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Bricklayers

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Bricklayers

Bricklayers building the public hospital in Stratford, Taranaki, in 1906 or 1907, pose for the photographer. They display the tools of their trade – buckets holding mortar, a trowel for spreading it, and hods – three-sided wooden boxes on poles for carrying bricks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-012894; G

by James McAllister

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Building trades – Stonemasons and bricklayers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24691/bricklayers (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 26 February 2010.