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Date: [ca 1933-1959]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Watherston, R A, active 1956

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-202

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1933-1959. Various photograph of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu - Soldiers memorial; camping grounds; Queenstown School; Queenstown Post Office; main street; Scott Memorial in Queenstown Park; town centre, 1933; several elevated views; Queenstown Gardens; Kawarau Dam, 1949; aqua-skiing on the lake; Earnslaw; loading wool at Greenstone Bay, 1950. Franz Josef Glacier; mountaineers cutting steps on the glacier; Arrow Basin; Kaniere gold dredge at Kumara, 1959; St Mary's Church, New Plymouth; Mrs W Reid of Runanga surf casting at Crows Bay, West Coast; hay making near Waikari, North Canterbury; Honeymoon Bay in Tasman Bay. Sheep mustering on high country run of A W Gard, Mt Bell Station (near Kurow); photo of musterers (all named on back) and property owned by Gard. Photographs sent to New Free Lance with accompanying letter by R S Watherston of Springhills, 1956 Also Balclutha; Milton; Woodbank Church; Russell, car ferry at Paihia; Mr Barker's stud at Wanaka; bridge over Molyneux River; Roman Catholic Church at Tokaanu; Wanganui river boat; rock formations at Palliser Bay; yachts of man-made lake Lake Whakamarino, 1947; Cascade Saddle; Mount Egmont lighthouse; Pukekura Park; tree growing amongst rocks on Dunstan Range; Taihape Plunket Rooms; elevated view of Nelson; haymaking near Dagarville; Marion Camp, Homer Tunnel; Northland express passing down main street of Kawakawa, 1947; Centennial Memorial, Wanganui; A & P Show, Taranaki; Dobson; Victoria Park, Waimate; main street of Levin, 1930; Midhurst Co-operative Dairy Factory; St Bathans, 1947. Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1909-1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-093

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1909-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Shell Oil Company coastal tankers Paua and Tanea; Union Steam Ship Co cargo vessel Karoon; ferry Arahua (includes original photographs); Orcades; barquentine Alexa ashore at Castlecliff, Wanganui, Dec 1910; damaged cargo vessels Broompak and Komata in Auckland Harbour after collision; wrecked hull of Pelotas ca 1911; Opihi being scuttled in Palliser Bay; steamer Indrabarah being repaired at Port Chalmers. Also: Grounded freighter Viggo Hansteen in Otago Harbour; remains of sailing ship City of Auckland at Otaki; iron barque Anglo-Norman at North Spit, Kaipara, 26 Sep 1914; NZ Shipping Company vessels Rangitane and Rangitoto; wreck of Wiltshire; In memorium postcard relating to S S Penguin (1909) with photo of the vessel and female members of the Toomer family who perished when the ship sunk; boat at landing place at Owens Mines No 1 (undated). Series of original black & white photos of the wreck of the steamer Progress that went ashore at Owhiro Bay, 1st May 1931, with loss of life. Includes photographs of overseas vessels (names not added to Name Field) Quantity: 31 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 6 album leaves with black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 1941-1956

By: Price, Hugh Charles Llewellyn, 1929-2009

Reference: PAColl-5660

Description: Most of the images relate to the Publishers and booksellers, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. Two photos show the interior of Mrs B M Stokes depot for Whitcombe and Tombs, Lower Hutt, 1941. Another shows the Whitcombe and Tombs Cricket Club. There are photos of two conferences, that of the Associated Booksellers of New Zealand at Wanganui in 1948, and that organised by the Booksellers Association of Great Britain, "Bookselling in a Changing World" held at St Peter's Hall, Oxford University in 1956. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1888 - 1957

By: Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919

Reference: Plans-90-0401

Description: Shows front, back and end elevations and longitudinal section Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Replaced 1957; Recto - centre - A Atkins, architect to the Wanganui Education Board, June 1888; Recto - bottom right - This is the drawing referred to in the contract signed the 13th day of June 1888. signed Smith & Marsh Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on pink paper

Date: 1957 - 1910 - 1958

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm); Atkins & Bacon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-020/027

Description: Shows plans for bicycle shelters (1958), a sketch plan for the Handyman-Hobbies building, layout for proposed new block and cycle sheds; details of the new gymnasium, and [1910?] plans of the Headmaster's residence. Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings, blue prints, sizes varying up to 640 x 880 mm.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6961

Description: Photographs of Wanganui, taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Includes views of Wanganui, Deer park, Lifesaving Castlecliff, Sargent Gallery, Bushy Park, Durie Hill tunnel, Belfast St bridge, Whanganui River, cricket and water skiing. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1947 - 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to timber, the timber industry, wood products]

By: Wanganui herald (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-TIMBER-1948-01

Description: A pamphlet protesting timber control policies in the Wanganui area. Inside shows the British "Erith" progressive type kiln in Wanganui, "one of the largest and most effective timber seasoning kilns in the Dominion". It had been kept idle for years, despite its usefulness in aiding repatriation after the first world war. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 215 x 140 mm.

