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Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/13-F

Description: Place-getters in the women's javelin throwing event at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, two from New Zealand, and one from Australia. Shows the athletes sitting on a bench. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/119/06-G

Description: Sir Arthur Porritt presenting trophies to winning athletes in the British Empire Games at Auckland, photographed in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/124/32-F

Description: Masseurs Jackson Connel of Dunedin and Jim Meek of Rotorua treating 1950 British Empire Games athlete Dave Batten. Shows Batten lying on a bunk bed in a cabin at the 1950 British Empire Games village at Ardmore, having his back massaged. Photograph taken circa 1 February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Caption - Tired muscles rarely fail to respond to the educated fingers of Jackson Connel (Dunedin) and Jim Meek (Rotorua) who have been giving massage service of something like 12 hours daily to athletes at Ardmore. The athlete is David Batten, national furlong and 1/4-mile champion. Publication note - Evening Post, 1 February 1950 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2 Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/124/44-F

Description: Athletes in the 1950 British Empire Games meeting dignitaries at a garden party at Government House in Auckland. Photograph taken on 2 February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - See 114/124/29 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1913

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]

By: Whitcombe, Claud Raoul, -1952

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1913-01-10

Description: Shows smiling man in leopard skin, laurel wreath and sandals, standing beside a scroll containing text of advertisement for restaurant, which sells icecream, fruit salad, cream, and iced drinks. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Extended Title - In Queen's Theatre (Auckland). Programme for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 27, 28, 29 [1913], page 10 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - C R Whitcombe Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on page of programme.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 184 x 122 mm.

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006320-G

Description: Cricket team, circa 1910s, probably in Kaitaia. Group portrait, taken outdoors. Shows 13 men, and a dog (a mascot?) alongside. Photograph taken by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, and in negative register Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/01-F

Description: New Zealand athlete, Harold Nelson after competing in the 6-miles event at the 1950 British Empire Games, Eden Park, Auckland. Shows him wearing a New Zealand team singlet and carrying a blanket. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - Nelson identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1999-2006

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000417

Description: Photographs relating to athletics in West Coast Region. Includes photographs of the Greymouth Athletics Club, Greymouth Harriers, West Coast Track and Field, Coast to Coast race, marathon and other running races, touch rugby, gymnastics, and school athletic champhionships. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Sport (Athletic)" Quantity: 134 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1971

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00728-d-F

Description: Motocross riders, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast, Wellington region, 1971, photographed by Bruce Davis. Riders unidentified.l The two riders in the foreground are riding Suzuki motorcycles, the third is riding a CZ motorcycle. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2 Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/124/49-F

Description: Athletes in the 1950 British Empire Games meeting dignitaries at a garden party at Government House in Auckland. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - See 114/124/29 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1948

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00839-b-F

Description: Willie O'Brien racing a Douglas motorcycle during a hill climb at Tauwhare, near Hamilton, in 1947, photographed by Bruce Valentine Davis. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/32-F

Description: Winners of the women's 80-metres hurdles event in the 1950 British Empire Games at Eden Park, Auckland. Shows an Australian athlete (probably the winner of the gold medal) standing with two New Zealand athletes. At is left June Schoch (later June Clare), winner of the silver medal, and at right is Janet Shackleton (later Janet Park Cooke) winner of the bronze medal. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Descriptive information updated in February 2020 as a rwsult of information from a researcher.

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/19-F

Description: Harold Nelson, before or after a track event at the 1950 British Empire Games, Eden Park, Auckland. Shows him wearing a New Zealand team singlet with his competitor number (129) attached, and holding a jersey. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - Nelson identified by library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/22-F

Description: Start of the men's six-miles race at the 1950 British Empire Games, Eden Park, Auckland. Shows the runners just off the starting line. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/119/07-G

Description: Sir Arthur Porritt presenting trophies to winning athletes in the British Empire Games at Auckland, photographed in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Feb 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24070-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/16-F

Description: Runners heading down the front straight of the track during the final of the 200-yards race in the 1950 British Empire Games at Eden Park in Auckland. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/07-F

Description: Athletes in the 1950 British Empire Games, Doris Parker of Waikato and Sylvia Cheeseman of England, on the track at Eden Park. Shows Cheeseman hammering her starting blocks into place. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/30-F

Description: Athletes running in an event during the 1950 British Empire Games at Eden Park in Auckland. Shows two New Zealand athletes in the pack. The leading New Zealand runner has been identified as Doug Harris, a world class 400 and 800 metre runner. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Feb 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/125/29-F

Description: Finish of the men's three-miles event during the 1950 British Empire Games at Eden Park in Auckland. Shows one runner crossing the finish line and other athletes approaching it. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative