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Sedon, Joan, 1914-2006 :Two photographs relating to the Sedon and Brewer families

Date: ca1926, ca1935

By: Tesla Studios; Brown, Joan, 1914-2006

Reference: PAColl-1272

Description: Sedon family - ca 1926 and ca 1935 Quantity: 2 b&w copy photographic print(s) in one envelope.

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Album of photographs of Maori

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

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Brett Printing & Publishing Company Ltd :The Wanganui River, New Zealand. [ca 1910?]

Date: 1905 - 1915

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Wanganui-1910-01

Description: Shows a complete overview of the river, with photographic illustrations (by photographer Denton) all around, including views of: Taumarunui, Te Rerenga-o-ko-Inaki, Otuiti Falls, Ohura Falls, Kirikiriroa, a Maori village, early morning on the river, a narrow gorge, a quiet reach, The Ladder scene, Tarepokiore, Paparoa rapids and waterfall, Parinui, The Caves, Ngaporo Rapids, Pipiriki Landing, a bend above Atene, Mangaio Creek, Hiruharama, Moutoa Island, Parikino Reach. Cove Wanganui, Upper Ohura Falls, River steamer wharves Wanganui. Dated by reference to other products of the Brett Printing Company. Cartographic has a copy at MapColl-832.41 atu [190?] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded sheet, 960 x 270 mm, in blue folder cover 140 x 300 mm.

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Harrison album

Date: 1905-1913

By: Harrison, Charles Fancourt, -1964; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PA1-o-217

Description: Includes photographs of Wanganui Collegiate School, with group portraits of sports teams, cadets, prefects, and one photograph of five school-masters. In most cases people are identified by surname and initials. Not all names have been listed in the name headings. Scenes of the school include exterior views of the old school, foundations of new buildings, an image of plans for the new chapel, and interior views of the chapel. From Wanganui Collegiate School, C F Harrison went to Caius College, Oxford; during that time he joined King Edward's Horse, Cambridge Detachment (King's Oversea Dominions Regiment), the album showing group portraits of members of the regiment. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with greenish-grey cloth cover, tan leather spine; 25.5 x 32.0 cm

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Atkins & Mitchell, architects :Whanganui College school block. 1/2" scale details of as...

Date: 1931

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

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-002

Description: Shows details and elevation showing roof braces. Other Titles - Wanganui Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on tracing paper, 580 x 760 mm.

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Robinson, M K :Early New Zealand photographs

Date: [ca 1902]

Reference: PAColl-0051

Description: Views of the town of Moawhango in Rangitikei Co, and the station of the Batley family. Also of Wanganui, Wellington, and Sir Walter Bullers house on the Terrace. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s) sepia.

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Clift album 2

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-103

Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm

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[Programmes and ephemera relating to New Zealand bowling, outdoor bowls and bowlers. 19...

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-BOWLS-1960s

Description: Includes: 1961: Wanganui Bowling Club. 75th anniversdary tournament, 6-11 March 1961. Programme 1965: New Zealand Bowling Association. Fiftieth annual championship tournament. Auckland [4-18 January] 1965. Programme New Zealand Bowling Association 1965 Tournament, Auckland. Guide to greens [with maps] Gate Pa Bowling Club. Programme 1965-66 (folded pink card) 1969: Gate Pa Bowling Club. Open tournament, 19-21 April 1969. Programme (Folded pink card) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 220 x 150 mm.

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Wanganui from Durie Hill. A D Willis, Wanganui.

Date: Between 1910-1913

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: PA5-0310

Description: A view of Wanganui, showing the bridge, taken from Durie Hill and published by A D Willis, Wanganui, NZ. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 135 mm

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-one cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 and 30 J...

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows a redneck's nightmare, ownership of the Whanganui River is given to Maori who loaded it onto the back of a truck and took it away. Comment on executive golden handshakes and reduntant workers having to sign up for the dole. Shows violent offenders at Paremoremo Prison selecting soft movies like 'The Sound of Music'. In the middle of a power blackout the family try and read the latest power bill, it's gone up. The effect on the opposition of Jonah Lomu being left on the reserve bench. Statue of Liberty calls for the poor and huddled masses but says 'no' to New Zealand lamb. Comment on New Zealand's response to America's tariffs on New Zealand lamb. The common man comments on Bill English upstaging Jenny Shipley at the National Party Conference. Maori MP calls for quotas in the public sector that will ensure employment for ethnic minorities. Hospital hygeine is called into doubt. A politician trys to sell the idea of deregulating the Dairy Industry. A woman comments to her husband that it's a good thing young men eventually grow out of wanting more sex. He wistfully agrees. Obituary for JFK Jr. 1960-1999 Comment on youth alcohol consumption. Auckland Hospital try to reassure the public all babies are born equally there but not necessarily treated equally after that. Comment on Christine rankin's over the top refurbishment of the dept of work and income. Celebration of three New Zealand triumphs. Mike Moore gets top job at WTO, the All Blacks beat the Australians and the Black Caps cricket team beat the English at Lords. Paul Holmes promotes his autobiography. F-16 fighter planes are promoted by an Air Force Officer. The lowering of the drinking age is debated in Parliament. Boys try to come to terms with the news that girls are better pupils than boys. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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Angus Construction album 85: Building, Wanganui

