Humber automobile

Date: 5 February 1986

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1986/0562-F

Description: Five old police vehicles on display, Cuba Mall, Wellington. Vehicles are (from left) - 1964 EH Holden. 1955 Humber Supersnipe. 1955 Ford Console. 1921 Ford Model T paddy wagon. 1957 Holden FC. Photographed by Stuart Ramson, 5 February 1986. The vehicles were in Wellington for the Police Centenial Celebrations, and were displayed at various malls around the region. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 16 July 1976

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1976/2498

Description: Caterpillar tractor pulling a Humber car from snow on the side of Rimutaka Hill Road, Wellington. Photographed 16 July 1976 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1433

Description: Frames 1 to 7 show a group of three young Māori women and a Māori man inside a railway coach on the way back from Trentham to Wellington Railway Station. A group of five are seen outside the station in frames 8 9. They are sitting under a sign which reads "Picton Ferries. Buses at main front entrance." The next 3 views were taken in Newtown. A motor bike is parked outside the "Relief Centre" (frame 10); a woman is peering into the engine under the raised bonnet of a Humber car (frame 11); and a Māori man is leaning against the car, across the road from the Newtown Public Library (frame 12.) Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1434

Description: Frames 1 to 10 show a man and a woman looking at the engine of a Humber car under the raised bonnet. They are reading a manual with the title partially visible "How to make your prs[ent] car last longer." The car is parked across the road from the Newtown Public Library. They are lowering the bonnet in frame 11. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983

Reference: 1/4-086038-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate film negative

Date: January 1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Brown, James G, active 1945

Reference: DA-11593-F

Description: 4th main dressing station at Faenza, Italy, occupying two bank buildings in the centre of town. Humber ambulances are alongside. Photograph taken by James G brown, January 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

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

Reference: 1/1-005640-G

Description: Kinross White written on image. Photograph taken by Henry Norford Whitehead Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 4 Feb 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-06930-F

Description: Prime Minister of Great Britian, Winston Churchill, inspecting units of the New Zealand Division, outside Tripoli, Libya, during World War 2. Shows Winston Churchill standing in profile in an open topped Humber staff car alongside rows of troops. Photograph taken by H Paton circa 4 February 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 5 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/363/12-G

Description: A Humber Pullman, the new car for the mayor of Auckland, photographed circa 5 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 12 Jan 1963

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00731-b-F

Description: Scene during a saloon car race at Levin on the 12th of January, 1963. From left: Jaguar 3.8, driven by Athol McBeath; Mini-Cooper, driven by Bruce McLaren; Austin A40, driven by K Grant; Humber 80, driven by Dennis Marwood; Humber 80 probably driven by Dr Dick Langley. Photograph taken by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983

Reference: 1/4-086039-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate film negative

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/1074-F

Description: Photograph of a crowd around a car, likely Fred Verry's rolled Humber 80. Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 5 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/363/13-G

Description: A Humber Super Snipe, the new car for the mayor of Auckland, at Oriental Bay photographed circa 5 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 12 Jan 1963

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00716-b-F

Description: Scene during a saloon car race at Levin on the 12th of January, 1963. Shows a Mini-Cooper, driven by Bruce McLaren, and a Humber 80, driven by D Marwood. The Austin A40, number 64 (far right) is driven by K Grant. Photograph taken by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1955

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1955/2168-F

Description: Humber Super Snipe police car damaged in accident on Hutt road. The car was travelling to the derailment od a railcar. Photograph taken 1955 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - 1955 2168 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/1073-F

Description: Photopgraph of a crowd around Fred Verry's rolled Humber 80 race car. Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 2009

By: Liberator Music (Melbourne, Vic.)

Reference: Eph-C-PHONO-2009-01

Description: Poster announcing the release of a music album on two CDs shows a vintage Humber 80 car painted red and white, beside a wall which has been painted with a bright graffiti design in red and yellow. The contributing musical groups are listed: "Tiki Taane, Katchafire, Fat Freddys Drop, The Black Seeds, SJD Moloko, Tahuna Breaks, Conerstone Roots, House of Shem, Salmonella Dub, Shapeshifter, TrinityRoots, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Custom Kings, TZU, Fly My Pretties, Josh Pyke, Youth Group, and more ..." Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 450 x 320 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers, Wellington, in 2010.

Date: 1937

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-048828-G

Description: Viceregal party leaving their cars to examine the newly constructed northern coastal highway at the point where it descends from Pukerua Bay to the beach line, circa 9 December 1937. The Governor General, Lord Galway, is 3rd from left. Bob Semple (Ministry of Works) is in central group, 2nd from right. Humber car in centre. Photograph taken for the Evening Post by an an unidentified staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1918

From: Eltham Historical Society :Photographs relating to Eltham and the surrounding district

Reference: 1/2-147773-F

Description: A H Turner at the wheel of a 1918 Humber, probably in Eltham, taken by an unidentified photographer in 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1917]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983

Reference: 1/4-086037-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate film negative