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Creator unknown: Photographic prints, chiefly of staff of the Government Printing Offic...
Date: [ca 1940s-1940s], [ca 1968-ca 1974]
Reference: PAColl-10084
Description: Photographs of the staff of the Government Printing Office in Palmerston North at work, taken between circa 1968 and circa 1974 by an unidentified photographer. The collection includes group portraits of staff individual staff members at work, and scenes of staff socialising. The photographs depict a range of machinery and printing equipment used by the staff in their work. One group photograph identifies the following individuals: E James, R Edmonds, T Lynch, J Patrick, P Edwards, R Hinks, R Bell, D Bell, B Martin, A Johnson, Mr. McMurray, M Myers, D Roberts, G Collis, F Collis, C Williamson, W Hale, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mamad, and C Priest. Some individuals from the group photograph appear in other images. All other staff photographs are unidentified. The collection also includes one photograph of College Street, Palmerston North, primary school girls and boys on their tricycles, taken circa 1940s-1950s by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Dated circa 1968 to circa 1974 because there are calendars on the walls for those dates. Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Coal miners taking a break, Stockton, Buller district
Date: 3 Oct 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001227-F
Description: Coal miners having 'crib' (snack) time in a wet mine, Stockton, Buller district, 3 October, 1944. One eats a sandwich. The man on the right holds a bottle of cold tea. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the backfile for the set of photographs at 1/4-001221 to 001261 reads: "Coal from the Buller mines". Researcher has suggested the mine is Webb Mine and the men may be (left to right) Jim Wilson, shot firer; Alfie Dawes (eating a sandwich) and Harry Betteley or Ollie Henderson. Caption - Caption at backfile reads: " Crib time in a wet mine. 'Crib' is a miner's term for a snack. Typical of crib are the sandwich (centre) and the bottle of cold tea (right). Source of descriptive information - File print and Pascoe's notes in backfile held in Photographic Archive. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Car factory interior
Date: ca 1935
From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-015591-F
Description: Inside a car factory (probably General Motors in Petone), circa 1935. Shows unidentified men working. Photograph taken by Gordon Burt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Men preparing sausage casings at Islington Freezing Works, Canterbury
Date: ca 1920
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-005060-G
Description: Preparation of sausage casings, Islington Freezing Works, Canterbury, photographed by Steffano Francis Webb circa 1920. Shows four unidentified men working inside a brick building. Other: Note on back of file print reads: Calibration (sizing) Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 3 Glossy; Marginal notes on negative - top right - I02 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Freezing workers at Whakatu, Hastings district
Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]
From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district
Reference: 1/1-019278-G
Description: Freezing workers by sheep carcasses at the freezing works at Whakatu, Hastings district. Photograph taken between 1920s-1930s by Henry Norford Whitehead. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Coal miner, Stockton, Buller district
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001225-F
Description: Coal miner working in a wet mine in Stockton, Buller district. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-001221 to 001261 reads: "Coal from the Buller mines" Caption - Caption with Pascoe file at 6/1/30 in Photographic Archive reads: "Work in a wet mine. Water overhead and under foot give this man the right to fewer hours. A "wet place" by agreement is defined as "a place in which a workman cannot avoid his clothing becoming saturated with water within three hours of his commencing work or where he has to work in more than 3 inches of water on the floor" Note the young waterfall on the left." Source of descriptive information - File print and Pascoe's notes in Pascoe backfile held in Photographic Archive. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Celulosic negative, 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Miners working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-033994-F
Description: Two unidentified men working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Caption - from National Publicity Studios file print reads: "Blackball Mine. Working a wet face. Minters working under such conditions are paid higher wages and work 6 hour shifts." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - A1256 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Miss Louie Kuiti, Lane's Hosiery Ltd, Levin
Date: [ca 10 Mar 1960]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1960/0854-F
Description: Miss Louie Kuiti at Lane's Hosiery, Levin, operating a 'looper' machine for children's stretch-nylon socks. Photograph taken circa 10 March 1960 for the Evening Post by an unidentified staff photographer. Other - Published in the Evening Post newspaper, 10 March 1960. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm
Freezing workers at Whakatu, Hastings district
Date: [1919-circa 1921]
From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district
Reference: 1/1-019279-G
Description: Freezing workers with sheep carcasses at the freezing works at Whakatu, Hastings district. Tom Cunningham is the Maori man sixth from right (in striped singlet). Behind him is John (Jack) Palmer (the shorter man, fourth in line from the right of frame). Photograph taken between 1919 and circa 1921 by Henry Norford Whitehead. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Tom Cunningham and John Palmer identified by Library clients. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Trucker working in the Blackball coal mine
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-033996-F
Description: Unidentified trucker working in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Motor industry factory interior
Date: [ca 1935]
From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-015590-F
Description: Scene in a factory (probably General Motors in Petone) showing unidentified woman machinists working for the motor industry. Photograph taken by Gordon Burt, circa 1935. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Furniture making workshop, Wairarapa Farmers Cooperative Association, Masterton
Date: ca 1906
From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907
Reference: PA1-o-367-05
Description: Interior of the furniture factory of the Wairarapa Farmers Cooperative Association, Masteron. Shows furniture workers alongside work benches. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer for the Department of Labour's court at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906/1907. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - W.F.C.A. Furniture making Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 20.6 cm
Binding department of the New Zealand Herald newspaper, Auckland
Date: 1906
Reference: 1/2-028091-F
Description: Binding department of the New Zealand Herald newspaper, Auckland, in 1906. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Employee in a motor vehicle factory
Date: [ca 1935]
From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-015594-F
Description: Unidentified employee in a motor vehicle factory (probably General Motors in Petone). Photograph taken by Gordon Burt, circa 1935. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Filling a metal bottle with mercury for export, Puhipihi, near Whangarei, Northland
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: Brown, D F :Chiefly photographs of bush tramways and mining scenes in Northland
Reference: PAColl-5934-04
Description: Man filling a metal bottle with mercury for export at Puhipuhi near Whangarei, Northland, circa 1930s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Dated by clothing and general appearance of man pictured. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.5 x 16.4 cm
Jam making, Thompson and Hill's Ltd, Auckland
Date: [195-?]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-034447-F
Description: Jam making, Thompson and Hill's Ltd, Auckland, circa 1950s. Shows men stiring fruit in steam heated pans. Taken for the National Publicity Studios by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Men and women working inside the printing business of George Davis, Christchurch
Date: 1901
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-003941-G
Description: People working inside the printing business of George Davis. Taken by Steffano Francis Webb in Christchurch in 1901 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).