Parade floats

Date: [ca 1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6830

Description: 4 negatives: two of a parade through The Square, Palmerston North with floats, a marching brass band and a group of nuns holding banners representing different countries; a man ploughing with a McCormick-Deering tractor watched by a group of other men; and a Bristol fighter biplane. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029925 to 029926 and 029932 to 029933 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1920s-1950s

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-117

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 group at Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association Show held at Palmerston North - Allan McDonald, renowned steeplechase rider; `Grannie' McDonald, in her day the foremost horsewoman in NZ; J C Ambury, light horse judge at the show; D D Wilson of Hamilton, pony judge; Miss Maggie Briggs, horsewoman; T J Martin, pony judge. Photograph published in NZ Free Lance, 17 Nov 1948, p 28. Series of photographs taken at Canterbury centennial celebrations of the fireworks display at Hagley Park. Procession of floats through Hagley Park - `London Pride' (London Society of Canterbury Ltd), `Callon Mill' (Canterbury & Westland Marlborough Clothing Union), `Trotting Sport' (Christchurch Trotting Club), `Centennial Bride' (Beath & Co), `Old Sydenham Windmill' (Vale & Co), `The Crown Jewels' (A & T Burt Ltd), `Queen of Flowers' (Canterbury Rose Society), `City Beautiful' (J Ballantyre & Co), `Birthday Cake' (Christchurch City Council), and decorated bikes. All published 19 Feb 1951. Series of photograph of NZ Cadet Corps training at Waiouru Military Camp; published 8 Feb 1950, p 29 Photograph of Tommy Solomon and friends Mr Thompson & Mr Lockett in a Christchurch street after Tommy Solomon was presented to the Duke of York; published 23 Mar 1927; original homestead at Purau (photo and article published 14 Dec 1938, p 82); avenue of poplars at Kaiapoi (cut down in 1939); jockeys J W Jennings & Alf Messervey, published in Free Lance, 15 Nov 1939 (p 59); house of the future on display at Canterbury Centennial Industries Fair, published 16 Aug 1950, p 26; Trentham Race Meeting, 8 Feb 1950, p 48. Group (including Postmaster General Broadfoot) at opening of the new automatic telephone exchange at New Plymouth; published Mar 1950 Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7806

Description: Transparency slides of various locations, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 14 November 1982

From: Downstage Theatre (Wellington): Photographs of productions

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Jordan, Gail, active 1982

Reference: PAColl-D-1325

Description: Photograph of the Downstage Theatre float in the James Smith Christmas parade, Wellington, taken 14 November 1982 by The Evening Post staff photographer Gail Jordan. The float shows a Collingwood Fire Brigade engine with three men dressed as the Marx Brothers. Inscriptions: top left - [Sticker on glass of original frame] Downstage Float No. 20 James Smiths Christmas Parade 14/11/82 Photo by Gail Jordan; Mat recto - beneath image - Presented by The Evening Post Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 48.8 x 59.8 cm [visible image], with mat and backing board 62.1 x 71.3 cm

Date: [ca 1902]

From: Manson, E (Mrs), fl 1960 :Photographs of Petone

Reference: PAColl-0759-1

Description: View of a parade float of the 'HMS Petone' complete with guns, masts and port holes, made for the parade in Petone to mark the end of the South African War. Taken ca 1902 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.3 x 15.3 cm, on mount

Date: [Between 1930 and 1934]

By: New Zealand Railways; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Mitchell, Lindsay, active 1930-1942

