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Distinguished guests at the opening of the Lake Waitaki hydro-electric power station - ...
Date: 1934
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
By: Green & Hahn (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-9150-13
Description: Distinguished guests at the opening of the Lake Waitaki hydroelectric power station, 1934, photographed by Green and Hahn. Front row, from left: unidentified, Lord Bledisloe, Frederick Kissel, Emma Forbes, George Forbes. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print, and file print. Inscriptions: Verso - Lord Bledisloe, Mr Kissell, Mrs & Mrs Forbes at the opening ceremony at Waitaki Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.4 x 20.1 cm
Prime Minister of New Zealand, George William Forbes, with cattle beast, New Plymouth show
Date: 1931
From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs
Reference: 1/2-017794-G
Description: Prime Minister of New Zealand, George William Forbes, with cattle beast, 1931, at the New Plymouth show. Photograph taken by John Reginald Wall. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Crowd at opening of Otira Tunnel
Date: 4 Aug 1923
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Reference: MNZ-1691-1/4-F
Description: Photograph of a crowd standing beside the railroad tracks at the opening of the Otira Tunnel on 4 August 1923. Attendants include: Sir Joseph Ward, 2nd from left; Thomas Wilford, 5th from left; Evan Parry, 6th from left facing William Massey, centre; Gordon Coates, holding coat; George Forbes, far right. Photographer unidentified. Publication note - Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. `Making New Zealand'. 2(17): 14 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from William Walter Stewart for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).
Lloyd, Trevor 1863-1937 :The lady in the case. 20 September 1933
Date: 1933
By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937
Reference: B-115-020
Description: Shows coalition partners J G Coates and G W Forbes reacting with shock to the appearance of Mrs Elizabeth McCombs, 1st woman M P, who took office 13 Sep 1933. Behind Mrs McCombs is an indignant jack-in the box figure, representing the Maori race, some of whom had objected to women in Parliament. The Maori figure is marked 'their troubles' and has appeared at the same time as Mrs McCombs, out of the box, but is much larger and more threatening than Mrs McCombs, and hence more of a problem to the Government See Mrs E R McCombs, N.Z.'s 1st woman MP (q920 McC) Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 240 x 390 mm on sheet 310 x 490 mm