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Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
- Date
- ca1935-1962
- By
- Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913-2009
- Reference
- PAColl-6180
- Description
Photographs taken by Neville Lewers while teaching on the West Coast in the 1930s and 1940s, and while working as still photographer for the National Film Library, ca 1950-1972.
Subjects include Plunket in Christchurch, gold mining, scenic and landscape views, farms and farming, cities and towns, sports such as dog racing and basket ball, a Fitness Week parade, factories, timber mills, the milk industry, children, whitebaiting, ships, railway trains, Maori carving and tukutuku, yachting, vegetable growing, and electric power projects.
The main locations are Canterbury, the West Coast, Wellington, Napier, and Northland.
Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm, 27384 - 35mm, 27419, and 35mm, 27502 - 35mm, 28031; also at 1/4-89595-F to 1/4-90468-F; also at 1/2-181519-F to 1/2-181647-F; also at 35mm-45660 to 35mm-45664 and 35mm-89868 to 35mm-89872; also 1/2-232561-F to 1/2-232588-F.
Quantity: 441 b&w original photographic print(s). 1598 b&w original negative(s) Of which 565 are 120 format negs housed in the 35mm sequence These comprise 1032 images.. 4 colour original transparency/ies. 4 b&w original transparency/ies.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 441 b&w original photographic print(s), 1598 b&w original negative(s) Of which 565 are 120 format negs housed in the 35mm sequence These comprise 1032 images., 4 colour original transparency/ies, 4 b&w original transparency/ies, Photographs
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Lewers, Neville :Photographs relating to coal mining on the West Coast
Date: ca1940
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-03
Description: Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s).
Lewers, Neville :Photographs of a fat lamb farm near Amberly, Canterbury
Date: 1980s
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-09
Description: Men, horses, and dogs working sheep on Croft, a fat lamb farm near Amberly, Canterbury. A note by Neville Lewers states that these photographs were taken at Croft near Amberly, and that they were taken for a school publication bulletin and 2 black and white film strips for publication in London, 1980s. Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s).
Lewers, Neville :Photographs of mainly South Island countryside and landscape
Date: ca1950
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-02
Description: Scenic, pastoral and landscape views of locations mainly in Canterbury, Westland and Central Otago. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).
Lewers, Neville :Photographs of skaters, Wellington City, harvesting machines etc.
Date: ca1949-ca1955
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-01
Description: Skating on the Manorburn Reservoir in the early 1950s; two panoramas of Wellington City ca 1949; harvesting wheat, hay and potatoes; seabirds; maps of New Zealand, and a Goldie portrait of a Maori Woman; Hick's Bay, White Island, and an aerial view of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).
Articles by Neville Lewers, and publications using his photographs
Date: 1939-1940
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-1
Description: Pages from the Auckland Weekly News, the New Zealand Free Lance, the New Zealand Railways Magazine. These all have articles and published photographes supplied by Neville Lewers. Two copies of a booklet on Westport and the Buller written and illustrated by Lewers. There are also two copies of a publication, New Zealand from the Air, dating from around 1939.
Members of New Dance Group performing
Date: 1947
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-10-13
Description: Members of New Dance Group performing, 1947, photographed by Neville Lewers at an unidentified location. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Neville R. Lewers Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.5 x 21.7 cm
Members of New Dance Group performing
Date: 1947
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-10-18
Description: Members of New Dance Group performing, 1947, photographed by Neville Lewers at an unidentified location. Standing on left: Stancie Stone. Kneeling, from left: Mary Gold, Joyce Tooby, Beverly Campbell, Helen Beeby, Alison Kane. Source of descriptive information - Identification from notes on back of photo support. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.3 x 21.5 cm
Three children dressed in wet weather clothes
Date: ca 1940
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-07-1-2
Description: Three children wearing gum boots, sou'wester rain hats, and raincoats, walking through a puddle in a street. Photographed by Neville Lewers about 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Two boys working a hand puppet theatre
Date: ca 1939
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-07-2-3
Description: Two unidentified boys working a hand puppet theatre, photographed by Neville Lewers, ca 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Granity
Date: [between 1930s and 1940s]
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-08-12
Description: Aerial photograph showing the town of Granity, West Coast. Photograph taken by Neville Lewers between the 1930s and 1940s. Inscriptions: Verso - Granity Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.4 cm