Reference: PA1-f-058

Description: Album of publicity photographs including designs for advertisements for use in the new Zealand Railway Magazine; designs for posters for use in Railways Ticket Offices and one for a large neon lighting sign "Suggested `Claude Neon' Display for New Zealand Railway Publicity Department, Wellington. `Travel by train'". One photograph is entitled "`Post' corner 1880. Now site of King's Chambers". A number of images show a [Labour Day?] parade of marching people, and floats some of which are advertising NZ Railways holiday destinations, with slogans reading `Come to Rotorua', `Come to Waitomo', `Come to The Chateau Tongariro'. There are designs of title pages for the New Zealand Railways Magazine; a view of a commemorative key with a sheaf of corn on the handle in a presentation box; and designs for a programme of events surround the laying of the foundation stone for the new Government Railway Station, Wellington, N.Z. by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, December 17th 1934. These are followed by photographs taken during the Duke's tour of New Zealand, including crowd scenes in Wellington, Maori celebrations of welcome at Ngaruawahia, and scenes in the Rotorua thermal area. There are a few individual and group portraits of the management and administrative staff of New Zealand Railways, most unidentified. Most of the images relate to the 1930s, but there are a few copies of earlier photographs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, maroon spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C4'; 42 x 59 cm

Date: 1952-1968

From: Crane, Wendy Vivienne, 1936-: Photographs of New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, and India

Reference: PAColl-6344-1

Description: Twelve photographs record a trip to the villages of Naquelewai and Na Soqo beyond the head waters of the Wainimala River in the highlands of eastern Viti Levu in 1968. There are four views of Wanganui dating fom 1955, and two photographs of "Tiny Town", Tāhunanui, Nelson, dated 1952. Four photographs record the Victoria University capping procession in May 1961. The rest are postcards of Wellington, Hastings, St Matthew's church Auckland, and Māori subjects. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7805

Description: Transparency slides of various locations, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1953

From: Cobeldick, Trevor Murray, 1946-: Collected papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-1464

Description: Photographs of a procession celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Christchurch, taken 1953 by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-180

Description: Shows a man and a woman standing waist-deep in a river after their carnival float sunk. Text at the top of the cartoon reads, 'Early entries of decorated floats received for November river carnival. (This seems to promise some jolly good 'clean' fun!)' Cartoon is very similar to A-387-175 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-175

Description: Shows a man and a woman who are standing in a river during a river carnival. Their float sunk, leaving them both drenched. Behind the couple, several other accidents are about to unfold. Text reads, 'There should be some jolly good 'clean' fun at our river carnival to-night!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1936-1937, 1942, [ca.1936-1944, 1950]

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Photographs

By: Elmar Studios; Firth Photography; Green & Hahn (Firm); Leicagraph Studio (Christchurch, N.Z.); Orago, E, active 1936; Taylor, R B, active 1940s; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PAColl-10290-2

Description: Contains photographs relating to Christine Cole Catley's student years at New Plymouth Girls' High School (1946-1940) and Canterbury University College (1941-1944). Photographs taken by unknown and various commercial photographers (see names list) between 1936 and 1944, with one image possibly taken ca.1950. Images relating to New Plymouth Girls' High School consist of group portraits of students, including three basketball teams with Catley Canterbury University College images include portraits of Catley with friends and by herself. Also: informal socialising; a float of the `HMS Neverbudge - New Zealand's Last Hope', probably from a capping parade; movie billboard for `I married a witch' (1942) which has been altered to read `I married a bitch'; and formal portrait of the student executive of which Catley was a member. Another set of photographs relate to the University's Drama Society, including images of cast onstage and backstage dressed in Victorian costume. One photograph shows the cast and crew of `Othello' (ca.1944), including Catley, producer Ngaio Marsh and composer Douglas Lilburn, with beer bottles and mugs. Another shows Marsh and the Canterbury Student Players, possibly about to depart on an Australian tour. One image shows group of men including writer Anton Vogt, and possibly also James K Baxter and Paddy Costello taken ca.1950 Relationship complexity - A different version of `Othello' cast and crew image is located at PAColl-0285-1-072 Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1915, 1931

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

By: Causley, Frederick J, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-9928-60

Description: Photographic prints comprising: -Horse drawn float during a 1915 Labour Day parade in Thames. Float decorated with foliage and flowers. Children sit inside. Photographer possibly Frederick J Causley. -Two prints, forming a panorama, on an album page, showing damaged buildings after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) on album page. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) on mount. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Hawke's Bay earthquake print purchased by Binney. No further information. No information regarding the Labour Day print.

