Postcards - New Zealand's House of Representatives 1854-2004
Parliament in Postcards
Painters and photographers loved to capture the beauty of Parliament's buildings in postcards, and New Zealanders (and visitors) sent these on to friends and family at home and overseas.
Postcards from the early twentieth century were colour tinted. They were produced in Germany so the printers had to guess the colours. Parliament's buildings appeared in a rainbow of colours as a result. Parliament has created its own postcards since the mid 1990s.
Viewed from the corner of Sydney Street and Molesworth Street in the early 1900s
The main entrance from Molesworth Street prior to the 1907 fire.
Viewed from above the main entrance, early 1900s
An artists impression of the rear of the buildings from Sydney Street, early 1900s
A modern postcard of the Parliamentary precinct
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