Places

Date: 25 April 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1755-F

Description: ANZAC parade in the main street of Pongaroa led by Charles Upham (front left). A scout troop follows the column of ex-soldiers. Cars and a bus are parked on the side of the street. The telephone exchange is visible. Photographed 25 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: ca 1968

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2885

Description: Includes slides showing Ning Nong Bay, Wairarapa, and a camping journey to Te Awaiti and Tora on the South Wairarapa coast, New Zealand. Photographed by Cyril Beavis circa 1968. Transparencies showing Te Awaiti and Tora are continued at PA12-2886. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in March 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-81.

Date: 1960

By: Tricker, Gary Walter Morice, 1938-2021

Reference: B-111-004

Description: Looking towards a large factory building, with the Western Hutt hills beyond it. Two cars are parked on a road in front of the factory Number 2 of an edition of 4 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - signature, title, edition number 2/4; also etched along bottom, Tricker 24 Sept 60 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, black and white 130 x 195 mm

Date: 1963

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to motor drivers' licences, driving tests]

By: Lower Hutt (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: Eph-A-MOTOR-DRIVERS-LICENCE-001-1963

Description: Includes space for details of the owner's name, address, occupation, date of birth, and date of licence issue. One page contains five-yearly fee coupon stickers. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 105 x 68 mm.

Date: 1950s-1960s

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-04

Description: Automobiles, buses, a Baptist church building, new J class steam locomotive (NZR no 1208), and railway accident in November 1960. Photographs taken 1950s-1960s by Inkster studio, Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1950s-1960s

By: Robin Smith Photography Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0530

Description: Set of photographs of work and leisure in New Zealand, the majority of cattle and sheep mustering and skiing but including a woman water skiing, a woman painting a vase of flowers in oils, a Maori man carving wood, portraits of individual Maori, a procedure in the wine making process, men in the oyster fishing industry, a woman testing eggs, a man looking up at a tree with a chain saw etc. Photographer was Robin Smith. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1960 - 1966

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to manufacturing in New Zealand. 1900-1969]

Reference: Eph-A-MANUFACTURING-1960s-01

Description: Pamphlet showing a factory floor plan and facts about the land area, building area (3 acres), capital outlay, number employees (500), annual tyre output (180,000) and amenities. The attached pink slip offers work to prospective employees. The back cover shows a map of the factory's location within Upper Hutt. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 238 x 163 mm, plus pink sheet 175 x 134 mm stapled in Provenance: Donated by Owen Spearpoint from the estate of Brian Edward Spearpoint, 2014.

Date: 1966

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-058

Description: Shows a number of proposed makes of new cars. Includes Kirk Bubble car - terific acceleration; Nash vintage model - permanent warrant of fitness; Watt high voltage model and worker's model - with all modern accessories (includes surf board, fishing rod, rugby ball and beer kegs) 13 May 1966 Labour Party's ideas for how to sell itself to the public. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 180 x 210 mm

Date: [c 1960s]

From: New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers :Photographs of ports, docks and shipping around the world.

Reference: PA12-8652

Description: 24 transparency slides relating to the New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers, taken in the early 1960s. Some shots taken in Waitaki, remaining shots are most likely New Zealand. General shots of sea and landscape, aerial views of mountains from aircraft, sea view of wharf, boats being loaded and unloaded, machinery and cranes, goods packed and stored. One exterior view of the Waitaki Hotel. Quantity: 24 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: [ca 1955-1969]

From: Conley, Peter Vaizey, 1924-2000 :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-8864

Description: Colour transparency slides of New Zealand scenes, taken ca mid to late 1950s and 1960s by Peter Vaizey Conley. This set are taken in the North Island, chiefly coastal views. All are unidentified but the photographer has described this set as 'Picton to Days Bay', 'Muritai [Road, Lower Hutt?] to Wellington Airport', 'Hamilton to Ngaruawahia', 'Waihi Gorge to Tauranga', 'Whakatane to Rotorua', 'Russell to Bay of Islands,' 'Wairoa', and 'North Auckland to Ohope'. Includes: Views of a harbour, taken onboard a ship, possibly showing the Cook Strait and Malborough Sounds from the inter-island ferry. There are several views of an unidentified bay, possibly Days Bay, Eastbourne. Two slides of geothermal activity, Wairekei, Taupo District. Miscellaneous images show an unidentified woman, sitting on the bonnet of a Volkswagen motorcar, and standing on volcanic rock formations at an unidentified ocean bay. One shows a Ford [Zodiac?] motorcar parked outside a house. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1961 - 1968

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-195

Description: A snack vendor wheeling his cart down rows of parked cars. He is offering tranquilisers for sale, as well as conventional snacks Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 19 October 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/4494

Description: View of the shopping centre at Raumati Beach. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 14th of December 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1952-1962

From: Easterbrook-Smith family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-1068

Description: Photographs of motorsports. Includes photographs of Houghton Bay Hill Climb in 1952, 1960 and 1961, Wairarapa standing 1/4 mile in 1953 and 1962, Plimmerton Hill Climb in 1953, Bagnall automobile, Wallaceville Hill Climb in 1960, Palmer Head Hill Climb in 1961, Levin sprint in 1960, Jaguar and Maserati automobiles. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 325 x 295 mm

Date: ca 1915, 1931, 1955-1963

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-021

Description: Photographs of Wellington Region, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Castlepoint lighthouse, street scenes in Martinborough, Featherston and Masterton, construction of the Wellington - Wairarapa railway and aerial photographs of Wainuiomata. Includes two earlier photographs; one of Lower Hutt train station circa 1915 and the reconstruction of Taita Gorge Road in 1931. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [196-?]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: PAColl-7756-1-102

Description: Mission Bay, Auckland, showing sailboats, automobiles and sun-bathers, photographed in the 1960s by Gladys Goodall of Christchurch. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Mission Bay, Auckland, N.Z. Sandy beaches and colourful sails give Auckland City its distinctive sparkle. .... Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 10 x 15 cm

Date: 11 April 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1581-F

Description: View of the coast between Lyall Bay and Houghton Bay, showing automobiles overturned by the Wahine storm, photographed 11 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: January 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-59174-F

Description: Holidaymakers and cars on Maraetai Beach, Manukau City. Photograph taken January 1963 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 9.6 x 12.2 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation box red 82 Maretai 1940s-1960s.

Date: 25 Mar 1964

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-7796-22

Description: Queue of cars driving on a newly sealed road at Wainuiomata, 25 March 1964. The Hutt County Council was using motorists to consolidate the chips in the new surface. Shows Wainuiomata houses in the background. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post photographer. Caption - More than two miles of mostly irate drivers doing their morning chore in Wainuiomata again today...The Hutt County Councul is using motorists to consolidate the chips on the new sealing by blocking off two lanes to force all traffic to make a 5 mph crawl over the 5000 (NZ Pound) surface..." (Evening Post, 25 March 1964) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.6 x 21.4 cm

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046589-G

Description: View of shops along Paraparaumu beach, circa 1950s. Includes Vincent's milk bar and automobiles in the street. Photograph taken by S C Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 1957]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091389-F

Description: View of houses and cars at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth. Most of this view is of the camping ground, which is now largley reserve. Photographed by Robert E Wells, in the late 1950s. Bruce Geden identified this view as Fitzroy Beach and the forler capming ground, November 2009. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches