Egypt - Antiquities

Date: 1982-1996

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6394

Description: The City of the Dead (Qarafa) cemetery, Cairo. Large tombs with domes and minarets. Details of buildings. The Egyptians who live in the cemetery. Egyptian antiquities and details of the stone used by ancient Egyptians in their buildings and sculpture. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1964-1978

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6374

Description: Antiquities of ancient Egypt. Included are Bas reliefs. Sculptures lining the approach to a building. Partly completed obelisk in quarry. Fallen statue. The step pyramid. Detail of people ascending a pyramid. The colossi of Abu Simbel. Various sculptures including one of The god Horus. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1964

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6290

Description: Photographs of mud built houses decorated with painted designs, Nubia. Views of the River Nile. Views of mud walled enclosures. Procession crossing bridge in unidentified city. The newly sited colossi of Abu Simbel. Sail boats on the Nile. Photographed by John Feeney in 1964. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1965-1989

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6373

Description: Ornamental doorways. Domes and minarets. Tombs in the city of the dead. An architectural plan. Window lattice (mushrabiya). Painting of a battle. Ancient Egyptian bas relief. View of obelisks at Karnak. View of the pyramids at sunset. Sail boats on the Nile. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1978-1994

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6292

Description: The pyramids and the Sphinx at night. Fallen statues, Memphis. Views and details of Cairo's historic buildings. These include domed tombs in the City of the Dead (Qarafa Cemetery). Statue of Ibrahim Pasha. Interiors and details of unidentified buildings. Photographed by John Feeney from 1978 to 1994. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1976-1982

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6320

Description: Portrait of Hassan Fathi, Cairo, and of an elderly unidentified European woman. Various photographs of Egypt which include the monuments of ancient Egypt, Egyptians on the street, performers in theatre, a street seller selling pottery, and people picnicing in a cemetery. Photographed by John Feeney from 1976 to 1982. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1971-1982

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6395

Description: Egyptian antiquities and details of the stone used by ancient Egyptians in their buildings and sculpture. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1828 - 1831

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

By: Gilbert, Mary Ann, 1776-1845

Reference: E-295-q-015

Description: A necklace of baked clay scarab beetle beads, clay figurines, one central lapis figurine and linking gilded glass beads Presumably the original for a lithograph Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 289 x 203 mm

Date: 1963-1967

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6343

Description: Photographs relating to the making of John Feeney's documentary `Fountains of the Sun' which recorded the last Nile flood in Egypt. There are photographs of Feeney, his Egyptian film crew, Feeney with groups of people on a Nile boat, groups of Africans, people travelling through rain forest, The colossi of Abu Simbel. The documentry recorded the progress of the flood from its beginnings in Ethiopia to the inundation of Egypt. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1982

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6222

Description: Monuments, Islands, and sail boats, Aswan, Egypt. These include - a view of the gardens on Kitchener's Island (also called Gizirat al-Nabatat, and Botanical Island). Boulders with pictures and and texts on Seheil Island. Details and views of the temples on the Island of Philae. Entrance to the tomb of Herkuf (or Harkhuf). Aga Khan's house and mausoleum. Sail boats. Photographed by John Feeney in 1982. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1964-1998

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6321

Description: Views of Cairo buildings. Towers for housing birds. Pyramids. Puppeteers. Shadow puppets and puppeteers in theatre. A Harraniya tapestry. Photographed by John Feeney from 1964 to 1998. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1961-1964

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6375

Description: Antiquities of ancient Egypt. Included are a bas relief. A wall painting of a group of people. The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Dier-el-Bahri. Photographs of Samarkand date from about 1961. They include People in a market. Ruined buildings. Details of buildings decorated with patterns in tiles. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: [1930s?]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

Reference: PA11-272

Description: Lantern slides of Africa, including identifiable places and scenes in Egypt, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. The images were taken by unidentified photographers, probably in the 1930s. Some slides have captions written on paper affixed to the glass, that describe the location or subject. Seven of the copy images are from a larger numbered sequence of commercial slides. The images include: - Scenes in African villages and rural locations showing: herding of cattle, use of mortar and pestle, streets with dwellings, building of a hut, weaving, drying of crocodile skin, markets, man holding snakes, and people carrying bowls on their heads. - Members of various African tribes, including the Dinka people of Sudan and the Kikuyu people of Kenya (also known as Agikuyu). - Ruins of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe. - Colonial buildings, including the Maputo Railway Station (Mozambique). - Coconut and other palms, banana, and baobab trees. - Camels being ridden, pulling wagons with barrels, or resting. - Sisal being produced, including stripping and drying of the fibre. - Scenes in Egypt, including the pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza, Aswan Dam, the Cairo Museum, streets and buildings of Cairo, and wharfs and boats along the Nile. - The Amphitheatre in the Drakensberg Range in South Africa. Arrangement: Set contains slides from box 10 Quantity: 108 b&w lantern slide(s) comprising 100 original b&w images (one with colour tinting), and 8 copy b&w images. Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: [ca 1917-2010]

From: Scoullar, Leo Bryan, 1917-2010: Photographs

By: Savoy Studios (Auckland, N.Z.); Van Hasselt (Firm); Leicagraph Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10027

