Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Date
1642, [between 1768-1940]
Reference
PAColl-3060
Description

Images relating to New Zealand history and development; all aspects from earliest times to 1940

'Making New Zealand' was published in series in 1940 to celebrate New Zealand's centennial.

Arrangement: Negs catalogued at MNZ-0001 to 2927, at 1/4-008620, 018617, 018621, 018624, 018625, 021022, etc, 1/2 and 1/1 sequences. Prints at PAColl-3060 and PAColl-8550.

Quantity: 1500 b&w copy negative(s) approximately (some missing and some duplicated). 1500 b&w copy photographic print(s) approximately.

Provenance: Photographs generated by the publication of the illustrated periodical "Making New Zealand". Consists of photographs and other illustrative material copied from the ATL and many other sources, deposited with the ATL after the completion of publication

Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Format
1500 b&w copy negative(s) approximately (some missing and some duplicated), 1500 b&w copy photographic print(s) approximately, Photographs
There are 1 sub-groups.
There are 461 items in total.
See original record

Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.

Copyright

Unknown
There are 461 items in this group.
Image

Entrance to the Auckland Museum, showing steps and columns

Date: [ca 1939]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Gresham, T E, active 1939

Reference: PAColl-3060-015

Description: Exterior view of the entrance to the Auckland Museum, showing steps and columns. Photograph taken by T E Gresham, circa 1939. Details of photographer T E Gresham not found. Possibly still in copyright. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 151 x 202 mm

Image

Physical education class at Nelson College for Girls

Date: 1913

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-2817-1/2-F

Description: Physical education class at Nelson College for Girls, 1913. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: bottom right - Brett Co [Probably Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Image

Engraving of Mount Ngauruhoe by moonlight

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0051-1/2-F

Description: Engraving of Mount Ngauruhoe by moonlight dating from about 1884. Photographed by an unknown photographer ca 1940. Inscriptions: on page in the original publication - text: Tongariro in moonlight From `The King Country' by James Henry Kerry-Nicholls, page 197. This book was published in England in 1884. The photograph of the engraving was used in `Making New Zealand' in issue number 10 of volume one, `The Mountains,' page 14. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Image

Interior of the Canturbury Provincial Government Buildings

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Odell, Robert Sidney, 1908-1992

Reference: MNZ-1947-1/2

Description: Interior of the Canturbury Provincial Government Buildings in Christchurch. Photograph taken by R S Odell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Image

Photograph of cyclists near the road bridge in Alexandra

Date: 1900s

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Ingley, J H, active 1901

Reference: MNZ-2740-1/2

Description: Photograph of cyclists near the road bridge in Alexandra, Central Otago. Photographed by J H Ingley sone time during the 1900s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Image

Crowd during demonstration relating to the railway line between Christchurch and Westla...

Date: 1885

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: MNZ-1209-1/4-G

Description: Crowd during demonstration relating to the railway line between Christchurch and Westland, 1885. Shows a crowd milling around the square. Photograph taken by E Wheeler & Son. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Provenance: Photograph from the Early Colonists' Room, Canterbury Museum for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication 'Making New Zealand' (1939-1940).

Image

Runners during the first lap of the 1500 metres final at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin

Date: 1936

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0983-1/2-F

Description: Runners during the first lap of the 1500 metres final at the 1936 Olypic Games in Berlin. From left to right: Mr Ny (Sweden); Glenn Cunningham (USA); Mr Schaumberg (Germany) and Jack (James Edward) Lovelock (New Zealand). Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1936. Jack (James Edward) Lovelock won the final in a time of 3 minutes, 47.8 seconds Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Image

Looking along Kelvin Street, Invercargill

Date: 1870s

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0123-1/4-F

Description: Looking down Kelvin Street, Invercargill, circa 1870s. The Clarendon Hotel is just visible on the left, on the corner of Esk Street. Same view as 1/2-022522 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Image

Bank of New Zealand building in Russell

Date: [ca 1939]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-1101-1/2-G

Description: Bank of New Zealand building in Russell, circa 1939. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads "Additional information on subsequent history of building on TL 6/6. 1 July 1972. (Unable to locate file - Feb 1988). See article in Auckland Waikato Historial Jnl., 48, April 1986, p 4." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Image

Prince of Manavadar's Indian hockey team lined out during a test against New Zealand, B...

Date: 1938

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-3060-032

Description: The Prince of Manavadar's Indian hockey team lined out during a test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, in 1938. Photograph taken by Charles P S Boyer. Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 2, No 27, page 25 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.2 x 20.1 cm Provenance: Item lent by Charles P S Boyer to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 796. Hockey. 1938