Older men
McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :Darweesh Masir Khan, Kerind /18. Derweesh Masi...
Date: 1918
From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane
Reference: E-290-q-004
Description: Drawing shows a full length profile portrait, from the left, of a bearded elderly man in a turban and long robe, seating holding a walking stick. A line of Arabic is written above the title at the right, in purple ink, possibly the sitter's name written by himself. The name Derweesh may indicate that he is a Sufi mystic. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on album page, 270 x 215 mm.
Personalities, events and scenes (mainly South Island)
Date: [1939-1950]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-116
Description: Photographs, published (or considered for publication), in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. Names and date of publication recorded on the back. Names of selected identified subjects entered in Name field. Includes a series of thirteen photographs taken at the Akaroa centennial procession, Dec 1950, of floats and people involved, including one of Mrs S A Glynan (President of Parent Teachers Association) handing out icecreams. Three photos of E W (Ted) Heald of Christchurch (with moustache), published 26 Apr 1950; Joe Parsons (ex jockey) of Auckland, article and photo published 29 Mar 1950 (p 41); three photos of Holme Station at Pareora, South Canterbury, article and photos published 29 Mar 1950 (p 5); naval guests at the Viceregal Garden Party held at Government House, Auckland (Captain J H Ruck-Keene of HMNZS Bellona and his wife, & Mr & Mrs Hugh Wright of Auckland), published 15 Feb 1950 (p 14); 2 photos of Fenton family reunion, descendants of John James Fenton, article and photos published 8 Feb 1950 (p 22); large group of English immigrants who arrived at Wellington on the Atlantis, article & photo published 8 Feb 1950 (p 16); 100 year old English nun Sister St Daniel of Liverpool, published 19 Jun 1940; two photos of Kings Empire Veterans reunion held in Auckland, ca Apr 1950; old Rakaia bridge, ca 1934 & new Rakaia traffic bridge built ca Mar 1939; women cycling at Lake Wanaka; Fox Glacier, ca May 1950; crew from the Wanganella (which went aground) disembarking from an aeroplane at Auckland, Dec 1948; etc Eight photographs of elderly Arrowtown men, taken for publication in Jun 1940 by J D S Roberts of Bannockburn Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Ngaio School's oldest and youngest pupils, painting a picture for the school's 90th bir...
Date: [ca 28 Mar 1998]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1998/0956-F
Description: Ngaio School's oldest and youngest pupils, painting a picture of a sunflower for the school's 90th anniversary. Shows Garnett Norton, 91, and Emily Murphy, 5. Photographs taken circa 28 March 1998 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 3 colour original negative(s) strips with 9 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm
Williamson, A (Reefton) fl 1860s-1880s :Portrait of elderly man on the beach
Date: 1860 - 1889
By: Williamson, A (Miss), active 1860s-1880s
Reference: PA3-0248
Description: Shows elderly bearded man, dressed in dark suit and hat, standing on the beach with sea in background Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :Egypt / 17 [1917]
Date: 1917
From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane
Reference: E-288-q-018
Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of a man in a green turban. He has a large nose and lower lip and has a white beard and moustache. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon drawing on page, 230 x 140 mm.
Denness Gilbert fishing for whitebait, Pauatahanui, Porirua, Wellington - Photographs t...
Date: 15 Aug 1996
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1996/2340-F
Description: Denness Gilbert fishing for whitebait at Motukaraka Point, Pauatahanui, Porirua, Wellington, 15 August 1996, the day the season opened. Shows him sitting by the water, next to his net. He had caught nothing when this picture was taken. Photographs taken by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Ivan Bowen, Golden Shears, Masterton - Photographs taken by Craig Simcox
Date: [ca 1 Mar 1997]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Simcox, Craig, active 1983
Reference: EP/1997/0587-F
Description: Ivan Bowen at the Golden Shears shearing competiton in Masterton, Wairarapa. Photographs taken circa 1 March 1997 by Evening Post staff photographer Craig Simcox. Bowen won the Golden Shears in 1961. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Sketches of Rewi Alley in Peking. 1984].
Date: 1984
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Cheerful sketches. Rewi Alley, Peking. Oct[ober] 22, 1984. [Sketchbook].
Reference: E-593-047/048
Description: Shows four sketches of expatriate New Zealander Rewi Alley. On the left hand page he is shown standing with his hands behind his back, and as a head and shoulders portrait wearing a hat. On the right he is shown in his armchair, and also standing in profile. Other Titles - Beijing Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour sketch on double spread in hard-cover black book, 220 x 286 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 2000.
Hiria Tumoana wearing dress from Svelt Fashions, Wellington
Date: 5 December 1981
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1981/3947
Description: Hiria Tumoana, wearing a dress designed by Svelt Fashions, photographed in Cuba Street, Wellington, on 5 December 1981 by an Evening Post staff photographer. An elderly man is looking on. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Rewi Alley seated at home in Peking. 1984].
