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The French Maid Coffee House

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The French Maid Coffee House

The interior of the French Maid Coffee House in Lambton Quay, Wellington, in the 1940s shows some of the artworks that were regularly displayed on its walls. The French Maid provided a location for urban intellectuals and European émigrés to meet during those years.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Arthur Singleton Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1977-01

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Pip Howells, Regional cultural life – Flourishing regional cultures, 1945 to 2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44493/the-french-maid-coffee-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Pip Howells, published 14 March 2014.