New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Date
1904-1934
By
New Zealand Tramways and Public Transport Authorities Employees' Industrial Union of Workers. Wellington Branch
Reference
PAColl-6113
Description

One photograph of the 1917 conference of the Tramways Federation, and another of the management committee of the Corporation tramways and Electric Lighting Friendly Society. The rest all record the new electric trams, the old horse drawn trams, and the tramway workers in ca 1904 when the Wellington corporation electrified the tramway system. These are part of a larger collection which includes minutes, correspondence and subject files of both the national office and the Wellington branch of the union

Arrangement: Four of the prints at PAColl-D-0924 to PAColl-D-0927

Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Tramways Union is affiliated to the Manufacturing and Construction Workers Union.

Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 93-362 : New Zealand Tramway Workers Union Wellington Branch : Further records of the Wellington Branch and Head Office. See also Cartoon Archive : cartoon featuring Sir Robert Muldoon.

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13 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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There are 12 items in total.
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There are 12 items in this group.
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Group photograph of Wellington Tramways Corporation staff

Date: [ca 1904]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0925-1

Description: Twenty-six men and a large dog taken in front of a wooden building. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.7 x 19.6 cm (visible image), matted with two other photographs

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Corporation Tramways and Electric Lighting Friendly Society Management Committee, 1909-...

Date: 1934

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-D-0924

Description: Group photograph taken by Crown Studios, Wellington. All names indexed in Name Field Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 260 x 410 mm with mount 455 x 515 mm

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Group photograph of eight men posing with a length of hauser

Date: [ca 1920]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0927-4

Description: Photograph taken outdoors, men seated or standing by a garden bench. Those on the bench and seated in front have the rope draped over their knees. Group and photographer are unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 13.2 cm (visible image)

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Group of men and women

Date: [ca 1920]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0927-1

Description: Group of unidentified men and women taken outside, possibly at the Wellington Botanic Gardens. The man on the far left is holding a speaking horn [?] and a bell. One of the five women seated in the front is holding a baby on her lap Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 13.2 cm (visible image)

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Brass band on board a ship in Wellington Harbour

Date: [ca 1920]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0927-3

Description: Members of a brass band on board a ship in Wellington Harbour Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 13.2 cm (visible image)

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Tram accident on the corner of Pirie and Brougham Streets, Mt Victoria, Wellington

Date: [ca 1920]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0927-2

Description: Tram accident on the corner of Pirie and Brougham Streets, Mount Victoria, showing crowds surrounding the scene and a police van at left. Photograph taken ca 1920 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 13.2 cm (visible image)

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Wellington Corporation Electric Tramways employees, including Tramways brass band

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0926-1

Description: Wellington Corporation Electric Tramways employees, including the Tramways brass band, outside the trambarns off Russell Street, Newtown, Wellington, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 20 cm (visible image), matted with two other photographs

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Wellington Corporation Electric Tramways drivers

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0926-3

Description: Wellington Corporation Electric Tramways drivers (or motormen) inside the trambarns off Russell Street, Newtown, Wellington, circa 1920s, posing with their dog mascot. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 19.8 cm (visible image), matted with two other photographs

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Wellington Corporation horse drawn trams, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington

Date: [ca 1904]

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0925-3

Description: Wellington Corporation horse drawn trams, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, circa 1904. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Approximate date from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.6 x 19.8 cm, (visible image), matted with two other images

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First group of drivers and conductors on Wellington's new electric trams

Date: Jun 1904

From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6113-1-1

Description: First group of electric tram drivers and conductors on Wellington's new electric trams, in the trambarns off Russell Terrace, Newtown, June 1904. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - First group of Motormen and Conductors in Wellington Tramway Services June 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 20.5 cm