Petone state house

Workers' dwellings were built specifically for married workers with children. This shows a young family (plus 'Rover') in front of one of the first workers' dwellings in Petone c.1910.

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: APG-0448-1/2
Photographer: Albert Percy Godber
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page: 'Petone state house', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/petone-state-house, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012

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rob evans
23 Jan 2009
grew up opposite this house in patrick st in 1950s the coupe family lived there for many years.

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