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[Calendars for the years of the 1950s, of approximately A3 size]

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Edwards, Henry Phillip, 1913?-1987; Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; ICI New Zealand; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; Mason, Frank Henry, 1876-1965; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Waghorn, Reginald James, 1898-1987; Woods, George, 1898-1963

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1950s

Description: Includes calendars: 1951: Imperial Chemicals (N.Z.) Ltd. The growth of a colony; original pen drawings by Russell Clark. [Calendar 1951]. New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1951 (showing a reproduction of a painting by Allan Mitchell, of "High summer East Cape - end of day on the road - the long trek from Te Araroa to Taneatua"). 1952: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Nga Rangatira (The chiefs). [Calendar. 1952]. Pen portraits by Henry Edwards. Includes portraits of Hongi (1777-1828), Tamati Ngaporo (1804-1885), Tamati Waka Nene (1780-1871), Rewi (1815-1894), Wiremu Tamehana (1800-1866), King Tawhiao (1825-1894). (2 copies) 1953: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. [New Zealand historical scenes sketched by Peter McIntyre. Calendar. 1953]. (2 copies) New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1953. [featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II]. 1954: Imperial Chemical Industries. Original lino-cuts by Stewart Maclennan. [Calendar. 1954]. (2 copies) 1955: Imperial Chemical Industries(N.Z.) Ltd. A series of Polynesian legends by E Mervyn Taylor, George Woods, Russell Clark, Henry Edwards, Peter McIntyre, S B Maclennan. [Calendar 1955]. 1956: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. A selection of New Zealand paintings from the National Art Gallery. [Calendar]. 1956. 2 copies. Includes works by Nugent Welch, Sydney L Thompson, Cedric Savage, J C Hoyte, Cecil F Kelly, H Linley Richardson 1957: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Power in New Zealand; original drawings by R J Waghorn. [Calendar]. 1957. 1958: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. University institutions of New Zealand; original pencil drawings by F V Ellis. [Calendar]. 1958. (2 copies, one donated 2003) New Zealand Shipping Company. New Zealand Line. "When sails beat steam"; an episode in the roaring forties in 1895 - sailing vessel Turakina and steamship Ruapehu. From a painting by Frank H Mason. [Calendar] 1958. [Signed: B C D'Arcy Maxwell (4th Officer S S "Ruapehu" at the time) Nelson N.Z. 1958]. 1959: Exide Batteries of New Zealand Limited. Calendar 1959 .. with reproductions from a series of twelve colour photographs Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. A selection of early colonial water colours from the Alexander Turnbull Library. [Calendar. 1959]. 2 copies. Includes works by G H Page, William Fox, George Grey, G F Von Tempsky, William Packe, and E C Wyvill. New Zealand Free Lance annual. Calendar 1959 ("Roadside scene, Lake Wanaka, Otago"; presentation plate issued with New Zealand free lance annual 1958) Quantity: 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

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Monowai Power Station

Date: 1930 - 1939

Reference: 1/4-018158

Description: Monowai Power Station on the west bank of the Waiau River with the pipeline which connected it to the canal feeding water from Lake Monowai. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Electrical Development Association of New Zealand Inc :Photographs collected for the pu...

Date: ca 1888-1988

From: Electrical Development Association of New Zealand Inc :Photographs collected for the publication of "Power to the people"

By: Electrical Development Association of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-5864-2

Description: Historical photographs relating to the development of electric power generation and supply in New Zealand. Quantity: 300 b&w copy photographic print(s). 8 colour original photographic print(s). 14 photocopy/ies. 19 b&w copy transparency/ies b&W copy transparency/ies.

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Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988 :[Sketchbook] 1971-1973.

Date: 1971 - 1973

By: Tole, Charles Holbert Smales, 1903-1988

Reference: E-323-q

Description: Scenes of Auckland wharves, industrial buildings, Huntly Power Station [?], Reparoa, Ngongotaha, Waiotapu, Atiamuri, Turangi, Taupo district, Mt Maunganui, Manukau harbour, Reefton, Cashmere hills, Riccarton, Wairau valley; also unidentified buildings and landscapes. Exhibited in 'ART Notes: 20th century artists' papers and sketches from the Turnbull Library' exhibition curated by Jill Trevelyan, in the Turnbull Room, National Library Gallery, 27 November 1999 - 6 February 2000. Signed: C.H.T. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 45 Pencil, crayon and ink drawings in spiral bound sketchbook 211 x 299 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr C.H. Tole, 5/27 Picadilly Pl., Kohimarama, Auckland 5, 15 April 1977.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:About time you paid more for our power. Your power! We ...

Date: 1983

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-170

Description: Shows two men, a taxpayer standing on the North Island and the other on the South Island. The South Islander says it is time the North Island paid for the electricity generated in the South Island but the North Islander remonstrates that the North Island's larger population paid to develop South Island power generation resources. Refers to competition between the two islands. Extended Title - Power price rise for N. Island, but not for S. Island. North and South Islands population comparison Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink, letratone and crayon on watercolour paper. 262 x 390 mm.

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Travels of a Country Library Service Bookvan; Auckland trips

Date: 1972-1974

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-846

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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New Zealand. Ministry of Energy. Electricty Division :Waitaki power development. Compli...

Date: 1983

From: [Ephemera of around A3 size relating to electricity in New Zealand, its generation, supply and equipment. 1980-1999]

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Energy. Electricity Division

Reference: Eph-C-ELECTRICITY-1983-01

Description: Poster showing a map of the area around Benmore, Aviemore, Twizel, Lake Ohau and Tekapo. Also shows photographs of the dams at Benmore, Twizel,Waitaki, Aviemore and Ohau A B and C. Shows a photograph of two rare black stilts in their habitat. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 350 x 520 mm.

