Places

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

Date: 1928-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-183

Description: Photographs (mainly from overseas) published in New Zealand Free Lance, 1920s-1950s Motor car racings events and personalities: Motor Derby held in Belfast, 1929; Rocket car invented by Max Valier, 1928; Major Segrave's British Sunbeam (1927) & Golden Aroow (1929); Sir Henry Segrave, 1929; J C Parry Thomas; G E T Eyston (British Empire Trophy), 1932 & Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 1936; R Carraciola winner of Belfast Motor Derby, 1929; Benoist at British Grand Prix at Brooklands, 1927; Ray Keech (set world record at Daytona Beach, Florida); Peter Whitehead in his tailor-made `E' type E.R.A. car, 1938 & 1947; Mrs Victor Bruce (foremost British car racer); Miss M Dixon & Mrs K W B Sanderson, competitors in Monte Carlo Rally; Grand Prix de Monaco, 1933; Mrs Luff; Betty Carstairs & Gar Wood, 1931; Louis Gerard, winner of International Tourists Trophy at Donington Park, Derbyshire, 1938. Also: Major A T G Gardner, British motor-racing driver; Kaye Don, 1920s & his Silver Bullet; Bill Reynolds English midget car champ, 1939; Mrs G M Stewart (holder of women's world speed record) being presented with her trophy at British Racing Drivers Club, London; Captain Woolf Barnato; Berlin Avus motor racing track, 1937; Brooklands motor racing track; Verneuk Pan (near Cape Town). Also: Several photographs taken in 1930s related to Sir Malcolm Campbell, including his super Delage special car, 1928; Bluebird; Daytona Beach, Florida (including trophy presented by people of Daytona Beach, 1935); with his son Donald, 1935; Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah; with Barney Oldfield, 1932. New Zealand motor car racing - Jack Stewart of Otahuhu, winner of midget-car racing at Western Springs, who three years prior had lost a leg in a motor-cycle accident (article and photograph published in NZ Free Lance, 30 Mar 1938); New Zealand beach championship at Muriwai Beach, Apr 1950. Overseas speedboat records and New Zealand speedboat racing - `England II' at Loch Neagh, Ireland, 1931; wreck of England II driven by Segrave; Kaye Don who broke world water speed record in `Miss England III' at Loch Lomond; Miss Britain I & Miss Britain II; Empire Day II (Edward Spurr, 1939); Betty Carstairs, Oct 1928. Also New Zealand speedboats - `Bee Jax' & `Sea Horse', 1931; `Redhead'; `Miss Wellington', `Atom II' (Johnny Johnson was 2nd in Masport Cup & winner of Black & White Trophy); `Pelorus Jack' 1935 & 1938 at Picton; `Miss Syndicate', 1935; speedboat racing at Redcliffs, Christchurch, Dec 1930, and at Akaroa. Alan Woodman (President of Wellington Outboard Motor Club), 1934. Quantity: 94 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1975

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-50515-F

Description: Dennis Breeze, men in speedboat, Evans Bay, Wellington, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Photographer's ref no: 143/75F.

Date: 1980

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas]

By: Pelin Plans 2000 Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-BOAT-1980-02

Description: Sales catalogue lists plans for purchase in the following categories: Runabouts, cabin cruisers, racing /ski hulls, sailing cats, launches, dinghies, yachts, trailers. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 80 pages, 300 x 210 mm.

Date: 1940

From: [Ephemera and programmes relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas. 1940-1949]

Reference: Eph-A-BOAT-1940-01

Description: Includes programme of 16 pages, listing events: New Zealand Open Outboard Motor Boat Championship, Inboard Race for Black and White Challenge Cup, Outboard Motor Handicap, NZ Open Speedboat Championship for the Masport Cup, Handicap race for Inboards capable of speeds up to 35 m.p.h., Outboard motor handicap, Grand Farewell Handicap open to all Inboards over 30 m.p.h. There is also a chart of the course and a list of rules. The yellow ribbon accompanying the programme shows the words "Centennial Masport Cup Regatta, Picton, 1940" The Picton Speed-Boat Championship in January 1940 saw the Masport Cup won for the fifth successive year by the boat ‘Pelorus Jack’, which covered the 21-mile course in 26min 46seconds. The papers reported that “the weather was far from ideal, rain and a gusty wind producing a jobble which resulted in a postponement of the big race till early evening”. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on booklet 129 x 112 mm., plus printed yellow ribbon, 145 x 32 mm.

