then used by Sunday School. Vicar Mr Sykes. Vicarage on corner. House next to church belonged to the Fitzgeralds (and previously the Sidey family). Primary school in Raupo St."</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sketch of the Jorgensen plot, Karori Cemetery, October 2024.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photo of the Jorgensen headstone, Karori Cemetery, October 2024.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/shout-family</loc>
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      <image:caption>Artist unknown :Occidental Hotel. [1890s].. Artist unknown :[Wellington scenes. 1890s].. Ref: E-278-q-003-11. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22326524</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Industrial Exhibition building, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-032452-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22312428</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of the beach at Plimmerton, showing Plimmerton House on the left. Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Plimmerton. Ref: 1/2-004016-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22784142</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/ethel-bannister</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Ethel Bannister - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Miss Bannister. Winner of 1st prize for Best Decorated Ladies Bicycle at Wellington Industrial Exhibition Cycling Sports, November, 1896. Courtesy Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-18970109-0037-07.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Ethel Bannister - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>'Daughter of Mr R.E. Bannister, whi made her debut at the Coronation Ball.' Free Lance, August 23, 1902. (from PapersPast)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Ethel Bannister - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>'The Bannister-Linton Bridal Party'. Free Lance, April 10, 1909. From Paperspast.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>St Helena Guardian, 22 January 1885. Copy from Family Search tree.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Corner of Mowbray Street and Bowen Street prior to the Western Access development that extended Bowen Street to join up with Tinakori Road.  Wellington City Council Archives, 00127-1-Page 136</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George William Janisch, from Family Search trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Children of George and Henrietta, from Family Search trees.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Janisch plot, September 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Janisch headstone, September 2024</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/catherine-lucy-innes</loc>
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      <image:caption>Canterbury Sketches cover as presented for sale at https://www.abebooks.it/prima-edizione/Canterbury-Sketches-Life-Early-Days-Pilgrim/31397184486/bd</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Canterbury Sketches as presented for sale at https://www.abebooks.it/prima-edizione/Canterbury-Sketches-Life-Early-Days-Pilgrim/31397184486/bd</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wellingtonboots.co.nz/blog/george-mee</loc>
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      <image:caption>Advertisement, Evening Post 11 October 1881</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Riseley, Ralph, active 1993. Riseley, Ralph, fl 1993 : Photograph of George Mee's pharmacy, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Ref: PAColl-3288. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23186938</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New Zealand Pharmacy Board conference 1900. Back Row - G. W. Wilton (Wellington), R. D. Hanlon (Wellington), E. W. Glesen (Wellington). J. W. Haslett (Auckland), Thomas Johnstone (Dunedin) Sitting - A. Bagley (Dunedin), George Bonnington (Christchurch), George Mee (Wellington), Graves Aicken (Auckland), T. H. Hustwick (Wellington), E. C. Skog. Published in The New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Journal, 21 April 1900, p.738. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19000421-0738-02</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Memo from George Mee, Pharmaceutical Chemist and Druggist. Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand : Records. Ref: 81-084-12-001. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22767225</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lambton Quay, Wellington. Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-015914-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22763227</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>114 Lambton Quay built for George Mee (pharmacy) c.1890, 118 Lambton Quay built for Hill Brothers (grocery store) in 1925. Both demolished c.1965 for the construction of the Municipal Association Building. Photo taken 1960s. From Wellington Recollect, Charles Fearnley Collection ref 50003-2112.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Arthur Evans headstone</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Lambton Quay, Wellington. The Mouldy Boot. The Golden Boot. [1852?]. Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]. Ref: E-455-f-052-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22908018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Akaroa Criminal Case File - Caroline Ann Wood v James Morris Wood, courtesy of National Archives of New Zealand. Ref R25345478</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Caroline's extended family remained close. This photo shows several of her Gowing and Wood children gathered around their aunt Martha Wood and her second husband. Photo supplied by James Harris.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Niche wall of Small Chapel at Karori, courtesy of FindaGrave website.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Caroline Wood's plaque courtesy of FindaGrave website.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Main Entrance Hospital, Wellington. Courtesy of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 35-R1806</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hosa Plot</image:caption>
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