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Suburban backyard, 1926

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Suburban backyard, 1926

Most of the backyard at 9 Baker Street, in Caversham, Dunedin, was being used as a productive garden, with vegetable plots and a glasshouse. There was a patio next to the house for recreation, and a clothes line was suspended above the garden path.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-1583-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Backyard gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18873/suburban-backyard-1926 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.