Date: [1990s-2000s]

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd: Papers and records

Reference: PAColl-10606-08-08

Description: Ten colour photographs of Kirkcaldie's Christmas Parade floats and ballet dancers, including young ballet students, in costume. Date, subjects and photographer unknown. Quantity: 10 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: October 1957

From: Potts, Angela, 1938-: Collected family photographs

Reference: PA12-4005

Description: Transparencies showing floats at the Hastings Blossom Festival in 1957. Taken by Ron Potts. Photographs show floats decorated in blossom (including from New Zealand Nursing, Vauxhall Victor, Blossom With Milk, a Māori cultural group, and a Cinderella themed float) and spectators along the route. Also a Welcome to Hastings sign arching over the street and a pipe band. One photograph shows an illuminated fountain in Napier. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Slides arrived at Library bundled together with two notes labelling the contents as "Hastings blossom & festival" Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in cardboard slide frames

Date: 1958-1959

From: Potts, Angela, 1938-: Collected family photographs

Reference: PA12-4002

Description: Transparencies of street parades at the1959 Wellington Festival and at the 1958 [Palmerston North?] Festival Week. Taken by Ron Potts. Photographs feature floats as well as buildings and spectators along the parade route. The Wellington parade includes floats from Upper Hutt City of Progress, Hastings Blossom Festival, Austin of England, Greek Orthodox Community of New Zealand, and Girls' Brigade. [Palmerston North?] photographs include a pipe band and a Dutch themed float. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Slides arrived at Library bundled together with two notes labelling the contents as "Wgton Festival procession" and "PN. Festival". Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in cardboard slide frames

Date: March 1941

From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel

Reference: PAColl-6497-19

Description: Photographs of the floats and crowds at the Wellington Queen Carnival, parade, 1941. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1965-1983

By: King, Leonard, 1912-1989; King, May Ethel, 1914-2003; Sheppard, May, active 2004

Reference: PAColl-7888

Description: Collection of slides taken by Leonard and May King, 1965-1983, on their travels throughout New Zealand and Australia. Includes photographs of cities, transportation, scenic landscapes, festivals and parades. Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-3297 to PA12-3305 Quantity: 196 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [ca 1931]

From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district

Reference: PAColl-6761

Description: 30 views of floats in a Napier parade including: two of the Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club's float showing members in the club kit on bicycles; Henry Williams & Sons (hardware) float, showing four men with a bathroom suite; Briascos Ltd's float decorated to look like a boat; a Hawke's Bay Motor Company Ltd Model T Ford decorated and full of 4 people in fancy dress; a horse and carriage and a truck passing the police station; a float advertising different kinds of shoes sponsored by a number of local shoe retailers; a Williams & Creagh truck with a number of people in fancy dress; an old car in which the back axle has been moved forward causing it to tip up again with people in fancy dress; a Piper & Co float with a display of their sails on a small boat followed by a float for Taradale Vineyards; a spoof fire truck; a Vulcan foundry float showing a complete workshop; a float advertising Queen Anne chocolates; Warath Tea Garden float covered in flowers; group of young people in pill box hats in front of a float; Napier Golf Club float inlcuding regulations signs; float advertising Sunny Spain; a Max Studio float with a group of young girls holding stars; a rugby team's float; a float labelled Wairere; four men dressed as druids with a float carrying standing stones; Te Awa Ex-Puplils' Association float with a group of them in sports clothes or fancy dress; Smith and Smith Ltd float showing paint samples; Engineers, Boilermakers and Iron and Brass Founders float; two children on tricycles decorated with flowers; a Swan bacon float; Napier Gas Company float with a display on gas cooking; two of children in fancy dress one pushing a relief workers wheelbarrow; a man on a horse advertising Griffiths shoes; and Taradale Hotel after the earthquake. Photographer was Henry Norford Whitehead. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028782 to 028784, 1/4-028809 to 028818, 029318 to 029320, 029352, 029373, 029390, 029394, 029396, 029410 to 029412, 029580 to 029581, 029592, 029611, 029665, 029666, and 095742 to 095743. Quantity: 32 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives