Personal and political photographs

Date: [between 1940-1945]

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-4431-05

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser, with officials, during World War II. Shows them by what appears to be a pyramid. Photograph taken between 1940-1945, by an unidentified photographer. Location unidentified (Egypt ?). Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 13.6 x 18.8 cm

Date: 20 Feb 1938

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-4431-01

Description: Photograph surveying the debris from Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp, taken on February 20 1938 (the day after a sudden flood that killed 21 people). Photographer unidentified. The Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp was one of a series of camps set up for construction workers building the Wairoa-Gisborne railway. It was located on the banks of the Kopuawhara Stream, which flooded the camp with a five-metre wall of water in the morning of February 19 1938. Source of descriptive information - Source of historical notes: Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/NZDisasters/Kopuawhara.asp Inscriptions: Verso - centre - No. 4 Camp. Kopuawhara taken the day after the disaster, 19-2-1938.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No. 4 Camp Feb. 20th 1938 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 9 cm

Date: 1937

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

By: Guardian (Manchester, England)

Reference: PAColl-4431-04

Description: Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage reading an unidentified booklet, during a visit to England in 1937. Photograph taken for the Manchester Guardian and Evening News, England, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - stamped in ink - Manchester Guardian & Evening News Copyright Reproduction in any other newspaper is expressly prohibited, except by special permission. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 20.1 x 15.4 cm

Date: 1938

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-4431-03

Description: Photograph of the Kopuawhara No. 3 Camp, a public works administration camp beside the Kopuawhara Stream. Shows cabins in the Camp and the surrounding river valley. Photograph taken in 1938 by an unidentified photographer. A number of bodies of victims of the flood disaster that struck the Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp were also found at this main administration camp. The Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp was one of a series of camps set up for construction workers building the Wairoa-Gisborne railway. It was located on the banks of the Kopuawhara Stream, which flooded the camp with a five-metre wall of water in the morning of February 19 1938. Some flats in the No. 3 camp were also covered with driftwood. Source of descriptive information - Historical note sourced from: Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/NZDisasters/Kopuawhara.asp. Additional information from back of print. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - No-3 Camp, Kopuawhara. This is the main administration camp. The stream on right of picture is the one which did the damage and the flats in the background were covered with driftwood etc. A number of bodies of victims were also found here.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 4 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 9 cm

Date: Jun 1897

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

By: Crow, W, active 1897

Reference: PAColl-4431-06

Description: Richard John Seddon asleep while travelling on a train to Scotland. Photograph taken in June 1897 by Seddon's private secretary W Crow. Seddon was later to catch the ferry for Larne, Ireland. Source of descriptive information - Inscription on print. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Travelling by train to [Shanraer ?] (Scotland) to catch the ferry boat for Larne (Ireland) - June 1897 - Mr Seddon asleep Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.2 x 10.2 cm

Date: 17 Feb 1938

From: Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-4431-02

Description: Photograph overlooking the Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp, taken on February 17 1938 (days before a sudden flood that killed 21 people washed through the camp). Photographer unidentified. The Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp was one of a series of camps set up for construction workers building the Wairoa-Gisborne railway. It was located on the banks of the Kopuawhara Stream, which flooded the camp with a five-metre wall of water in the morning of February 19 1938. Source of descriptive information - Historical note sourced from: Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/NZDisasters/Kopuawhara.asp Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No.4 Camp Feb 17th 1938; Verso - centre - No. 4 Camp, Kopuawhara taken 17-2-1938 / the day before the disaster. All the / huts shown were swept away by the / creek on left which rose to phenomenal / heights.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 8.8 cm