New Zealand professional photographer. John Milne Allan was born in Dunedin in 1882, son of Alexander and Emily Charlotte Allan, and died in Havelock North in 1964. He trained as a photographer with the Christchurch firm Standish and Preece about 1908 and had his own studios in Timaru, Whanganui and Pahiatua in his working life, retiring to Havelock North in the late 1940s.
Photographer at 9 George Street, Timaru, in 1910s.
Photographer, Walter Clegg, had Milne Allan's negatives in 1919.
Date: ca 1910s
By: Milne Allan, John, 1882-1964
Reference: PAColl-4651
Description: Two wedding photographs, one with the whole wedding party including the groom's parents and the other of the bride and groom, the bridesmaid and the best man. They are outside the front of a house with a verandah. Photographer was J Milne Allan. 1/2-077961 to 077962 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: 1906, 1925, 1940-1957
By: Milne Allan, John, 1882-1964
Reference: ATL-Group-00355
Description: Photographic group portraits. Photographs from the collection of professional photographer John Milne Allan. Comprises: Photograph of Mr T S Tankard's School of Physical Culture international exhibition team of 1906, taken by Standish & Preece of Christchurch. Photograph of delegates at the convention of Dominion Professional Photographers, Wellington, 1925. Photograph of the New Zealand Professional Photographers' Association foundation members, taken 1948 by A B Hurst. Photographs of delegates at the New Zealand Professional Photographers' Association annual conferences, 1940-1942, 1944-1946, 1948-1950, 1956-1957, taken by various photographers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints. Provenance: Donor is the granddaughter of John Milne Allan. Processing information: One photographic print originally received in a frame mounted behind glass. Item was removed from frame by Library during collection processing.
Date: 1906
From: Milne Allan, John, 1882-1964: Photographs
By: Standish & Preece (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-D-1552
Description: Photographic group portrait by Standish & Preece, Christchurch. Names of subjects printed on mount: "C Thornton, S Lancaster, F A'Court, G Knibb, Thomas S Tankard Director, T Cooper, J M Allan, H Mitchell, W Smart, J Broome". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic print, 26.1 x 36 cm, on printed mount, 45.7 x 55.9 cm.