Brendan Graham
Artist, Photographer, Colourist
Lower Hutt - Awakairangi
High Street, Lower Hutt. ca1948
Shows a car travelling along the street, with pedestrians crossing the road and other cars parked nearby.
At the time this image was taken (1948), the building on the corner of High Street and Laings Road stood as the Council chambers. The building originally served as the Post Office and was opened in 1906. In 1943 a new Post Office was opened on the corner of Andrews Ave and High St.
The former Post Office became the Council Chambers until it was demolished in 1957, after the erection of new Council Chambers and Town Hall further along Laings Road.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
Jackson Street, Petone 1924
"In 1929 if you motored through Petone, the speed limit there was 15 miles per hour (25km). Pedestrian crossings didn't appear until about the late 20's. Most long-time residents of Lower Hutt will recall that in the 20's - and even the early 30's - they could walk at a leisurely pace across Main street (High Street), or hold a conversation in the middle of the street without fear of hindrance from motorists, horses and fellow pedestrians."
Kaye ,G.(1999) Pages from our past. Lower Hutt: The Hutt City Council.
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Lower Hutt railway station (Western Hutt Railway Station) taken by Muir and Moodie, circa 1900.
The building is now leased to various shops and businesses, and is called The Station Village Complex
The station used to be on the Hutt Valley Line section of the Wairarapa Line until 1 March 1954, when the Melling-Belmont section of the line on the western side of the Hutt Valley was closed and thethrough line to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa rerouted through the centre of the valley. The truncated line to Melling via the Western Hutt Station was then electrified.
In the 19th century, the line from Wellington to the Hutt and the Lower Hutt Station were opened on 14 April 1874.
A new station building was erected in 1892, containing a ladies as well as a general waiting room.
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2015 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
DSIR glass blower 12 Nov 1959
View of an unidentified glass blowers in action at the DSIR Dominion Physical Laboratories, Gracefield, Lower Hutt, Wellington Region
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2016 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
A diver from the Hutt Valley Drainage Board at Naenae Pool, Lower Hutt 1958
Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer.
Colourised By Brendan Graham 201 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
Scene at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, showing the flock mill of Hutt Flock Mills Ltd. The group to the left are possibly the Mason children. Photograph taken circa 1910 by an unidentified photographer.
The mill stands on the site of what later became 7-9 Woodville Grove.
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2015 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
Lower Hutt, Transport Centre
The street to the right being Bunny Street and to the left is what was part of Queens grove (Now been swallowed up by the current mall) This photo was most likely taken for the completion of the building.
New Zealand Railways Road Services Bus arriving in Lower Hutt, Wellington Region, including shopping centre and parked cars 25 Mar 1959
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2016 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
Cars parked outside General Motors plant in Petone, Wellington. ca1940s
Photograph of automobiles parked along Bouverie Street. The buildings of the General Motors car manufacturing plant stand to the right with the Korokoro hills in background.
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2017 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.
Naenae Post Office 4 Dec 1959
Naenae Post Office opening with unidentified adults and children sitting in the front grass area, Lower Hutt, Wellington Region.
Colourised By Brendan Graham 2019 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
All prints are made to order (typically within 3 - 5 days)
High quality fine art print on smooth (hot press) matte art paper using Epson UltraChrome archival inks. All frames are 100% NZ made from plantation grown timber.