Places

Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-061

Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: 1943

By: Hyde, William Julius, 1889-1962

Reference: A-355-029

Description: Shows horn-shaped loudspeakers emitting opposing electioneering promises from opposite sides. One is attached to "The Battle Box", sitting on a podium of Truth; the other is larger and is shaped like the globe of the world. The wording indicates that the subject is the Christchurch East by-election in 1943, eventually won by Mabel Howard. A contrast is made between Labour and the Right. Other Titles - 2 July 1943 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on light card 165 x 208 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: H. & P.C. Print

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-04

Description: Front cover shows a portrait of Norm Croft. The inside spread has biographical notes, a personal message, and a summary of National Party policies. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamphlet, 225 x 144 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Mr A G Bagnall, donated 2010.

Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1943

By: H W Bullivant Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-PEACE-1943-01

Description: An election pamphlet for Lincoln Efford in the 1943 general election. Contains Mr Efford's beliefs and arguments for a method of ensuring peace. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet, 285 x 225 mm. Provenance: Collected by Rex Read Mason, and passed to the Library with his papers, through the Megget family in 2005.

Date: [1890-1947]

From: Field family : Field and Hodgkins family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0113-01/64

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; the letters are not dated. Also includes letters from Jessie of `Aroho', Dannevirke, Nell, writing from Eccleston, Wellington, Margie from `Konewa', Ashhurst, Georgie on the `Rangitane', Mabel writing from Honolulu, Anne [?] Pollen writing from `Dunleavy', Khandallah, from Jean writing from Waitomo, a letter from Eva of Roslyn Road, from [?] Valmai writing from the Grand Hotel, Rotorua, and letter to Dearest Sissy from [?] S R. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1945

Reference: F-008

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington Harbour and city from Kelburn, including clear views of ships in the harbour, the wharves, the Railway Station, the Government Buildings, the high-rise buildings in the city, Weir House, Kelburn Park, Te Aro flat, the Carillon, the Museum and Oriental Bay with St Gerard's Monastery. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - '45 [in pencil, plus a complex monogram including the letters J.C.H. & W, also in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, hand-coloured 244 x 1420 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, October 1969 for $30.00

Date: 1943-1946

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0358

Description: File 154 - Contains materials regarding Maori election campaigns Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1949

From: Westland Labour Representation Committee : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1181-19

Date: 1940s-1950s

From: Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0074-1

Description: Includes receipts from Blair Major Ltd for repairs to Topcon camera Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 3 b&w original photographic print(s) (handcoloured) and. 90 b&w original photographic print(s) (file prints) and. 12 colour original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s) and. 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera in one box.

Date: [1939-1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-062

Description: Album of publicity photographs produced for New Zealand Railways by unidentified photographers. Many of the images are related to a series of articles produced in the new Zealand Railways Magazine between January 1939 and June 1940, written by O N Gillespie, with the overall title "Buy New Zealand goods and build new Zealand. New Zealand Industries series". In this album topics covered are glass manufacture and toys, novelties and woodworking. Many photographs show the beginning of work related to World War II, with a large number of views of New Zealand military parades in Wellington; views at Wellington wharves of the troopship the Empress of Canada; and scenes at the Wellington Railway station. Other views show various training activities of the Home Guard, including fire-fighting and medical training. Two pages of nine images show different views of the Oerlikon automatic gun (p 46-47), and there is one of a range finder (p 51). On Page 5, there is a three-part panorama of the Hutt Valley from Wainuiomata Road. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 8'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: [Between late 1940s and early 1950s]

By: Luke, Kenneth Ewart, 1890-1965

Reference: PA1-f-034

Description: Aerial photographs of the Wellington region. Many are of the inner city, with views of Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, railway yards, and wharves. Areas further out include the National War Memorial and Carillon, the Basin Reserve, Wellington College and its grounds, and Lyall Bay. An aerial map of Rongotai through to Lyall Bay shows superimposed plans for the Rongotai airport (page 18). Outer areas of the Wellington region include Eastbourne, Paraparaumu, Days Bay, Lower Hutt and Petone. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover; 29.0 x 39.5 cm

Date: 1949

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-164-050

Description: The title reads 'Hardly cricket! The cartoon shows a game of cricket with the 'Budget' as the wickets. Labour bowls and National bats and the two leaders wear multiple hats. From the left, clockwise, the batters (National) are - ?, William Sullivan, William Goosman, National leader Sid Holland, ?, Ronald Algie. From left clockwise (Labour) are Walter Nash, PM Peter Fraser, Robert Semple, ?, ?, ?. A judge sitting above calls out 'No ball', 'over', wide', and 'out'. Text reads 'Station 2YA - We now cross for a bawl by bawl commentary by John-Owe-a-lot, on the third day's play of the match Gentlemen v. Players - "Holland has yet to open his Account... Nash opens the bowling... Fraser will take over at the other end... Holland loans into this one and makes a recovery drive for four million... John Taxpayer sends a very poor return into the income tax people.... Semple comes on to bawl... He's looking for an argument to bowl with... What's Orson Wells doing at Third Man? Goosman is yet to break his duck... Now he electrifies the crowd with a tremendous power cut... Point of order is moving in... There's an apeal against the Electric Light Account... and they're taking the tea adjournment, so I'll pass you over to "Arfer Million for his impressions so far".' The title 'Start of the political stunt season' is at the bottom. Scribbled in blue ink are the words 'Cancelled' (why?) Was it because Labour lost and this cartoon shows them pretty confident? Also text '4 col Stipple over carpet'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 555 x 760 mm

