Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room, Treasury - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

Date
4 July 1990
By
Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference
EP/1990/2249-F
Description

Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room of Treasury, in The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 4 July 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid.

Original caption reads "Records in the Treasury basement were open to the public scrutiny for at least three days during the past week. The records are three flights down from a door near the main entrance of the 13-storey National Mutual Building at 1 the Terrace, a caller told the Evening Post. There was no visible security when a Post reporter and photographer entered the building at street level yesterday, and walked down the three flights of stairs. Signs indicating 'Treasury records sub-basement' and 'Treasury main records' were on an unlocked door. Access was available to all files stored on shelves.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
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1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images, Negatives, Acetate negatives, Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
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Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room, Treasury - Photograph taken ...

Date: 4 July 1990

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1990/2249/1a-F

Description: Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room of Treasury, in The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 4 July 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Original caption reads "Records in the Treasury basement were open to the public scrutiny for at least three days during the past week. The records are three flights down from a door near the main entrance of the 13-storey National Mutual Building at 1 the Terrace, a caller told the Evening Post. There was no visible security when a Post reporter and photographer entered the building at street level yesterday, and walked down the three flights of stairs. Signs indicating 'Treasury records sub-basement' and 'Treasury main records' were on an unlocked door. Access was available to all files stored on shelves. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on negative strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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