Description: Photographs relating to the life of Bryan Scoullar, taken ca 1917-2010, particularly his service in the army during World War II. Bryan Scoullar collected all the images and took some of them. Images are arranged in a loose chronological order, and contain: Family photographs, circa 1917-1941, showing his mother Genevieve (nee Pope), his father Arthur, and his brother Patrick. Snapshots of the family are taken at the family residence in Wellington and during outings and holidays in New Zealand. Includes images of Patrick during the war, at home on leave, and overseas. Two school photographs taken at Marist Brothers' School, Wellington, probably of Patrick or Bryan. Photographs related to Bryan Scoullar's military service in North Africa during World War II. These are taken and collected in Egypt, Syria, and the Western Desert, ca 1941-1942. There are also some images taken during his training at Trentham army camp ca 1940, and documenting journey on board ship 'Nieue Amsterdam'. Contains images of patients, staff and activities at No. 3 General Hospital, Egypt, where he worked as an orderly. Includes tourist photographs taken and collected during travels in Egypt, and a trip with 5th field ambulance unit to Jerusalem and Syria. Also a group of Images taken at the Bulldog Club, Helmieh. Named figures include 'Dan' from South Africa, and Bob Bates ['Lulu la Blaze'?], and a Spanish Capuchin friar [Padre?] Sabino. Photographs of friends and family ca 1945-2010, including items related to his involvement with the Lamb of God covenant community in Wellington. Also images of Bryan's parents in older age, two mounted portraits of Bryan's god-daughter Anne Renai, and a few photographs documenting Bryan's trips overseas with an Australian Catholic group. Events include: celebrations to mark Bryan's 81st and 93rd birthday, a Christmas party in 1988, St Patrick's College Centenary 1985, a dinner at Bunratty Castle, [a restaurant in Australia?], and Anzac Day commemorations at Huntleigh Rest Home, Karori, ca 1990s. Places include: St Mary's Convent, Wellington, and St Thomas More Catholic Church, Wilton and [The Rigi?] St Vincent de Paul's. Named figures include: Vonnie Nunns, Bernadine Reid, Stephanie Revell, Mike Revell, Laurie McClellan, Philippa Dowling, Chris Reid, Molly Waugh, Trish Kane, Andre Gellen and Karen Gellen. Accompanying information - ltems of ephemera relating to Mr Scoullar including an order of service for his funeral. Arrangement: Images have been arranged by the archivist in loose chronological order Quantity: 189 b&w original photographic print(s) including one mounted on metal. 37 colour original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Postcard featuring printed photograph). Physical Description: Photographic prints and items of ephemera

Date: [ca1964]

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6401

Description: Copies of ancient Egyptian paintings and texts relating to Ramses II. These came from an envelope labled `Centro Cinetelevisio - Via L F Marsigli, 5-00176 Roma.' Feeney had written on the envelope `Ramses II + shooting stills, Rome, at Joseph's studio.' Ten negatives from the same source are housed at 1/2-231225-F to 1/2-231234-F. Related slides are at PA12-6396 and PA12-6397. Quantity: 3 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1939

From: Bennett, Margaret (Mrs) :Family photographs and albums relating to Gavin G Wallace

Reference: PA1-o-769

Description: This is the first of three albums recording an trip to Britain made by Gavin Wallace and his wife in 1939 or possibly 1938/1939. This album records the voyage to Europe via Australia, South East Asia, India and Suez. There are brief stops in Italy where they saw troops massing for the invasion of Albania, and Paris which means they took the last part of the trip overland and crossed from France to Britain Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1964

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6288

Description: Photographs of Nubia, Egypt. These include views of the Nile and the countryside. The people. Mimosa trees. Ruins of ancient Egypt including Abu Simbel. Photographed by John Feeney in 1964. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1936-1938

From: MacGowan, Mary, fl 1936-1938 :Photographs of family friends and a world trip

Reference: PAColl-8692-4

Description: Mary MacGowan's journey out to new Zealand is represented by 8 photographs relating to Panama and the Panama Canal. There are some photographs collected during holidays in New Zealand which include views of Wairakei, Mount Ngauruhoe, Christchurch, Lake Kanieri, and Hongi's Track. Most of the photographs are associated with Mary's return trip to England. She left Wellington for Sydney on the "Awatea" visiting Hobart, Tasmania, and spending enough time in Australia to see Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. From Sydney she sailed for home on the "Orontes" via the Suez Canal. Groups of photographs record deck life and other passengers, the warves, people and places visited while in Colombo, Sri lanka (Ceylon), the approaches to Suez and a visit to the pyramids sphinx and temples in Egypt, a stop at Naples and a lot of photographs and some postcards of Pompeii, and finally views of Gibraltar including one of a Spainish guard at the boarder post. Quantity: 102 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1964. 1992

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6291

Description: Views of the River Nile. Bird's nests in a mimosa tree. The pyramids at night. Photographed by John Feeney in 1964 and 1992. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1915-1916

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6972-08

Description: Ruins and public sculptures of ancient Egypt at Luxor and Karnak; New Zealand military hospitals in Cairo with group photographs of convalescing New Zealand soldiers; Egyptian nurses and midwives as well as other Egyptians carrying out their daily occupations such as water carriers, farmers, cab drivers, pottery sellers, manure carriers, and men operating irrigation technology. There are photographs of waterwheels and other technologies for lifting water from the nile for irrigation. There are some photographs of major architectural features of Cairo such as the Citadel, and a large Mosque. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).