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Now site of Government Insurance Buildings Harnett & Co.

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Lower right (l.r.) with brush: W. Handcock; label: City of Dunedin by W. Handcock, D.cr 1864; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: W. Handcock was the first drawing master of the Boys’ High School. His watercolour is very accurate. By the old…

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Cataloguing staff in the Central Library using typewriters to create labels and entries for the card catalogue. Newly purchased books are stacked on the shelves waiting to be processed.

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Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: 13; on original mount in ink: Reproduced from a sketch painted in 1853-54 by Capt.n the Hon.ble E.H.W. Bellairs by T.W. Eyton; on original mount (in Dr Hocken’s hand: Cap. Bellair’s house at corner of Frederick &…

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A montage of early capping parade photographs. The title on the photograph reads "A snap of the procession of students in varied costumes as it passed through the Octagon".

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A photograph of the 1910 capping band members. Several of the male students are dressed in women’s clothing while another is dressed as a clown. It was not until 1947 that female students appeared in the capping show.

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Eleven male students from Selwyn College holding signs saying "Closed on account of fire" and "No license - a bar to progress". One student has his head through a large sign that has the word "Booth".

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Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: J.T.T. 30 Mar 65; l.r. in pencil: 1865; l.r. with brush: 1865; on mount in pencil: Cabbage Trees Rockyside, Otago 1865

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Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1872; on canvas verso: Bush near Dunedin 1872

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Lower left (l.l.) with brush: 1865; on mount in pencil: Broad leaf Trees Rockyside, Otago 1865

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An extract from the 1989 Capping Show called Peter’s Pantomime. The Capping Sextet sing a song by Tom Lehrer and the traditional anthem that ends every capping show.

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Margin below image l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; verso in pencil: J.H. Ewer.

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A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.

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05 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "on right. 4YA. Highcliffe [sic] Otago Peninsular [sic] c. 9 x 11 1/2. (Varnished with theatrical spirit gum (for sliding on boards etc) C.McC" Dated by Luit Bieringa.

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