Date: ca 1972

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

Reference: PA1-q-483

Description: Photographs of the construction of an unidentified building in Whanganui, within sight of Wanganui Collegiate and a Woolworths supermarket, circa 1972, taken by Robuck Studios, Whanganui

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Decorative stained glass from shops and houses in Wellington, Wanganui, and Auckland

Date: 1870-1982

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Carter, Charles Edward, 1862-1908; Schroff, Joe, active 1982

Reference: PA12-1440

Description: Decorative stained glass windows in a mixture of styles. Those in the picturesque gothic styled house, Oneida, are of simple geometric designs in bright unpainted colours. There are three images of bird windows dating from the 1890s and originally in W C Fitzgerald's chemist shop, Lambton Quay and Willis st. There are acid etched windows in coloured and white glass, art nouveau windows by Charles Edward Carter, an art deco window, and an art window of the early 1980s. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies.

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Peter Webb Galleries :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Date: 189-

Reference: PAColl-2084

Description: Maori woman with pipe; Maori family outside their house; Maori canoe. Buildings, streets, parks, gardens, river and coastal scenes - locations include Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Rimutaka Hill Road and Masterton Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Angus Construction album 120: Wanganui Hospital; Woolworths Wanganui

Date: 1967-1968

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

By: Wybon Studios

Reference: PA1-q-518

Description: Photographs of the construction of a hospital block at Whanganui Hospital from April 1967 to January 1969, and of a Woolworths store on the outskirts of Whanganui, from March to July1968. Photographs taekn by Wybon Studios, Perry Photographer and an unidentified photographer. Source of Title: Title from cover of album

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Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Libra...

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

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Anderson, Archibald G :Device to enable somnolent surgeons to visit patients after midn...

Date: 1912

By: Anderson, Archibald G, active 1911-1914; Robertson, Herbert Donald (Dr), 1888-1980

Reference: A-148-004

Description: Caricature either of Dr P R Woodhouse or of Dr H D Robertson. The doctor is shown in a high collar, asleep in a wheelchair set up to roll on rails under its own steam. He is outside Ward number 4. The same surgeon is shown asleep in another watercolour labelled on the back as showing Drs Robertson and Woodhouse (reference number A-148-005) Inscriptions: Signed: A.G.A./12 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: ink and watercolour 114 x 152 mm

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Photographs of the Wellington Region and New Zealand taken in the late 1930s

Date: 1938-1940

From: Mackay, Alma, 1918-2006 :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Mackay, Alma, 1918-2006

Reference: PA1-o-1435

Description: Photographs comprise views of Wellington region and scenes in several other New Zealand places. Wellington photographs include: illuminated buildings to mark coronation in 1937; Rongotai aerodrome; Wellington Zoo, elephant bathing; new trains to mark opening of Wellington to Johnsonville electric train service, 1938; Wellington Botanical Gardens and Begonia House; Breaker Bay; illuminations for Wellington Exhibition, 1940. Images also show Alma MacKay and family, as well as interiors of their house at 94 Cashmere Avenue, Khandallah. Photographs taken on holidays include views of Christchurch, particularly Hagley Park and Sumner; Palmerston North; Napier; Rotorua; New Plymouth, especially Pukekura Park; Wanganui. Most photographs taken by Alma MacKay. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green covered album, 21.5 x 30.5cm

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Photographer unknown: Views of Wanganui River and Auckland Harbour

Date: [ca 1910s]

Reference: PAColl-6888

Description: Two images of a man cutting his son's hair sitting on a waka next to the Whanganui River; two of a waka being rowed on the river and one of the crew holding their hoe; a cow being lifted by a winch into a boat; yachts and row boats in Auckland harbour for the Auckland Regatta; two of Auckland harbour ferries; a steamer at a pier on the Whanganui River; three children playing on a shore line near Auckland with a pier in the background; a group of men, women and children round a camp fire with a makeshift tent in the background; and a row of houses with the wreckage left from a fire in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044216 to 044228 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

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Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners :Wanganui Collegiate School [Plans. Music block, big s...

Date: 1960

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

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-048/053

Description: Includes plans for laboratory benches, music block, drying room details. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 550 x 750 mm.

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New Zealand places

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

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