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Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-718

Description: This cartoon features the Wellington bus depot. A bus driver who has a bandage on his chin is asking his friends to tell his wife that their intended strike is not against the rights of women cleaners Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 290 x 380 mm

Date: 13 July 1982

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

Reference: EP/1982/2258-F

Description: Staff of the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department above Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington. Photographed on the 13th of July 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer Group of Tourist and Publicity Department staff at the beginning of a familiarisation tour of the North Island. The purpose of the trip was to give staff first hand experience of tourist destinations in New Zealand which they were promoting in the course of their work. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1958 - 1962

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

Reference: A-310-094

Description: Two bus drivers in a head-on collision. Their haloes have slipped, and they wear angry expressions Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Midland Coachlines (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1950-01

Description: A pamphlet issued to celebrate 21 years of Midland bus service on the Methven run. Laugeson & Son purchased the service in 1929 from Mr Ray Grubb who had operated the run with a 15-seater Republic bus from 1923. There are photographs of the 1923 Republic bus with Mr R R Grubb standing beside it, the 1929 Minerva 15-seater, the 1930 Thornycroft 16-seater, the 1937 Bedford 29-seater and the 1950 Leyland-Comet 29-seater. Describes the special features of the Leyland Comet; and describes the good reputation of busdrivers Campbell McPhail and Noel Direen. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on pamphlet 223 x 290 mm, folded to 223 x 98 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: 1958 - 1962

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

Reference: A-310-095

Description: A bus driver angrily telling off a motorist, as the bus attempts to pull out into the road. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: [ca 1928]

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

Reference: 1/2-000502-G

Description: View of a Passenger Transport Company bus parked outside a house in Otahuhu. The driver is standing beside the bus wearing a white coat. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry glass plate negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1928]

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

Reference: 1/2-000503-G

Description: View of 9 Passenger Transport Company buses parked in Otahuhu. Their drivers are standing beside the buses wearing uniform, some in white coats. Most of the buses have signs reading Otahuhu, and some say "via Ellerslie". A couple have Papatoetoe as the direction they will travel. Photograph taken by William A Price circa 1920s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry glass plate negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [8 August 1967]

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-215278-F

Description: Newmans bus photographed on Mount Victoria, Wellington, 8 August 1967, for Charles Haines Advertising, by K E Niven & Co of Wellington. The driver is operating the door. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative 10 x 12.5 cm Finding Aids: Studio card index: no 8959.

Date: 1911

From: Taylor, N. D. :Six photographs of buses.

Reference: 1/2-031480-F

Description: Greymouth to Kororo bus (with driver alongside?), taken in 1911 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1950s-01-front

Description: The "cover" illustration shows a bus driver and a green and yellow bus. The times of stops along the way are listed: Wellington, Levin, Foxton, Bulls, Marton, Taihape, Turangi, Taupo, Wairakei, Rotorua. Refreshments on the northward journey were at Foxton, Taihape and Turangi; and on the southward journey, at Wairakei, Taihape and Foxton. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Oleograph on pamphlet 430 x 102 mm, folded to 144 x 102 mm.

Date: 1958

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-053

Description: Shows a crowd of angry passengers being jerked forward in a bus, by a driver's abrupt braking. Refers to poor bus-driving habits in Wellington City. A bus stop can be seen through the bus windows Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 280 x 253 mm Provenance: Donation: