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Bailey, Sue :Postcards of New Zealand from the collection of Professor Colin L Bailey
Date: ca1900-1956
By: Bailey, Colin Lennie, 1906-1997; Bailey, Sue, active 1998
Reference: PAColl-6025
Description: Views of Westport, Denniston, Blackball, Ngakawau, Millerton, Inangahua Junction, Seddonville, Dunedin, Gore, Milford Sound, Greymouth and Taupo Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. Provenance: The late Professor C L Bailey, from the VUW Department of Education, collected photographs and other items relating to New Zealand history from members of the public.
Views of Picton and Wairakei and other scenes
Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6866
Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives
McWhannell album 18
Date: [Beteen 1950 and 1963]
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA1-o-566
Description: Album of photographs, moslty of family and friends, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell. Family and friends include a gathering at the christening of Malcolm McWhannell (son of Joan and John McWhannell), Bill and Kathleen Haines of `The Croft', Wiltshire, England; Elizabeth and Jane Geddis as teenagers; John McIlrea, a very young boy watching shearing; Mike and Jill Carter; and the home of Mrs Mavis Commons. Scenes relating to `Rozel', the farm owned by Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell, include the felling of a huge aspen poplar in 1963, and working with Mr Gerlach, with a trailer filled with bamboo. Two images show a gingko tree having been transplanted at the age of 30, from the lake at Hamilton, into the city. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green and navy cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 24 cm
Scott, John (architect): Anderson holiday house, Taupo
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
By: Scott, John Colin, 1924-1992
Reference: PAColl-0811-09-08
Description: 3 interior and 5 exterior views of the Anderson holiday house in Taupo (architect: John Scott) constructed during the 1950s. Images taken in the 1950s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Trees; and Takahe Creek Homestead
Date: Between 1959 and 1982
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA12-8855
Description: The first 19 slides are untitled but show mycorrhiza (fungi) on douglas fir roots; the trunk of a "rusty gum", kowhai seeds; bark of several trees including eucalyptus sideroxylon and an oak tree; one jacaranda bloom and jacarnda foliage; hellebore corsicus; hosta leaves; a Judas tree; eucalyptus micocorys; bunya pine tree; twisted maple trunk; Friesian heifers; a eucalyptus maculosa; and wych elm blossom. The last three show the Homestead at Takahe Creek, and a man only identified by Christian name "John" with Rusty the spaniel in the garden. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Architect unknown :Putaruru Timber Yard prefabricated houses
Date: [ca 1959]
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
By: Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd
Reference: PAColl-0811-09-16
Description: Putaruru Timber Yard prefabricated houses (architect unknown), constructed circa 1959, photographed by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Slides of trees at Rozel, the farm, nursery and homestead of the McWhannell family at O...
Date: Between 1957 and 1976
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA12-8830
Description: Slides taken by Rhoda McWhannell showing various aspects of life at Rozel, the farm and nursery owned by Rhoda McWhannell and her husband "Mac" (Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell). Views include the house, views from the house, the tree nursery, flowers, laden lemon trees, twenty-year old gum trees, "Stewart" sawing a felled tree, and several views of the red gum tree (corymbia ficifolia, formerly known as eucalyptus ficifolia). Other views show the entrance and driveway, sheep, parts of their garden, eucalyptus ficifolia in flower, a rimu and hydrangeas. One scene shows a group of four women playing croquet on a lawn. The last slide shows a sheep with facial eczema. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Rozel, the farm and homestead of the McWhannell family at Ohaupo
Date: Between 1956 and 1964
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA12-8829
Description: Slides taken by Rhoda McWhannell showing various aspects of life at Rozel, the farm and nursery owned by Rhoda McWhannell and her husband "Mac" (Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell). Views include the house, views from the house, three people in the garden (probably Rhoda with her husband and an unidentified young woman). Other views show the entrance and driveway, sheep, parts of their garden, eucalyptus ficifolia in flower, a rimu and hydrangeas. One scene shows a group of four women playing croquet on a lawn. The last slide shows a sheep with facial eczema. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Rozel, the farm and homestead of the McWhannell family at Ohaupo
Date: Between 1959 and 1974
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA12-8848
Description: Views of the gardens and trees at Rozel, the forest farm owned by Mac (Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell) and Rhoda McWhannell. They include poplars, eucalyptus trees, a 1951 model Austin A40, sunflowers, lemon trees, Japanese maples, Rhoda McWhannell standing outside with a stormy sky, a row of small trees in the nursery, Judas trees, the back lawn, hydrangeas, views from the porch, an oak on the driveway with cattle in the background, an acacia in bloom, and their dog named "Wee Dug". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
John Scott (architects) :Hancocks and Anderson houses
Date: Between 1950-1959
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
Reference: PAColl-0811-07-27
Description: Exterior view of Hancocks house, Arthur Street, Takapuna, Auckland, and the Anderson house, Taupo (architect: John Scott) constructed in the 1950s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three silver gelatin prints on black backing card
Rozel, the farm and homestead of the McWhannell family at Ohaupo
Date: Between 1957 and 1982
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA12-8849
Description: Views of the gardens and trees at Rozel, the forest farm owned by Mac (Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell) and Rhoda McWhannell. They include the entrance, the Rozel nursery, eucalyptus trees, Judas trees in bloom, a royal oak and oak blossom, and pinus radiata bloom. One image shows Fred, Merta and Robert (Frederick McWhannell, Merta and Robert Alford); and another shows three men identified only by their Christian names (Ross, Jock and Cliff). The last ten slides are entitled "Rozel. Illustrations for journal". They include views of the house, poplars, "Wee Dug" their dog, a croquet match played on Anzac Day 1961, sweet oranges, lemons and lemon blossom, Japanese maples, George (?) and a Judas tree. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Taupo
Date: January 1953
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-32249-F
Description: Aerial view of Taupo, taken January 1953 by Whites Aviation. Timber yards and a site with rows of newly constructed houses, possibly for workers, are visible. Area of central scrub was later the site of Taupo-nui-a-Tia College. Spa Road on right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Finding Aids: Print available in Whites Aviation Blue 470.