Early Workers' Dwelling - State Housing in New Zealand
Children at the gate of one of the first workers' dwellings, 13 Patrick Street, Petone.
This state house is indistinguishable from private houses constructed at the same time.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: PA1-q-103-051-1
Photographer: Albert Percy Godber 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.
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