Date: 1984
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Cheerful sketches. Rewi Alley, Peking. Oct[ober] 22, 1984. [Sketchbook].
Reference: E-593-045/046
Description: Shows two sketches of expatriate New Zealander Rewi Alley. On the left hand page he is seated hunched in his chair. The right page shows a closer view where he sits more upright, with his hands in front of his waist. Other Titles - Beijing Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour sketch on double spread in hard-cover black book, 220 x 286 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 2000.
Present and former pupils, Karori Normal School, Wellington, New Zealand - Photograph t...
Date: 1 June 2000
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/2000/1710-F
Description: Karori Normal School. Former pupils David Dyett and Rita Thomas with present eight year old pupils Carlos Bowkett, James Mullan (obscured), and Morgan Nicholson, examine the sundial that had a time capsule in it. The time capsule had been placed in the sundial in 1933. It was retrieved on the 27th of May 2000. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm
Wellington Mayor Jim Belich with Jim Andrews - Photograph taken by Mark Round
Date: 18 May 1989
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Round, Mark, active 1991
Reference: EP/1989/1773-F
Description: Wellington's Mayor Jim Belich speaking with Jim Andrews at Andrews Tonks Avenue house. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Mark Round on the 18th of May 1989. Black Power and other residents in the Upper Cuba Street area were fighting the council's actions regarding the demolition of houses in Arthur Street to make way for small business venture units. Jim Andrews had been evicted from his Arthur Street council house after a lengthy legal battle, and had been relocated by the community in a Tonks Avenue house. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Rewi Alley and street scene in Peking. 1984].
Date: 1984
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Cheerful sketches. Rewi Alley, Peking. Oct[ober] 22, 1984. [Sketchbook].
Reference: E-593-023/024
Description: Shows eight sketches of the head of expatriate New Zealander Rewi Alley. At the lower right is a street scene with multi-coloured flags or pennants on strings stretched over the street. A flexible two-unit bus is shown, and there is a man driving a bicycle which has a car steering wheel instead of the usual handlebars. There is a traffic controller standing beside a red and white striped traffic pole in the intersection. At the top right is a head and shoulders sketch of a soldier in brown jacket and cap, with a red star on the hat, and red stripes on the collar of the jacket. Other Titles - Beijing Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour sketch on double spread in hard-cover black book, 220 x 286 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 2000.
Morel, Leo :Photographs of people and gravestones
Date: ca 1870-1960
By: Morel, Leo, active 1940s-1950s
Reference: PAColl-0519
Description: Photographs taken by Leo Morel of: the Criterion Hotel, Upper Hutt before 1875; the corner of Russell Street and Main Road, Upper Hutt ca 1900; two gravestones, probably in a cemetery in Upper Hutt; two photographs of an unknown elderly gentleman; and two of an older man possibly being interviewed by a younger one. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).
Lonsdale, Neil :Postal vote. 26 October 1974
Date: 1974
From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s
Reference: A-297-172
Description: An elderly man completing his postal vote, while a younger man checks the very long questionnaire associated with it. Two women stand behind doing dishes Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 151 x 191 mm
Lonsdale, Neil :The end of the World is nigh. 21 October 1974
Date: 1974
From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s
Reference: A-297-173
Description: A butcher and other shopkeepers watching in dismay, as an elderly man with a sandwich board walks down the footpath, proclaiming that the end of the world is nighA Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 151 x 191 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Three men, one a self-portrait] 25 Jan 1892 1/2 p...
Date: 1892
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893
Reference: E-315-q-5-008
Description: A frontal head and shoulders of an unidentified man, top of page. Lower left, a possible self-portrait showing an elderly man with a pince-nez and moustache, inscribed 25 Jan 1892, 1/2 past 10 p.m. Lower right, a profile view of a standing man in a great-coat and bowler hat. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, page size 244 x 123 mm.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :A South African ex-rugby Springbok is still playing te...
Date: 1958
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1954 to 1960]
Reference: C-076-156
Description: Four scenes depicting rugby played by old men and the problems they have to overcome Publication - Published on 29 Aug 1958, page 42 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 184 x 660 mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Two old men talking in a park. 1982]
Date: 1982
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982
Reference: E-181-q-016/017
Description: Two drawings with a similar theme Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :It's not one of the reasons I spoke out against the tour, but ...
Date: 1972
From: Tremain, Garrick, fl 1970s-1990s :[Six photocopied cartoons relating to apartheid from 1972 and 1973, and two photocopies of self-caricatures, one with biographical details].
Reference: A-290-048
Description: Cartoon shows three elderly clergymen sitting chatting on a park bench. A bald and partially toothless one smiles as he speaks. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, 155 x 190 mm.