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Teacher and pupils outside Weheka School

Date: August 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-33975-F

Description: Teacher, Mr R Chapman, and pupils standing outside Weheka School, Fox Glacier, taken August 1953 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Pei te Hurinui Jones speaking at the unveiling of a bust of Te Heuheu Tukino IV, Chatea...

Date: 14 Nov 1953

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

Reference: MP-0040-21

Description: Pei te Hurinui Jones speaking at the unveiling of a bust of Te Heuheu Tukino IV, Chateau Tongariro, Whakapapa Village, Mount Ruapehu, 14 November 1953. Photograph taken by Morrie Peacock of 20th Century Photography (N.Z.) Limited. Source of descriptive information - Morrie Peacock negative register. Pei te Hurinui Jones identified from print of image at PAColl-4803-1, box 1. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Men at work on the Homer Tunnel, Southland

Date: 1935 - 1953

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: 1/2-024836-F

Description: Men working with picks and shovels inside the Homer Tunnel. Taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Mexted's shearing shed below Hampton Hill

Date: December 1953

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2

Reference: PAColl-5584-49

Description: Shows Mexted's shearing shed below Hampton Hill. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer in December 1953. Inscriptions: Verso - Mexted's shearing shed below Hampton Hill, Tawa flat Dec. 1953. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Bulls being paraded at A & P show, Gisborne - Photograph taken by Alan Sayers

Date: [ca 1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-

Reference: PAColl-8163-67

Description: Photograph of bulls being paraded before a crowd at the Gisborne A & P show (Agricultural and Pastoral show), including Mr Harry Barker's imported bull, which won first prize. Photograph taken in 1952 by Alan Sayers. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Friday 25/7/52 / Mr Harry Barker's improted bull won first prize at the last Gisborne show. Caption will be on photo in file.; Verso - centre - 12/5/52; Verso - top right - P 6/8/53; Verso - bottom centre - Sayer's Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 22.2 x 15.8 cm

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The Duke of Edinburgh talking to people attending the mass burial of Tangiwai railway d...

Date: 31 Dec 1953

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/4-106733-F

Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Opoutere, Thames-Coromandel district

Date: Jan 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31969-F

Description: Aerial view of Opoutere, Thames-Coromandel district. Slipper Island is upper left, with Penguin and Rabbit Islands in front. The Aldermen Islands are in the distance. Photograph taken 17 January 1979 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 11.1 x 14 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder: Blue 344 - Opoutere.

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Humpback whale being processed at J A Perano's factory in Tory Channel

Date: 1 June 1953

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

Reference: EP-Zoology-Whales-02

Description: Whale steak being striped from the carcass of an Humpback whale by staff at J A Perano's factory in Tory Channel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on Sunday the 1st of June 1953. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24.2 x 18.5 cm

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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.

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View of Matapouri and Matapouri Bay

Date: January 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-32086-F

Description: View of Matapouri and Matapouri Bay photographed by Leo White January 1953. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13 x 10.7 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder Blue 264, Matapouri, 1950s.

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The Duke of Edinburgh attending the mass burial of Tangiwai railway disaster victims, K...

Date: 31 Dec 1953

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/4-106737-F

Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Crowd attending the mass burial of Tangiwai railway disaster victims, Karori Cemetery, ...

Date: 31 Dec 1953

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/4-106732-F

Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Whangamata Harbour

Date: January 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31975-F

Description: Aerial view of Whangamata, looking north towards Te Karaka Point. Photograph taken January 1953 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 11.1 x 14 cm

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Sheep droving, Akaroa

Date: [ca 11 Feb 1953]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-06

Description: View of farmer droving a flock of sheep up a hillside on Akaroa Peninsula. Photograph taken circa February 1953, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Pub. Studios Akaroa L 11/2/53 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 22 x 16.4 cm

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Tasman Empire Airways flying boat `Awarua'

Date: [1939-1953]

From: Clayton, Nancy (Miss) :Album of New Zealand places and scenery, and Napier earthquake

Reference: PA1-o-798-56

Description: Short S 30 Empire Class flying boat `Awarua' moored at a terminal wharf sometime between 1939 and 1953. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 13.2 x 8 cm, hand coloured

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The Duke of Edinburgh with officials attending the mass burial of Tangiwai railway disa...

Date: 31 Dec 1953

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/4-106735-F

Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Tairua

Date: January 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31966-F

Description: Aerial view of Tairua showing beaches, Tairua River and Paku, taken January 1953 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation box Blue 457, Tairua-Pauanui 1948-1984.

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Mackie, James Ogilvie (Peter), 1921- :Aerial view of Seacliff Hospital taken by Whites ...

Date: [ca 1953]

By: Mackie, James Ogilvie, 1921-

Reference: PAColl-D-1324

Description: Aerial view of Seacliff Hospital Ltd with key buildings identified, taken ca 1953 by Whites Aviation Ltd Accompanying material - Typescripts identifying key buildings shown in the photograph and reminiscences of Mackie's time working at Seacliff. These are housed in the backfile sequence under Mackie. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 61 x 50 cm Transfers: Transfers - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1007 : Mackie, James Ogilvie (Peter), 1921- : Papers.

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Big Omaha

Date: January 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-32400-F

Description: Aerial view of Big Omaha, taken January 1953 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation file Blue 335, Omaha & Whangateau.

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Aerial view of Parnell Baths, Auckland

Date: December 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-34179-F

Description: Aerial photograph of Parnell Baths, Parnell, Auckland. Photograph taken December 1953 by Whites Aviation. This image was published in the New Zealand Free lance on 19 July 1956. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 13.2 x 10.7 cm

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