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Date: 1900

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the South African War. 1899-1902]

By: Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-SA-1900-03

Description: Programme cover shows an illustration by R Hawcridge of a mounted soldier blowing a bugle, in front of a New Zealand flag. The verso of the front cover shows "Sketches in camp", also by Hawcridge, a series of illustrations of army camp life: Watering the horses, Jumping test, Bringing his dinner, Morning toilet, Shooting test, The farrier, A question of method. The facing illustration, titled "Where will Kruger be when his light 'Bobs' out?" shows a caricature of Kruger as a candle being snuffed out by "The bell of New York" held by a military man (possibly Field Marshal Lord Roberts). portrait photographs of Tom Pollard and Mr W O'Sullivan, details of the New Zealand and British flags, with ferns, roses, shamrocks and thistles representing Britain and New Zealand. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on programme cover, in two pieces, each 260 x 125 mm.

Date: 1913

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the New Zealand Army, volunteers, soldiers of regular forces]

By: New Zealand. Army. Territorial Force; Gisborne herald (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-B-ARMY-1913-01

Description: A notice ordering soldiers to attend a training camp. Anyone who failed to attend would be liable to be proceeded against according to law. No excuses for absence unless supported by a medical certificate or by leave granted by the Commanding officer. The British coat of arms is at the top of the notice. Deframed by the Library. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print 338 x 215 mm.

Date: Between 1911 and 1912

From: Evans, Charles Hellier Davis, 1873-1956 :Photograph albums

By: Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932

Reference: PA1-o-221

Description: Album created by Captain C Hellier Evans (Charles Hellier David Evans), commander of A Squadron, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, in the Gisborne area. Numbers of group portraits of officers and non-commissioned officers give surnames with rank, and occasionally initials as well. The album opens with several views of Major General Godley inspecting troops, and then presenting medals to individual soldiers. Several photographs on page 7 show Gisborne celebrations in connection with the coronation of George V, June 1911. Various military activities are shown, at military camps (including two nurses in uniform), and the regimental training ground at Tutira. Other Titles - Capt. C. Hellier Evans. A Squadron, 9th Wellington E.C. M.R., Gisborne. No. 2 Other Titles - Captain Charles Hellier Evans. A Squadron, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, Gisborne. No. 2 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, entitled `Capt. C. Hellier Evans. A Squadron E.C. M.R., Gisborne. no. 2'; 24.0 cm x 31.5 cm

Date: [Between 1908 and 1911]

From: Evans, Charles Hellier Davis, 1873-1956 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-220

Description: Photograph album created by Captain C Hellier Evans (Charles Hellier Davis Evans), commander of A Squadron, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles in the Gisborne area. Numbers of group portraits of officers and non-commissioned officers give surnames with rank, and occasionally initials as well. Various military activities are shown, particularly at training camps, with horse racing, rifle practice, horse parades, physical drills, and marching. Other Titles - Capt. C. Hellier Evans. A Squadron, 9th Wellington E.C. M.R., Gisborne. No. 1 Other Titles - Captain Charles Hellier Evans. A Squadron, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, Gisborne. No. 1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red album, entitled `Capt. C. Hellier Evans, A Squadron, 9th Wellington E.C. M.R., Gisborne. No. 1' in gold lettering; 23.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1900

Reference: PA1-o-242

Description: Album of views of the Second New Zealand Contingent at camp in Newtown Park, being reviewed by the Governor at Island Bay, in procession through Wellington from the Basin Reserve to Parliament, and embarking on troop ship Waiwera for South Africa. One group portrait shows Mr, Mrs and Miss Horneman, and Lieutenants Crawshaw and Banks in uniform. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Views of Second N.Z. Contingent, presented with love to my sister Edith, on the occasion of her birthday, 20th February 1900, from her brother Al. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green morocco binding 12.7 x 15.4 cm

Date: [Between 1899 and 1902]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-293

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George W Barltrop (who was at one time president of the Nelson Camera Club), between 1899 and 1902. Scenes include group portraits of Labour Day celebrations by the Missions to Seamen in 1900 and 1901; Prince of Wales birthday celebrations in 1901; members of a camera club (possibly in the Hutt Valley, associated with a Mr Stevens); and views of Island Bay and French Pass, with close-up views of the anchor and a sailor standing at the steering wheel on a fishing boat. In the South Island there are views of the Blenheim Road, Havelock Road, Wakapuaka Road, Cable Bay, and Bishops Peninsula (?). Two images show Indian troops who came to New Zealand as part of the tour by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. A close-up view of the altar rail in Rangiatia Church in Otaki, shows maori carving in detail. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1908

