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Tractor working on a state housing building site in Christchurch
Date: ca 1950
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-007818-F
Description: Caterpillar D8 tractor and Le Tourneau 12 yd carryall working on a state housing building site in Christchurch. Photograph taken circa 1950s by an unidentified photographer for the National Publicity Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Bulldozer working on the Murupara to Te Teko railway, Whakatane district - Photograph t...
Date: Jan 1953
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s
Reference: 1/2-020492-F
Description: Man on a Caterpillar bulldozer moving gravel during the construction of the Murupara to Te Teko railway, Whakatane district. Exact location unidentified. Photograph taken in January 1953, for the National Publicity Studios, by W Walker. 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.
Roxburgh hydro-electric development - Photograph taken by K V Bigwood
Date: Sep 1953
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992
Reference: 1/2-030243-F
Description: Roxburgh hydroelectric development, Otago. Clutha River in foreground. Photograph taken in September 1953 for the National Publicity Studios by K V Bigwood. 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.
Ministry of Works surveyors working on the Murupara to Te Teko railway, Whakatane district
Date: [1953 or 1955]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-020493-F
Description: Ministry of Works surveyors working on the Murupara to Te Teko railway, Whakatane district. Exact location unidentified. Shows them compiling a 'rapid counter survey plan' which divides the property into 500ft squares, and later, into 100ft squares. From left: R Docherty, M Scrivener, M de (Loenee?), S R Gordon. Photograph taken in 1953 or 1955 for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. (Note: There is some confusion as to the date of this photograph. The date on the front of the file print is 1953, the date on back of the print is 1955.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Scene at the Wellington Water Supply Project, Haywards area, Wellington Region - Photog...
Date: Aug 1948
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s
Reference: 1/2-027723-F
Description: Scene at the Wellington Water Supply Project, Haywards area, Wellington Region. Shows the Public Works accounts section paying employees. Car on left. Bulldozers on right. Photograph taken August 1948 for the National Publicity Studios by Mr W Walker. 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.