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Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
- Date
- ca1890-ca1990
- By
- Nightingall, John Bernard, 1911-1993; Nightingall, Theodore Charles, 1914-1986; Morrell, Ben, active 2002
- Reference
- PAColl-7167
- Description
Family photographs and photographs of aviation, model aviation, conscientious objectors, physical culture, the flax industry, hynotism, yachts and yachting, Wellington transvestites, and other topics, taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall. Collection also includes photographs taken by their father, John Hough Nightingall and some original negatives taken by C Spencer of Auckland in 1903/04.
Arrangement: Negatives are at 1/2-197556 to 1/2-199010, 1/4-106082 to 1/4-107820, 1/1-028851 to 1/1-028870, and 35mm 38176 to 35mm 38225. Transparencies are at PA12-2297 to PA12-2384. Lantern slides are with the lantern slide sequence, but as yet have not been allocated a collection number
Quantity: 546 b&w original transparency/ies. 1429 colour original transparency/ies of which an estimated 154 are coloured glass lantern slides. 130 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 2496 b&w original negative(s). 48 colour original negative(s). 1320 b&w original photographic print(s). 38 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 album(s) Album(s).
Provenance: Collection formed part of the estate of Jack Nightingall, left to Colin Morrell on his death.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 546 b&w original transparency/ies, 1429 colour original transparency/ies of which an estimated 154 are coloured glass lantern slides, 130 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s), 2496 b&w original negative(s), 48 colour original negative(s), 1320 b&w original photographic print(s), 38 colour photo-mechanical print(s), 7 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
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The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
Date: 1939-1940
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
By: Nightingall, Theodore Charles, 1914-1986
Reference: PA1-o-1033
Description: Day and night views of the buildings of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
Date: 1939-1940
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-15
Description: Night view over Wellington Harbour, and the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition at night. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Jack and Theo Nightingall's trip to Fiji
Date: 1950-1955
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-06
Description: Photographs taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall during a trip to Fiji in the early 1950s. Arrangement: Proof sheets of these images can be found at PAColl-7167-10-28 to PAColl-7167-10-31 Quantity: 84 b&w original photographic print(s).
Album of aircraft and aircraft models compiled by Theo Nightingall
Date: 1931-1932
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
By: Nightingall, Theodore Charles, 1914-1986
Reference: PA1-o-1032
Description: Most of this album shows the aircraft models made and flown by Theo Nightingall in the early 1930s. Images record in detail the structural framework of the models, the finished model aircraft, and Theo flying them in the open air. This record is interspersed with images of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" in flight and on the ground. Theo Nightingall was a member of the Waitemata Model Aero Club in the early 1930s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Various photographs relating to different places and events
Date: ca1930-ca1935
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-14
Description: Various photographs relating to different places and events. One seems to be a trip to Sydney. There are views of a ship's deck and coastal cliffs. Also several views of the almost completed Sydney Harbour Bridge from what is probably a ferry. Other photographs are from Christchurch, Wellington and harbour, and of Auckland. There are a number of Auckland buildings; the Greenhouse in the Domain, the University, and the Museum. There is a sequence of views of a thermal area and three photographs of Maori. Another group relates to an unidentified sailing ship, and a third to the flax industry in the Horowhenua Many others are views if countryside and coastal land scape Quantity: 137 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of family and friends
Date: 1900s-1950s
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-01
Description: John Hough Nightingall, his wife Dorothy and sons Jack and Theo. Images of the two sons as babies and school boys in Tasmania, other family members and friends. With their father in the gardens at Melbourne and with their mother, father and friends on picnics and outings. There are also images of Jack and Theo as young men in New Zealand. John Hough Nightingall is shown with work collegues in factories and in formal groups, and there are two images of Dorothy dressed in traditional Maori costume. A section in this collection relates to the time in the early 1930s when John Hough Nightingall was associated with the flax fibre industry in the Foxton area. These photographs show flax plants, mills and machinary, and bails of finished fibre. They also seem to indicate that the whole family was involved in this work. Later in the 1930s images show Theo and friends at the Apollo Club, at parties, on the beach, at weddings, with friends, and with collegues in front of the Leicagraph Studio, Wellington, where he worked. There are also holiday and tramping shots, cross-dressers at a Christmas party at James Smith store, Wellington, and others at a private party. Arrangement: Negatives associated with the flax industry images are at 1/4-107380-F to 1/4-107429-F, 1/2-198297-F to 1/2-198334-F, and 1/2-198819-F to 1/2-198838-F. Many of these images are among the 150 lantern slides in this collection
Family and other photographs
Date: 1930-1939
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-12
Description: Airplanes associated with the Wellington Aero Club including photos taken during a flight over Wellington, also the flying boat "Centaurus". Nightingall family and friends. People on beaches. A grave covered with wreaths. New Zealand and other boxers. The clock tower at Blenheim. The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington. The flax industry and coastal landscape views Quantity: 104 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mainly photographs of family, friends, hypnotism, and Norfolk Island
Date: 1940s-1970s
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-03
Description: Photos of Jack, Theo, and Dorothy Nightingall, their friends and associates. Three images show Theo with Peter Fraser, Walter Nash, and Keith Holyoake. There are social gatherings including dressing up as personalities like Hitler, and a mock wedding. One group of images is of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai Wellington, another of Jack in action in his role as Bernardi the Hypnotist, and a third are colour photographs of Norfolk Island in the 1950s Quantity: 104 b&w original photographic print(s).
Jack and Theo Nightingall's trip to Fiji
Date: 1950-1955
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-05
Description: Photographs taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall during a trip to Fiji in the early 1950s. Arrangement: Proof sheets of these images can be found at PAColl-7167-10-28 to PAColl-7167-10-31 Quantity: 108 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of Jack, and of Theo Nightingall's airplane
Date: ca1950-ca1985
From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall
Reference: PAColl-7167-09
Description: Photographs of Jack Nightingall on the street, on yachts with other people, with work collegues, and dressed for his "Bernardi" show. Two images show his newly refurbished yacht being moved for launching. Most of the rest of the photographs relate to Theo Nightingall and the airplane he built. Those taken during construction show aspects of the internal structure, and the partly compleated fusilage and wings. There are many of the finished plane, of the plane in flight, and as part of aero club events. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 40 colour original photographic print(s).