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Building blocks, 1946

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Building blocks, 1946

J. Pullman is shown here making concrete blocks at Sandy Bay in 1946. The area was a popular holiday spot, and the blocks were probably for a bach (holiday home).

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Robert E. Wells Collection (PAColl-0001)

Reference: 1/4-091168-F

by Robert E. Wells

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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Megan Cook, Household management – Outside work, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39702/building-blocks-1946 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 28 November 2012.