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Nukumaru and Steamer Waione

Reference: 1/4-002574-F

Description: The river steamer Waione tied up at dock in Wanganui Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: Provenance unknown.

Date: 195?

By: Tingay, Frank George, active 1950s

Reference: PAColl-1634

Description: Quantity: 18 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-039/047

Description: Shows cloakroom and lab details, internal finishes, new handyman and hobbies hut, foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, single storey block and two-storey block. Other Titles - Wanganui Quantity: 9 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, 585 x 765 mm.

Date: 1933 - 1951

From: Society of Friends :Photographs

By: Graham, John Lloyd, -1960; Heinegg, Max, active 1966-1976; Tesla Denton Studios

Reference: PA1-f-129

Description: Photographs of staff, pupils and various school activities at the New Zealand Friends' School in Wanganui, between 1933 and 1951. Many people are named, many being listed above. However there are some group portraits with a large number of names which have not been listed. Features Ackworth House in the grounds of the New Zealand Friends School, Whanganui, named after a famous Quaker school in England. Inscriptions: Album page - "Education Committee Minute of 10th Nov. 1939. "Annie Matheson has kindly presented another album for school photographs as the previous one, with its pictorial record of the school's history is full"" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Loose-bound album with brown leatherette cover, tied with cord; 29 x 39 cm

Date: 1958

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-033/038

Description: Shows site plan, heating scheme by Jenkins & Mack, details of cycle racks in the proposed bike sheds. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, 580 x 760 mm.

Date: 1952-1968

From: Crane, Wendy Vivienne, 1936-: Photographs of New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, and India

Reference: PAColl-6344-1

Description: Twelve photographs record a trip to the villages of Naquelewai and Na Soqo beyond the head waters of the Wainimala River in the highlands of eastern Viti Levu in 1968. There are four views of Wanganui dating fom 1955, and two photographs of "Tiny Town", Tāhunanui, Nelson, dated 1952. Four photographs record the Victoria University capping procession in May 1961. The rest are postcards of Wellington, Hastings, St Matthew's church Auckland, and Māori subjects. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1954

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1954

Description: Includes: England v New Zealand. Twickenham, 30 January 1954. Programme. North-West Counties v New Zealand. Manchester City Football Club Maine Road, 17 February 1954. Programme. Barbarians v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park, 20 February 1954. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Football Club, Christchurch Football Club, Pirates Football Club. Easter Re-Union 1954. Austerity programme. South Canterbury Rugby Referees' Association. 47th NZ Rugby Referees' Association Annual Conference Timaru. Easter 1954. Programme. Australian Universities v Victoria University College. Athletic Park, 26 May 1954. programme. Auckland v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 7 June 1954. Programme. Taranaki v Wanganui. Queen's Day. Spriggens Park Wanganui, 7 June 1954. Programme Bush v Evergreens. Rugby Park Pahiatua, 13 June 1954. Programme. Thames Valley v Horowhenua. Levin, 29 June 1954. Programme. New Zealand Maoris v Wanganui. Spriggens Park, 17 July 1954. Programme. Hawke's Bay v Wairarapa. Solway Showgrounds Masterton, 24 July 1954. Programme. New Zealand Maoris v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 24 July 1954. Programme. Bush v New South Wales. Rugby Park Pahiatua, 3 August 1954. Programme. New South Wales Country Unions v Wairarapa. Showgrounds Carterton, 7 August 1954. Programme. North Auckland v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 21 August 1954. Programme. Wellington v Wanganui. Spriggens Park, 25 August 1954. Programme. Wellington 'B' v Wairarapa. Showgrounds Carterton, 18 September 1954. Programme. Spartans Tauranga v Harlequins Hamilton. Tauranga Domain, 9 October 1954. Programme. Quantity: 19 publications. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6980

Description: Photographs of Awakino and Wairarapa taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Includes views of Awakino Gorge, Raukawa Falls, Wanganui, Fielding, Palmerston North, Manawatu Gorge, Gladstone, and Masterton. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1909 - 1925 - 1950 - 1918 - 1931 - 1959

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-11-001/154

Description: Includes plans for Wanganui Collegiate by architects John W Simpson (1909), Atkins and Bacon (1909-1918), R G Talboys (1927), Atkins and C H Mitchell (1931), Mitchell & Mitchell (1950s), and Gray Young Morton and Young. Arrangement: Arranged roughly in chronological order, with some miscellaneously dated at the end of the sequence. Quantity: 154 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and diazo prints on tracing paper, sizes varying around 620 x 820 mm.

