Women - Employment - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Welch, Margaret, fl 2006 :Photograph of Miazza Clothing Factory, Willis Street, Wellington
Date: [19-?]
By: Welch, Margaret, active 2006
Reference: 1/2-230762-F
Description: Emile Miazza's clothing factory in Willis Street, Wellington, photographed ca 1900s by an unknown photographer. Emile Miazza is standing in the centre background. Also present in the photograph are Evelyn Stevenson,Ellen Marks, Gwen Hillock, Eunice Lett, Mr Henderson, Naemie Clark, Nina Portar, Alison Handley, Grace Cameron, Phyllis Church and Ngaire Lovett. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 10 x 12.5 cm Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - - Transfers: To MSS - 39 page typescript by Edith Handley, entitled "This was us"..
Shop at Wellington Railway Station
Date: ca 1937
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-101163-G
Description: Shop selling magazines, books, cigarettes, and other items, at the Wellington Railway Station, circa June 1937. Shows the staff behind the counter. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. The station opened in June 1937. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Wellington's first woman bus driver, Carole Slater
Date: 4 Apr 1974
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1974/1505-F
Description: Wellington's first woman bus driver, Carole Slater, driving along Oriental Parade, 4 April, 1974. Photographs taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Temporary worker Mrs Deale seated in Aro Street Post Office, Wellington
Date: January 1988
From: Black, Peter, 1948- :Post Office Documentary Project photographs
Reference: PAColl-1301-02
Description: Temporary worker Mrs Deale seated in Aro Street Post Office, Wellington, taken January 1988 by Peter Black. Mrs Deale is reading the newspaper and a radio can be seen to the left of the image. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - c Copyright 1988 Peter Black 10 Salisbury Garden Court Cicil Rd., Wadestown Wellington, New Zealand; Verso - bottom centre - 483/88/1 neg 26 Aro St Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Supermarket check-out staff at Wardell's, Lower Hutt
Date: [ca 27 Aug 1968]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1968/3606-F
Description: Supermarket check-out staff at Wardell's, Lower Hutt, circa 27 August 1968. Photographs taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Keystrokes Per Minute: Women’s stories from the Public Service Typing Pools since 1945 ...
Date: 2017-2021
By: Aitken, Dr Judith Estranna, 1937-; Lloyd, Ethelwyn Eva, active 1997-2022
Reference: OHColl-1421
Description: Oral history interviews with women (and three men) who worked in the public service typing pool at various agencies in post-World War Two New Zealand. The interviews detail their work in document production such as shorthand-based typing, typing from handwritten notes, dictaphone typing and word processing, as well as event managing and providing a range of support services for managers. The interviews also include experiences of inequity and sexism, disruption of education, and experiences of bias regarding class, gender, and religion. The project was initiated by Judith Aitken, Eth Lloyd, Maureen Goodwin, Rose Melvin and Rachel Brown. Project received funding from the Public Service Commission, and also received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2019. Quantity: 55 Interview(s). Search dates: 2017 - 2021
Interview with Olwyn Strickland
Date: 4 Jul 1998 - 04 Jul 1998
From: Welsh Society of Wellington Oral History Project
By: Strickland, Olwyn Violet, 1905-2005
Reference: OHInt-0728/05
Description: Olwyn Violet Strickland born Swansea, Wales 1905. Describes family history in Wales, father's work and books, Welsh language, schooling, Christmas and childhood memories, wedding on Christmas Day 1930 and memories of World War One and World War II. Backgrounds decision to emigrate to New Zealand, travelling on the `Strathmore' to Sydney and the `Wanganella' to New Zealand, arriving Christmas Eve 1957. Recalls getting first job in paid employment with DIC, two weeks after arrival, later moving to Records Section with Social Security Department. Recalls joining the Welsh Society of Wellington at the Blind Institution in Dixon Street. Refers to Berwyn Jones and Peter Fairfax. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Linda Bevan Smith Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011798-011799; OHLC-005958-005959 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4093.
Crane driver, Kathy Raue
Date: [ca 3 May 1977]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1977/1540-F
Description: Crane driver, Kathy Raue, Wellington region. Photographs taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Forrester, Adele, fl 2012 :Photograph of the Minister and Executive, H M Customs Office...
Date: 24 Oct 1934
By: Forrester, Adele, active 2012
Reference: PA6-774
Description: Photograph of the Minister and Executive, HM Customs Office, Wellington, taken 24 October 1934, by an unidentified photographer. Group portrait showing approximately 65 men and two women. Includes Minister of Customs Joseph Gordon Coates (seated, 13th from left) and James Henry Forrester (seated, ninth from left). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 67 x 11.7 cm Provenance: Mrs Forrester was married to James Henry Forrester's son Ian and the photograph came to them when James died. Transfers: Other - Collection received into Photographic Archive. Transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - One book by William Paley 'Natural theology; or Evidences of the existence and attributes of the deity collected from the appearances of nature' (London; Printed for J Faulder, 1809).
