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Story: Second-hand trade

Dick Armstrong, second-hand dealer

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Dick Armstrong, second-hand dealer

Second-hand and junk shops are characterised by the wide variety of goods crammed within their walls and often spilling out onto the pavement. Robin Morrison’s 1976 photo shows second-hand dealer Dick Armstrong standing in the doorway of his shop in Ponsonby, Auckland.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: RM/Ponsonby/01Cover

by Robin Morrison

Courtesy of the Estate of Robin Morrison

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Kerryn Pollock and Bronwyn Labrum, Second-hand trade – Commercial shop trading and dealing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24945/dick-armstrong-second-hand-dealer (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock and Bronwyn Labrum, published 23 February 2010.