Acetate safety films were first introduced in the early 1900s. Various types include diacetate and triacetate and are often difficult to distinguish from one another.
Acetate negatives
Housing subdivision, Southgate, Wellington
Date: [ca 3 May 1967]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1967/2425-F
Description: Photographs of a new housing subdivision in Southgate, Wellington, taken ca 3 May 1967 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Three houses in Ngahere Street, Stokes Valley, destroyed by floods
Date: 21 December 1976
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1976/4663-F
Description: Three houses in Ngahere Street, Stokes Valley, destroyed by floods of 20 December 1976. The two new homes at the right belong to the O'Reagan (foreground) and Carson (background) families. Photograph taken 21 December 1976, during a flight with Capital Helicopters Ltd, by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Dorne Cup harrier race, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington
Date: 13 June 1981
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: Dom/1981/0613/1-F
Description: Dorne Cup harrier race, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, 13 June 1981. Photographs taken by an unidentified Dominion staff photographer. Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) strips with 30 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Demonstrators with banners at Civic Square, Wellington, at the start of their march on ...
Date: 4 May 1982
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1982/1346-F
Description: Demonstrators with banners at the Civic Square, Wellington, at the start of their march on Parliament. The march was organised by the Wellington Trades Council to protest against the government's 3 percent cuts in health, education and social welfare. Photographed 4 May 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Mr J Keen, Athletic Park groundsman, on muddy playing surface - Photograph taken by Jac...
Date: 31 August 1977
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1977/3498-F
Description: Mr J Keen, Athletic Park groundsman, on muddy surface at Athletic Park, Wellington, photographed 31 August 1977 by Evening Post staff photographer Jack Short. Original newspaper caption reads: "This is the sort of mess Athletic Park groundsman Johnny Keen has to turn into a rugby pitch in time for Saturday's match between Wellington and Southland. He desperately needs fine, windy weather." (Evening Post, 31 August 1977). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Hunger striker Vicki Currie with Amnesty Aroha pamphlets outside Wellington Railway Sta...
Date: 1 December 1976
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1976/4366-F
Description: Hunger striker Vicki Currie with Amnesty Aroha pamphlets outside Wellington Railway Station in Bunny Street. Photograph taken 3 December 1976 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Hills in Wairarapa - Photographs taken by Ross Giblin
Date: [ca 20 February 1979]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s
Reference: EP/1979/0658-F
Description: Photographs of hills in Wairarapa, taken ca 20 February 1979 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Dining room of the Satterthwaite's house in Tawa
Date: [ca 9 Jun 1984]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1984/2681-F
Description: Dining room of the Satterthwaite's house in Tawa. Photographs taken circa 9 June 1984 by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Toru Tauakume and Ina Makirere working on a Tivaevae - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Date: 29 November 1989
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1989/4357-F
Description: Original caption reads "Army [sic] Tauakume looks on while her grandmother Toru Tauakume and Ina Makirere work on a Tivaivai." Photograph taken in Porirua on 29 November 1989 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. The photographs were taken for an Evening Post article on a Cook Islands women's group in Porirua. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Mickey Mouse and Robert Muldoon
Date: 28 January 1982
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1982/0277-F
Description: Mickey Mouse with Prime Minister of New Zealand, Robert Muldoon, in the Prime Minister's office at the Beehive. Mr Muldoon is holding a jar of jellybeans that had been presented to him by Mickey Mouse. Photographs taken 28 January 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Trade union march to Federation House, Wellington
Date: 6 July 1974
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1974/3909-F
Description: Trade Union march to Federation House, Wellington, during strike. Photographs taken 6 July 1974 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) strips with 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Dorothy Wood, award-winning caretaker of Ngaio School, Wellington, with pupils from her...
Date: [ca 5 Nov 1998]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Burford, Melanie Jayne, 1970-
Reference: EP/1998/3536-F
Description: Dorothy Wood, caretaker of Ngaio School, Wellington, and winner of a Multi Serve Education Trust award for outstanding services to education, with pupils from Room Eight of her school. Photographs taken circa 5 November 1998 by Evening Post staff photographer Melanie Burford. Quantity: 4 colour original negative(s) negative strip with 12 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm
ANZAC parade in Pongaroa led by Charles Upham
Date: 25 April 1968
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1968/1755-F
Description: ANZAC parade in the main street of Pongaroa led by Charles Upham (front left). A scout troop follows the column of ex-soldiers. Cars and a bus are parked on the side of the street. The telephone exchange is visible. Photographed 25 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Fatal accident, Silverstream
Date: [Ca 20 June 1982]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: Dom/1982/0621/1-F
Description: Firefighters at scene of fatal accident, Silverstream. Photographs taken ca 20 June 1982 by staff photographers of The Dominion newspaper. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) strips with 7 frames. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Abandoned cars on roadsides in Porirua East
Date: ca 26 Dec 1980
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1980/4231-F
Description: Abandoned cars on roadsides in Porirua East, photographed by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post, circa 26 December 1980. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) strip with 9 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Hallway where Margaret Walker was found after she fell down stairs, Roxburgh Street, Mo...
Date: 7 Jan 1972
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1972/0057-F
Description: Detectives measuring in the hallway where Margaret Walker was found after she fell down stairs on the evening of the 6th of January, 1972, at Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria. Photographs taken on the 7th of January 1972 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Ms Walker died shortly after she was found. Police initially treated her death as a homicide but later declared it an accident. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Election meeting with Sir Robert Muldoon at Upper Hutt
Date: 14 November 1981
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1981/3677-F
Description: Election meeting in the street at Upper Hutt, with Sir Robert Muldoon, photographed 14 November 1981 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Protesters with placards, demonstrating against the proposed closure of the Dunlop tire plant in Upper Hutt, and the importation of tyres, may be seen a number of images. Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 36 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Car park in front of St Paul's Cathedral, Molesworth Street, Wellington
Date: 3 June 1965
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1965/1912-F
Description: Automobile parking lot in front of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, corner of Molesworth and Hill Streets, under construction. In the background, the Vogel building in Aitken Street is under construction. Photograph taken 3 June 1965 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
National Provident Fund Building, Wellington
Date: 23 June 1982
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1982/2064-F
Description: The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 23 June 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer. This building houses the Treasury. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
State Opera House, Manners Street, Wellington - Photographs taken by Merv Griffiths
Date: [ca 18 July 1981]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978
Reference: EP/1981/2524-F
Description: Exterior views of the State Opera House, Manners Street, Wellington, taken ca 18 July 1981 by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm