| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6426 |  | Details | Pictorial Publications Limited | 1959 |
| Pictorial map of Wellington, New Zealand |
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Pictorial Publications Limited |
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| 1959 |
| LOC:90 |
| $550.00 | Pictorial-Publications-Limited | Pictorial-map-of-Wellington--New-Zealand | Apparently quite scarce original pictorial birds-eye view map of Wellington, New Zealand. The artist is unknown but the map was copyrighted and published ca. 1959 by Pictorial Publications Limited, Hastings, New Zealand. A fun, comical map of Wellington featuring local activities such as water-skiing, fishing, boating, swimming, and sailing. Small manuscript notation "Evening Post" on recto pointing to a building on Willis Street, downtown.
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The map is surrounded with color photographic images of local Wellington, NZ attractions including:
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<li>Oriental Bay</li>
<li>Massey Memorial</li>
<li>Wellington from Tinakori Heights</li>
<li>Riddiford baths</li>
<li>Carillon</li>
<li>Parliament buildings</li>
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Text on verso with historical and tourist-related details. Manuscript dedication on verso. |