Johnson, D H :Photographs of P and T workshops, Pipitea Point, Wellington

Date
[ca 1909-1925]
Reference
PAColl-0392
Description

Photographs of: three mounted photographs of the interior of the Pipitea Point workshops showing truck repairs and carpentry; a motor waggon for collecting mail in service in 1912 - a vehicle with one wheel at the back, two at the front and a large trunk over the front axle for the mail; two mounted photographs of a picnic in 1923 for employees and their families; four photographs of the fleet of Albion trucks for collecting mail each with its driver; photograph of the GPO fleet of Enfield motocycles with side-cars in the stores yard at Pipitea Point; employees outside the amalgamated workshops at Pipitea Point (photograph in very poor condition); three photographs of an arm boring machine manufactured in 1924; copy print of a newspaper photograph from 1909 of a mail van collecting mail from a train to take to the General Post Office in Wellington; similar print of a laden mail van; and three duplicate prints of originals in the collection. Photographer unidentified.

Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Mounted and loose photographic prints

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Format
20 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Mounted and loose photographic prints
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