Horse-drawn vehicles in early Hamilton
c.1908: Fow family in a horse-drawn buggy outside the Masonic Hall on Grey Street, Hamilton East
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No date: A coach drawn by 4 horses outside 'Gwynne's Hamilton Hotel' which was run from 1874-1897 by the Gwynne family
Showing Gwynne's Hamilton Hotel with a...
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c.1880s: A horse-drawn carriage for 'Gwynne's Hamilton Hotel' outside Pearson's soap manufacturers in Hamilton East
Edward Pearson's carbolic sand soap store
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c.1895: A four horse omnibus outside the Royal Hotel on Cook St, Hamilton East
Royal Hotel
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c.1897: Family in a buggy drawn by two Shetland ponies
Ladies and children in one-horse buggy.
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1900-1910: Outside the Hamilton Post Office which opened on 5 August 1901 after previous timber building burnt down
Hamilton Post Offices 4736 Wilson Photo
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c.1900: A buggy on Victoria Street outside D. Salmon Bootmaker, next to the Bank of New Zealand
Charlotte Elizabeth Douglas
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c.1905: Two horse cart outside James Reid Saddlery in Grey St, Hamilton East
Grey Sreet, Hamilton East
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1906: Sheep being driven on Victoria St by a drover standing in a carriage & another leading a horse with dog alongside
Sheep being driven along Victoria Street
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No date: Coachman/driver standing at rear of two wheel horse-drawn buggy
Horse and buggy
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No date: Mrs H. Douglas driving a 2 wheeled buggy near railway line (which reached Hamilton from Auckland in 1880)
Mrs H. Douglas Driving
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c.1907: Horse-back rider herding cattle past carriages & tethered horses
Victoria Street
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c.1909: Outside store of Sanford Clarke which is also the 'Post Office & Telephone Bureau' in Frankton
"Street Scene, Frankton Junction"
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1910: James Tombs & Co Ltd. Studebaker on horse drawn cart
James Tombs & Co Ltd. Studebaker on horse drawn cart
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No date: Aboard horse & cart near family's home built c.1911 on present-day Tainui St
Fanny Edith Maunder & Fanny Stow Maunder
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c.1915: C. L. Innes & Co. Ltd. horse drawn cart
C. L. Innes & Co. Ltd. horse drawn cart
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1910-1919: Travelling along Victoria Street
Victoria Street Hamilton 4800 Wilson Photo
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No date: Travelling on a horse-drawn buggy used for cream delivery
Buggy used for cream delivery
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c.1918: Horse pulling a 2-wheeled carriage with sign: 'E Woodward, Carrier'
E Woodward Carrier.
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No date: Outing at the Hamilton East rifle range where the Hamilton Gardens are now located
Horse, wagon, group of people at Hamilton East rifle range
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1910-1919: Travelling along Victoria St
Victoria Street Hamilton 2108 Wilson Photos
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1920s: Horse carts, cars & a cyclist share the roadway down Victoria St
Victoria Street Hamilton
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This DigitalNZ story was updated in March 2025