Date: 1927, 1938-1956

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-145

Description: Most photographs contain captions &/or dates. Series of photographs taken during the Duke of York's visit to Wigram in 1927 (includes display of Bristol and Avro airplanes); series of photographs taken during and after the rugby match played at Carisbrook, Dunedin between RNZAF and NZ Army - Includes group photo of RNZAF team (all named); Eric Tindall introducing Minister of Defence Hon F Jones to teams; several taken during the game. Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for UK in NZ being introduced to NZ airmen returned from overseas; RNZAF band at a wartime fundraising garden party held at Dr Herbert's on The Terrace, Wellington , ca 1942; RNZAF Station Band playing at Wigram, ca 1940; Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Mountbatten with Wing Commander J Checketts, Apr 1946. Three photos taken during the laying of the RNZAF colour at the Anglican Church, Golville, Wanganui (Group Captain C Turner & Rev Culpitt), ca 1947; Squadron Leader G Evatt & Air Vice Marshal C Kay, 1953; band at Ohakea, 1958; Governor General Lord Freyberg with Group Captain A B Greenaway (CO Wigram), 1949; Group Captain F R Dix with TAF officers at RNZAF Station Ohakea, 1950 Photo of Kingsford-Smith Memorial Gift Ambulance, 1948; RNZAF station at Wigram under construction, 1930s; DC-3 aircraft during supply drop training over Wigram, 1948; Squadron Leader Creichton, Flight Lieut Herrick and Flight Lieut Gibson; Christmas dinner at RNZAF Station Milson, 1943 (named on back); meal during visit of Air Commodore G T Jarman to special ATC summer camp at Milson (includes Squadron Leader T Lester & Wing Commander G A Nicholls, Commandant of the Air Training Corps), and inspecting the school unit cadets 1944 Air Commodore G Vincent, acting Chief of Air Staff in the absence of Air Commodore R Goddard, discussing flight arrangements with Wing Commander R J Cohen and Squadron Leader Fisher at Whenuapai, Oct 1944; Air Vice Marshal R V Goddard, Chief of Air Staff at his desk, ca 1941-1943; Governor General Lord Cobham saluting the Queen's colour of the RNZAF during a parade; view of RNZAF Station Rongotai, 1942 showing airmen on parade; unidentified group photo; members of RNZAF marching through streets of Wellington; group photo taken outside officers mess, Wigram (all named), ca 1948; portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Nevill; Squadron Leader G S Evatt with General John Doolittle on ANZAC Day 1956 at Ohakea; group photo taken at Wigram 1936 standing in front of Vildebreeste aircraft; surplus Harvard training aircraft in storage at Wigram, 1945; Catalina flying boat on a reconnaissance patrol; American Kittyhawks and NZ pilots; Mr Churchill's `York' aircraft (Avro) at Ohakea with Squadron Leader & Mrs Evatt standing beside a plane; a de Havilland being refuelled, 1937; Sunderland flying boats on the water and over NZ coast. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1890-1956

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

Reference: PAColl-3480

Description: Photographs relating to the Davis family of Barton St. David, Somerset, England. All seven sons emigrated to New Zealand ca 1904. The photographs include views in England and on active service in South Africa, China (1908) and postcards of Belgium and France acquired by the brothers on active service in World War One. Also views of Royal naval vessels associated with Frederick Edward Davis and a British police group associated with Harry Davis Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 34 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1940s to 1950s

From: Luke, David M fl 1950- :Photographic albums, negatives, colour slides and prints

Reference: PA1-o-273

Description: Album of photographs relating to historian David M Luke, including family and friends, and various trips around New Zealand. Names listed above are of people identified in the album. A number of sequences show a Yorkshire (?) terrier named Buff. David Luke lived at 84 Bolton Street for many years, and a number of photographs are taken inside the house and in the garden. Another house which is photographed inside and out is at 62 Golders Road, Upper Hutt. Several images show Dean Gibson, at 84 Bolton Street, and at the Deanery. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled `Photographs'; 27.5 x 35.0 cm