Anthea Abercrombie using a machine for measuring screw gauges, Dominion Physical Labora...
Date: [ca 13 May 1943]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000429-F
Description: Anthea Abercrombie using a pitch measuring machine, to get accurate dimensions of screw gauges, at the Dominion Physical Laboratory, Gracefield, Lower Hutt, Wellington, circa 13 May 1943. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's caption, from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the first of the set of photographs at 1/4-000428 to 000436, reads: "Science to the aid of industry. Led by scientists and precision engineers, the Dominion Physical Laboratory does specialist work that enables manufacturers to increase their production on defence output. The staff at the Laboratory includes men and women specially trained for their war-time job..." Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30 reads: "A worker trained to use a pitch measuring machine, to obtain accurate dimensions of screw guages. The Dominon Physical Laboratory specialises in precision measurement to 1/10,000 inch and less." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 20, 429 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Interior of the Children's Dental Clinic, Willis Street, Wellington
Date: ca 1950s
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010430-F
Description: Interior of the Children's Dental Clinic, Willis Street, Wellington. Shows rows of dental nurses attending to their patients. Lights hang from the ceiling. A row of windows is on the left. Photographer unidentified. See also MNZ-1099-1/4 for a similar image Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 6994 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Interior of cannery at Westfield Freezing Works, Otahuhu, Auckland - Photograph taken b...
Date: [194-?]
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s
Reference: 1/2-034201-F
Description: Interior view of the cannery at Westfield Freezing Works, Otahuhu, Auckland, showing women at work. Photograph taken ca 1940s by W Walker for the National Publicity Studios. Caption - Note on back of file print reads: "Westfield Freezing Works Cannery" Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - beneath image - A3892 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Soup kitchen, Wellington
Date: ca 1932
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP-8645B-1/2-F
Description: Soup kitchen in Wellington, circa 1932. Exact location unknown. Shows an unidentified group by a building made of wood and corrugated iron. Women stand by food containers and a queue of men stand alongside holding enamel mugs. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post newspaper. Other images taken at the soup kitchen are at EP-8643, EP-8646, 1/2-084148, 1/2-084150, 1/2-084151, 1/2-084152, 1/2-084154. File prints of all items held at Turnbull Library Pictures at 331. Labour conditions. 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Tinakori Road dental clinic annexe, Wellington - Photograph taken by John Rundle
Date: Dec 1957
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Rundle, John, active 1940-2005
Reference: 1/2-030255-F
Description: Dental nurses at work, Tinakori Road dental clinic, Wellington, December 1957. Shows four nurses bending over children in dental chairs. Nurses, from left: J E Snow, N Tucker, G D Settar and J L Stevens. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by John Rundle. NPS Reference number: A52508 The building housing the clinic was used as a residence for New Zealand Prime Ministers before this photograph was taken. It later became known as Premier House. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Girl delivering milk
Date: 1975
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-022793-F
Description: Girl delivering milk, 1975, Wellington region. Shows a young woman pushing a cart filled with crates of milk bottles along a footpath. Photograph taken for the Evening Post by an unidentified staff photographer. Publication note - Exact date of publication, if any, unknown. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Labelling tinned food in a V A Pool factory, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: May 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-034460-F
Description: Women in front of a conveyor belt, placing labels on tins of mixed vegetables, inside the V A Pool Ltd factory in Wellington. Boxes of produce are stacked up in the background. Photograph taken in May 1954, by E Woollett. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre right - A35,472 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Philips radio factory interior, Wellington
Date: [195-?]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-033904-F
Description: Philips radio factory interior, Wellington. View includes employees, with two women in the foreground. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Canning mixed vegetables, V A Pool Ltd, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: May 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-034458-F
Description: Women canning mixed vegetables, V A Pool Ltd, Wellington region, May 1954, photographed for the National Publicity Studios by E Woollett. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Dental nurse with a patient at the Children's Dental Clinic, Wellington - Photograph ta...
Date: Sep 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-033382-F
Description: Unidentified dental nurse and her patient at the Children's Dental Clinic in Willis Street, Wellington, in September 1954. Shows a young woman, in uniform, holding a long handled dental mirror, standing alongside an unidentified boy in the dentist's chair. They both hold a toy horse. Other dental nurses are in the background. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by Edward Christensen. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - A36966 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Women tram conductors
Date: [194-?]
From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives
Reference: 1/2-043970-F
Description: Studio portrait of three unidentified women tram conductors in uniform with leather ticket pouches, probably taken during World War II by S P Andrew Ltd. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above image - 26494-4 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Nitrate film negative