By: Tillman, Norman, active 1996

Reference: PAColl-5015

Description: Masterton Mounted Rifles competing teams, Napier, March 25, 1908 Photographed in front of the main gates of Masteton Park Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1950-1957

From: Holland, Florence Beatrice, 1894-1976 :Photographs relating to the career of Sir Sidney Holland

By: Bachrach, Fabian, active 1950s; Blackstone Studios; Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Photo News Ltd; Studio Harcourt; Tesla Studios; The Central Press Photos Ltd

Reference: PAColl-4416

Description: Photographs of: Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London in January 1951 with the prime ministers seated in three rows; the visit of Sidney Holland and his wife and daughter to Johnson Bros in Hanley, Staffordshire in June 1953 with the party on the steps of the China Department; Sidney Holland and another man shaking hands in front of a large marlin caught on 24 February 1957; and unidentified house; three head and shoulder studio portraits of Sidney Holland by Blackstone Studios, one by Studio Harcourt and another by Tesla; a signed studio portrait of Dean Acheson taken by Fabian Bachrach; the Indian Wanderers Hockey Team with the names - L W Claudius, Naresh Chander, Gur Dass, Pishori Lal Sharma, Raghbir Lal Sharma, O P Malhorta, Suraj Balram, Jagat Inder, Balbir Singh Jr, Krishnan Lal Sethi, Jaswant Raj, K D Singh, Gurbachan Singh (Vice-Captain), R L Malhorta (Manager), Dr Gurcharan Singh (Captain), Gurnarain Singh (Assistant Manager and Coach), Balbir Singh Sr, R S Gentle taken by Crown Studios; attendees at the Annual Conference of the National Party outside the Skyline Restaurant in Wellington in August 1957; studio portrait of Lady Holland; two photographs of Lady Holland being given a bouquet by a Japanese girl on alighting from a train in Japan with Sidney Holland; a procession of coaches and horses and cavalry on Pall Mall with the route lined by soldiers at arms; Miss Barbara Welch, the BOAC air hostess on the flight from London to Montreal; and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent meeting Holland at the airport and others of Holland with Canadian politicians and the Governor General Viscount Alexander. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1945

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-4161-01-031

Description: Training of infantry, engineers, mechanics, and mounted rifles Quantity: 12 container(s) (boxes).

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182028-G

Description: Cyril McCusker in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, seated on a rock, with a dog at his feet. Photograph taken in Taylor Pass, Marlborough, by Cyril's father Arthur John McCusker, circa 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182032-G

Description: Cyril McCusker on horseback, in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, at Taylor Pass, Marlborough, circa 1914. A dog is alongside. Photograph taken by Arthur John McCusker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1913

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000978-G

Description: The Band of the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles photographed in the open air, with Lieutenant Whalley Stewart, bandmaster. Photograph taken at the Cambridge Camp in 1913, by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 1589 (label attached to negative verso); Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Band of the 3rd (Auckland) Mountain Rifles. Lieut. Whalley Stewart, Bandmaster. Cambridge Camp. 1913 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1912

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

Reference: 1/1-022935-G

Description: Two unidentified groups of mounted rifles, 1912, photographed at Waverley or Foxton, by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1914

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008215-G

Description: Mounted troops in the Square, Palmerston North. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer circa 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: between 1914-1918

From: Kapiti Coast District Libraries: Various collections

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: 1/2-125251-F

Description: Women offering drinks to mounted World War I troops passing through Lower Hutt. Photograph taken by David James Aldersley. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - NZ Expeditionary Force troops passing Lower Hutt. Wayside refreshments.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - A30b[8?] [copyright symbol] D J A Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1912

Reference: 1/1-021689-G

Description: Military camp for the Territorial Mounted Rifles, Tutira, Hawke's Bay, taken in 1912 by an unidentified photographer, posssibly Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Territorial Mounted Rifles Camp Tutira 1912 Relationship complexity - Photograph of the same occasion, and identical inscription is at 1/1-021683. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [1914-1918]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008251-G

Description: Members of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles crossing the Heathcote Bridge, Christchurch, on horseback, on a route march during World War One. Shows the Heathcote River with boats moored, and aspects of the Canterbury Plains. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1914 and 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182036-G

Description: Cyril McCusker on horseback, in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, photographed ca 1914, by his father, Arthur John McCusker, at Taylor Pass, Marlborough. His mother, Ellen McCusker, is standing at left. A dog is on the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182029-G

Description: Cyril McCusker on horseback, wearing the uniform of a mounted rifleman, photographed by his father Arthur John McCusker at Taylor Pass, Marlborough, circa 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1914-1918]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017735-G

Description: Members of Mounted Rifles regiment checking saddles and kit on wharf before embarking for transportation to the front during World War One. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer between 1914 and 1918, probably in Lyttelton. Shows the ship in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.