Places

Date: 1924

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-161-001

Description: Shows a woman reclining and looking up from a book she is reading, on the shore underneath a pohutukawa tree in bloom. A yacht passes by on the right. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 443 x 313 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in July 2001.

Date: 1951

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper); Group Architects (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0811-12-06

Description: Interior and exterior views of the house for Bruce Rotherham, Auckland (architects and builders: Group Architects) photographed during construction in 1951. Some of the photographs are by the Auckland Weekly News. Info on the date of this house is from "Looking for the Local," Justine Clark and Paul Walker, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2000, pp 88-89. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: January 1942

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-0783-2-0034

Description: Group of four men digging trenches in Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland, taken January 1942 by an unidentified Auckland Weekly News photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.6 x 21.9 cm

Date: 23 Feb 1940

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: 1/2-070688-F

Description: Photograph of the civic reception in Auckland, 23 February 1940, welcoming back sailors of the ship 'Achilles' from the Battle of the River Plate. Shows the Mayor of Auckland, Sir Ernest Davis, speaking from the platform. Taken for the Weekly News, Auckland. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Apr 1942

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-0783-2-0044

Description: Post and Telegraph staff issuing ration books to consumers in Auckland during World War 2. Shows staff behind one side of a long desk, filling out forms, while queues of men and women wait. Photograph taken for the Weekly News, April 1942. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of print reads: "Neg filed: Weekly News." Note on back of file print reads: "Probably published Herald 14 Apr 1942" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.6 x 21.7 cm

Date: [ca 1940]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-3060-067

Description: Seine fishing in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland. Shows a fisherman inspecting a net of caught fish, hanging from the side of a fishing boat. Photograph taken circa 1940 by a Weekly News photographer. Publication note - Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. `Making New Zealand' 2(18): 18 Inscriptions: Verso - centre - From / The "N.Z. Herald" / Auckland, N.Z.; Verso - top centre - Photo R-41 / Reduce: 4 3/8" x 5 1/8"; Verso - centre - Seine fishing / Hauraki Gulf / Auckland; Verso - centre - [Original caption]: Above - A fisherman inspecting a net of fish caught in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland; Verso - bottom left - XVIII Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.6 x 20.5 cm Provenance: Photograph from the New Zealand Herald for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).