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The early hotels of old Wanganui / Laraine Sole.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Whanganui, New Zealand : H&A Print, 2016]Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Summary: "Throughout the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century hotels provided a valuable service to local residents as well as essential accommodation and food for tourists and travellers. Hotels ranged in size from tiny hovels to grand edifices but the one thing almost all of them had in common was a liquor licence. The cultural and social needs of the community had to be catered for and hotels served a special role as meeting places for individuals and a multitude of social, sevice, and sporting organisations."-- from the introduction.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 993.54 SOL 1 Reference Only T00608523
Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 993.54 SOL 2 Reference Only T00608518
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 993.54 SOL 1 Available T00608533
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 993.54 SOL 2 Available T00608538
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 993.54 SOL 4 Available T00608548
Non-Fiction Hakeke Street Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 993.54 SOL 3 Available T00608543
Total holds: 0

"Throughout the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century hotels provided a valuable service to local residents as well as essential accommodation and food for tourists and travellers. Hotels ranged in size from tiny hovels to grand edifices but the one thing almost all of them had in common was a liquor licence. The cultural and social needs of the community had to be catered for and hotels served a special role as meeting places for individuals and a multitude of social, sevice, and sporting organisations."-- from the introduction.

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