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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 : "Yes. It looks as if we will have 'bags' of power. M...

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-059

Description: Shows a truck carrying bags labelled 'Bags of power for the poor North Island'. The truck is at Christchurch Airport and the bags are about to be flown to the North Island on a plane. A newspaper article about elctricity, titled 'S.I. may be set to 2000 for power', is adhered to the top left corner of the cartoon. At the top of the cartoon are the words '"We are all concerned with the power position and we in the South Island are beginning to sympathise with the North Island on this issue." Councillor Manning, Deputy-Mayor' The words '"Power" cartoon, 19th Oct 55, No. 157' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and newsprint on card, 255 x 280 mm

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053041-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053039-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053040-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053034-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053037-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053038-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053035-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Meremere Power Station

Date: May 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-053036-F

Description: Meremere Power Station. Photograph taken May 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photograph Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Otira Village, 1924

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1110-F

Description: Panoramic view of Otira Village with rows of workmen's cottages, a wide riverbed in the foreground, two-storeyed hotel centre left, and the Otira Power House on the left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Otira Village N.Z.; Photographer's title on negative - Otira Village. No. 489 New Zealand 1924 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.5 cm

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Photographs of hydroelectricity power industry and New Zealand scenic locations

Date: [circa 1878], [ca 1930s-1980]

From: Pugh family: Photographs

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Bunckenburg, Roger, active 1980; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pugh, Charles Trevor, 1912-1989; Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10208-3

Description: Photographs and postcards relating to Charles Trevor Pugh. The majority of images relate to his career with New Zealand Electricity Department (NZED) and show exterior and interior views of hydro projects, substations and equipment. Several images show New Zealand scenic locations and historic places. Most taken between circa 1930 to 1980. Also includes postcards of scenes taken circa 1878. Most images taken by C Trevor Pugh. Other images taken by Roger Bunckenburg, Whites Aviation, Muir & Moodie, Aldersley, and unidentified photographers. - Images taken during the 1930s include Arapuni Power Station (1937), Whakamaru Power Station and other unnamed substations. Also includes scenic locations; HMNZ 'Endeavour' at Russell, the Treaty House at Waitangi, the Stone Store at Kerikeri, Fox Glacier, Mount Cook, Hermitage Hotel, Chateau Tongariro, the Sign of the Takahe and unnamed snowy mountains. - Images taken in the 1940s include two men in front of 'Equipment Store 1st Field Brigade NZA' shed, unnamed state hydro projects, Stratford Substation (March, 1948), a gorge on Waikato River, Karapiro Dam and Power Station, Maraetai ferro-concrete bridge, Arapuni circuit breakers, Highbank Power Station, electricity pylons on farmland at Pahuatanui and elsewhere, plus photographs of the Waikato River hydroelectric power development maps. Also includes a State Hydro Department Library print of Tuai Power Station on Lake Kaitawa near Lake Waikaremoana, and a view of Cass Basin. - Images taken in the 1950s include Sir Edmund Hillary and Captain Harry Kirkwood on upper deck of HMNZS 'Endeavour' in 1956. Also includes views of electricity substations taken in 1958 of Inanaghua switching station and depot, Murchison Substation, Kikawa Substation with Stewart Johnson and Mr (?) Robinson inspecting the transformers unit, Westport Substation, Cobb Power Station and unnamed electricity substations. - Images taken in the 1960s include women making electricial componentry, men on a field trip to lakes and hydro stations (possibly Lake Taupo and Waikato River locations), unnamed NZED spillways and substations (possibly Waikato River or South Island locations), men in an electrical engineering classroom and lecture room, Eric Bruce MacKenzie, General Manger of New Zealand Electricity Department and other officials at Manapouri Power Station ceremony, the laying of the Cook Strait Cable showing the ship MV 'Photinia' at work, E B MacKenzie and others (1964), a lunch of NZED staff including geothermal electrical engineer Robin McKenzie, various unnamed buildings, people on beach after the sinking of the 'Wahine' ferry (1968), and an unidentified group of men on a street. Also includes unknown stone church and Queen Elizabeth II on visit to Christchurch Hospital (1953 or 1963?) - Postcards include views of Ohope Beach, Fox Glacier, Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu, Picton, Marine Parade at Napier, the Mansion House on Kawau Island, plus postcards showing early views of the Avon River footbridge and Domain Gardens, the Christchurch to Sumner tramway, and circa 1878 portrait of Donald Sutherland. - Aerial views of Karori suburb, Wellington, in 1980 show Karori Reservoir, Messines Road, Campbell Street, Wrights Hill Road, Beauchamp Street, and Karori Mall. Quantity: 191 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, colour photoprint

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Wellington YMCA North Island Tour, and South Island Tour

Date: 1934-1936

From: National Council of Young Men's Associations of New Zealand: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-721

Description: Two YMCA holiday tours of the North and South Islands in the mid 1930s. In particular there are some good interiors of the Waitaki power station Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Gorton, Elsie Firminia, 1895-1984 : Photograph album of New Zealand places, scenery; in...

Date: [192-?]

By: Gorton, Elsie Firminia, 1895-1984; Holmes, Ellen, active 1992

Reference: PA1-o-756

Description: Album compiled by Elsie Firminia Carrell (later Gorton) comprising photographs of places around New Zealand. Photographs taken circa 1920s, probably by Elsie and/or James (Jim) Carrell. Includes images taken in Otira, West Coast, particularly the Otira Tunnel in the last stages of construction, circa 1921 (the tunnel opened in 1923), on which her first husband, James (Jim) Carrell, worked. Also includes photographs relating to the Fry and Calcinai families. Accompanying information - Accompanied by photocopy of a family tree including Calcinai and Fry families Source of descriptive information - Family member Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints in album

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