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-017

Description: The cartoon is a series of cameos featuring politicians and others as All Blacks as the country heads towards the 1949 general election. The first cameo shows a man with a '?' on his jersey who scratches his head; text below reads 'Masterton - wet or dry, a trustworthy player-' The second shows PM Peter Fraser running with a rugby ball that represents 'Raglan' under his arm; text reads 'P. Fraser - his duel with Bretton Woods, (the international) will be watched with great interest-' The third cameo shows leader of the National Party, Sid Holland, whispering in the ear of a much smaller Frederick Widdowson Doidge who holds a rugby ball; text reads 'Private enterprise' - Sid's great discovery, knows all the doidges (wordplay on 'Doidge' and 'dodge') (no relation to Doug. Credit.) (is 'doug' another wordplay?) In the fourth cameo a player with his leg in plaster lies on a bed which floats in the sea; text reads 'M.S. Wanganella - the (dead) lock, may be a dead loss, still in dock with injuries received earlier. Has been to Australia before.' The fifth cameo shows a black rectangle with the words 'Wellington - All Black' below it. The sixth cameo shows two players bending over and presenting their backsides to the viewer; below are the words 'The union secretaries - back row, side row, front row, any old row will suit them - especially if it's about danger money-' (wordplay on 'row' meaning a straight line and the differently pronounced 'row' meaning 'argument') The seventh cameo in the centre is Walter Nash who grabs for a ball that represents the 'budget' (Nash's 'black budget'); text reads 'Touch'yer Nash - the fly-away half contemporary and admirer of Charlie Taxton; playing loan (or) cash (or) share league reputedly for big money-' Below him is 'Angus McLagan - the left winger - a hard man to tackle, possibly the toughest man in the country-'; McLagan runs with the ball looking tough. Eighth is a large player who sits on a rugby ball that represents 'work' looking stubborn above the text 'Willie Watersider - the go-slow (ex-Onslow) forward, generally asking somebody to back up, back out, back down, or back pay -' and in the corner is a player holding a ball that represents Karapiro above the text '-and of course, R. Semple, one of the best feat-bawlers in the country!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 490 mm

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: New Zealand National Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-02

Description: Front cover shows a portrait of Mrs Berta Burns. Inside the pamphlet are arguments in favour of voting for her, and the back page has a poem "Pete's retreat", about Peter Fraser and the 1949 election by B S Burns (ie herself, Berta Sinclair Burns). Berta Burns stood for the Brooklyn seat against Peter Fraser, the Prime Minister and MP for Brooklyn. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on either side of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamphlet, 222 x 138 mm.

Date: 1949

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-164-049

Description: The title in pencil below is 'Start of the political stunt season'. Sid Holland, leader of the National Party, has tried to do a series of somersaults and ends up crashing painfully onto the mat. Nearby PM Peter Fraser (standing on one hand) and Finance Minister, Walter Nash, do competent gymnastic exercises and the PM says (referring to Sid Holland's crash) 'I believe he calls it the 'No confidence motion'. Context - the run up to the 1949 election which was won comfortably by National. The title 'Start of the political stunt season' is at the bottom. Scribbled in blue ink are the words 'Cancelled' (why?) Was it because Labour lost and this cartoon shows them pretty confident? Also text '4 col Stipple over carpet'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 555 x 760 mm

Date: [ca 1941-1943]

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-4161-01-149

Description: Official photographs, most of which are not captioned or dated. Includes: Fairmile `sub-chasers' in convoy in the Hauraki Gulf, 1943; launching of HMNZS Hinau at Auckland in 1941 (shows Mrs Sullivam christening the ship and her husband Hon D G Sullivan standing behind). Series of photographs of HMNZS Archilles at Wellington; lineup of sailors; military parade in grounds of Parliament, Wellington; unidentified naval commanders; naval vessels sailing past Massey Memorial, Wellington. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943

By: New Zealand National Party; Lankshear Printing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-NZ-NATIONAL-1943-01

Description: Election poster shows a head and shoulders photographic portrait of Charles Moore Bowden, candidate for Wellington West in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 282 x 434 mm.

Date: 1942-1943

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-4161-01-061

Description: Photographs of American forces in New Zealand from their time of arrival in Auckland and Wellington. Some are captioned. Includes views of arrival by ship; RNZAF welcoming band; marching to railway station and from station to camp; drinking milk; `shooting craps'; Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare, 1943; US Naval Base Hospital, Silverstream (interior); telephone operator; gunners; light artillery practise; Christmas celebrations at US Naval Hospital, Auckland; American nurses outside Auckland war Memorial Museum; Camp MacKay; US soldiers receiving citation orders; Marine Corps at Wellington War Memorial showing Parliament Buildings and Bowen Street in the background; etc. Captioned photos include: Wing Commander R J Cohen, Air Commodore M V Buckley & Commodore E Rotheram; American officers of the Navy and Marine Corps attending a special New Year festival at Ngaruawahia Pa showing Princes Te Puea with Captain S D Jupp; onel J H Nankivell, US military attache in Wellington, presenting citations at US naval hospital, Wellington, 1943; Brigadier General P Hurley addressing a meeting; Chief Petty Officer Artie Shaw; Admiral William F Halsey's visit to Auckland accompanied by Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Lt Commander Brooks Clifford & Captain S D Jupp; Major G F Yerex, commandant of Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare with Staff Sergeant A C Hulme and US Marine Corps officer, 1943. Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1940s?]

From: Luke, David Manly, 1926-2018 : Papers relating to Frederick de Jersey Clere

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PA1-o-277

Description: Photographs of a group of children in fancy dress, two young girls carrying spaniel puppies, and an adult spaniel in begging pose. None of these are identified. The photographs are followed by a sequence of postcards of Wellington, including one aerial view of Wellington & Harbour, taken by V C Browne. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with black cover, entitled `The Cambrian album'; 11.0 x 13.5 cm