Story: Public buildings

Members' lobby (2nd of 3)

Members' lobby

After the 1907 fire at Parliament, workers sift through the charred remains of the members' lobby. Sheets of corrugated iron from the collapsed roof litter the floor.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Malcolm Ross Collection
Reference: 1/2-003974-G
Photograph by Malcolm Ross

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Ben Schrader, 'Public buildings - Central-government buildings', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/36449/members-lobby (accessed 4 June 2023)

Story by Ben Schrader, published 20 Jun 2012