Date: 1949

By: Hale, Allen Matthew, 1890-1973

Reference: Eph-E-BOAT-1949-01

Description: An arrangement of text listing the officials and organisers (President C S Hunter, secretary Frank Dawson); the programme of yacht, motor boat and dinghy races, and 12 rowing events. There were to be sideshow attractions and the Bluff Harbour Board's tug "Awarua" would run harbour excursions to Stirling Point. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on white paper, 890 x 570 mm. Provenance: From the papers of A M Hale. Transfers: See other posters from this donation, at Eph-D-ROWING-Hale..

Date: [ca 1950-1960]

By: Sherburd, Julie, active 1994-2017

Reference: MS-Papers-5104

Description: Contains correspondence, mainly between Frank Tapper and other speedboat enthusiasts about speedboats and motors, 1955-1960; poem entitled `Regatta Day at Ruakaka'; clippings about speedboats, [ca 1954-1959]; brochures, pamphlet and clippings about Tapper Construction, 1953-1959; miscellaneous Tapper receipts, 1949-1957 and newspaper clippings relating to the Whangarei War Memorial, 1950-1951. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Julie Sherburd is Frank Tapper's daughter Donor/Lender/Vendor - Julie Sherburd, Wellington, 1994 Transfers: From Photographic Archive - See PH-94-283.

Date: 1975

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-50516-F

Description: Dennis Breeze, men in speedboat, Evans Bay, Wellington, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Photographer's ref no: 143/75F.

Date: 1940

By: Marlborough Press (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-C-BOAT-1940-01

Description: An arrangement of text in different lettering, inviting spectators to "see the Dominion's fastest boats in seven thrilling races, including N.Z. Open Championship for the Masport Cup and the N.Z. Outboard Championship for the Watson Cup". The name of the Honorary Secretary Mr A E Greig, is at lower right. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 440 x 275 mm.

Date: [195-?]

From: Phipps, Bruce, 1920-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8313

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington scenes taken in the 1950s by Bruce Phipps. Comprises: -five of construction work on Wellington Airport -three of model boat racing on Evans Bay -three of a military parade on Customhouse Quay, including Harbour Board Shed 13 -scene with crowd by the Cenotaph (on Anzac Day?) Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: 35mm dye coupler transparencies

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery

Reference: 1/2-016311-G

Description: Motorboat `Raurangi' at Auckland Harbour, circa 1915. Photograph taken by James Hutching Kinnear. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 22 November 1950]

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

Reference: 114/226/10-G

Description: Large crowd at motorboat racing at Evans Bay photographed circa 22 November 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Ca 1930

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: 1/4-057833-G

Description: Robert E Wells at speed on the Mokau River in his second speedboat, taken ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Dec 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-26255-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 1/2 plate

Date: 1929-1930

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: 1/4-057830-G

Description: Speedboat belonging to photographer moored near some rapids on Mokau River, photographed by Robert E Wells in 1929 or 1930. Original print from this negative at PAColl-0001-2-1-068. Inscriptions: On negative envelope - 'Mokau River 1929-30. Scene at rapid and stonebank brought down side creek at site of old mine. Photo taken from top of old loading wharf. My speedboat in foreground'. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate galss negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery

Reference: 1/2-016330-G

Description: Unidentified motorboat on Auckland Harbour, circa 1915. Photograph taken by James Hutching Kinnear. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Mar 1958

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

Reference: EP/1958/0880-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 17 January 1951

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

Reference: 114/250/05-G

Description: Len Southward's speedboat 'Redhead' racing the TEAL Solent flying boat 'Ararangi' at Evans Bay. Photographed 17 January 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1929 or 1930

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: 1/4-057819-G

Description: Bob Wells' speed boat moored under willow trees on the Mokau River taken in the spring 1929 or 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: On negative envelope - Spring growth, speed boat in small inlet fringed by willows - on bend below Dan's yards. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 22 November 1950]

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

Reference: 114/226/11-G

Description: Boats race across the water in motorboat racing at Evans Bay photographed circa 22 November 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches