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Date: 1914-1949

From: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015 : Photographs relating to the Philps, Nimmo, and Anton families

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982; S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10138-3

Description: Comprises black and white prints relating to Sybil Edith Anton (nee Nimmo) and the Nimmo family. Most images feature Sybil. Contains formal studio portraits and informal photographs of family and friends. Taken by a range of photographers, some unknown, circa 1914 to 1949. Many photographs are inscribed in pencil with names. One group of photographs relate to the Nimmo family. They show William Henry Nimmo and his motorcycle club, Thelma Nimmo in her Normal High School class portrait 1914, Kathleen Nimmo, Charles Prior, Ursula Nimmo, Sybil Edith at home, and with Sidney James Anton, Thelma Rollins and Tish. Includes view of the gazebo at Karori Reservoir and a post card of the Duchess of York, possibly issued at the time of her 1927 tour of New Zealand. One group of photographs relate to Sybil Edith with friends, cousins, siblings and workmates. View are taken at beaches, country picnics and gardens. Features Fred Elwin, Renee Cassin, Girlie Maslin, Effie Clarke, Thelma Nimmo, Jim Burt/Bunt, Geoff Cardin, Vida Wilson, Lionel Nimmo, Bill Nimmo, Ruby Everett, Ruby Cassin, Slyvia Tankard, Rita Murdoch, Dot Morrison. Scenes of interest are; Sybil with other female employees of the Eastern Extension Cable Company on the top of the Nathans building, Wellington, the girls in 1920s bathing costumes on Lyall Bay beach (bathing sheds visible), Sybil Edith and others on park bench in grounds of Waiwera Hotel and on a launch in the Marlborough Sounds, Sybil Edith with Tish in the grounds of Wellington East Girls College on opening day 1925. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, including four prints mounted on card

Date: 1930; undated

From: Barnao, Giuseppe Antonio, 1926-: Photographs of Wellington

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10502

Description: Three mounted photographic prints, including one taken by The Crown Studios in 1930, and other undated, by photographers unknown. - View over Wellington Harbour, annotated "now Commercial Union Offices". - View over Wellington, with "Wellington 1851" scratched in plate, (where "1851" is the negative number, rather than a date). - Group portrait of a brass band in uniform, annotated "Boys' Institute Wellington, 1930", and a studio imprint "The Crown Studios, Cuba St. Wellington", blindstamped on recto. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints.

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA5-0151

Description: Petone, Wellington, showing the railway track and dwellings, taken ca 1910-1913 by Crown Studios Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 139 mm

Date: [1880s-1930s]

From: Galbreath, Ross Alan, 1946- :Photographs

By: Abba, David, active 1880s; Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); D Abba & Son (Firm); de Meillon, J H C, active 1900s; Edmonds, W M, active 1890s; Gunston & Company; Hall, Clarence R, active 1910s; Holden, George W, active 1880s; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Peter Pan Studio; Watson, Robert T, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-9632

Description: Photographs of people, scenes and personalities associated with the Gascoigne and Rowe families in New Zealand and England, 1880s-1930s. Quantity: 71 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole received by Photo Archive items transferred to Ephemera Collection. - To Ephemera Collection - Bible & Prayer Union 1892 Member's Card - Phoebe Gascoigne; Passenger flying at the London Aerodrome, Hendon Souvenir - Joseph William Gascoigne (Eph-A-PEOPLE-Gascoigne).

Date: 1932 - 1969

From: Zwartz, Peter Gerard, 1932-2005 : Photographs relating Zwartz's musical career as a conductor

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Wood, Geoffrey Cameron, 1920-1995; Andrew, Earle William, 1909-1986

Reference: PAColl-9954

Description: Photographs collected by Peter Zwartz relating to his musical career as a conductor. Includes: 1932: Signed and mounted photograph of performers gathered around piano on stage with audience in front, taken by Crown Studios, Wellington. 1964: Three photographs the Wellington Youth Orchestra rehearsing for 'Messiah' by Handel at the Wairarapa College Assembly Hall with Peter Zwartz conducting. 1965: Head shot of Warwick Teague 1969: Programme for 'The Proposal' and 'La Serva Padrona' performed in Palmerston North. Includes: Two black and white photos of the musicians practicing and Zwartz conducting. Identified: Graham Clevland, Peggy Martin-Smith, Erica Neilson, Jay Tayler, Olwyn Castle, Peter Zwartz. Undated :11 photos of Zwartz conducting the Wellington Youth Orchestra, taken by Geoffrey.C.Wood Studio Ltd. Identified: Peter Zwartz, Brian McChaon, Elaine Dallais, Bill Sharpe, Garry Matthew, John Davidson, Jonathan Williamson, Barney Hamid, ca 1964. 52 photos of a (1963?) production 'The Soldier's Tale' by Stravinsky. Portrait of P. Averi as a young man conducting, taken by Earle Andrew Studio's, Wellington. Group photo of performers taken by The Crown Studios, Wellington ca 1930s - 1940s. 2 group shots of Zwartz, Bob Arrow, Gareth Welch and Mr Wong in Honolulu, taken by Allison & Associates - Honolulu Hawaii, ca 1950s. Photo of Zwartz conducting orchestra in a church, undated, ca 1960s? Colour print of Peter Zwartz (head shot) ca 1990s. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photographs and programme.

Date: January 1923

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA-Group-00465

Description: Photographs of a group of people gathered for the opening of the tunnel housing the Wainuiomata-Orongorongo water pipe, taken January 1923 by Crown Studios of Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, mounted, in wooden frames Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: 1958

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thompson, Francis Charles, 1923-2001

Reference: PA7-57-26

Description: Group photograph of the team and officials connected with the Seatoun Association Football Club taken by Frank Thompson of Crown Studios, 1958. Back row - J Metcalf, W W King, R G Hiddleston, B H W Fletcher, J J Donovan Second row - H Rayment, G R McClelland, G J Allan, W M Logan, W G N Kerr, R T Wright Sitting - R S Smith (selector-coach), R O'Brian (Vice-president), J K Smith (President), K C Gibson (captain), C Webb (Patron), R C Kearns, R V Boyes (Treasurer) Absent - R E Jeffery Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 24 x 34.5 cm on mount 33 x 43 cm

Date: [Between 1910s and 1950s]

From: Gascoigne, Joseph William 1885-1972 :Postcards and photographs

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Fenton, (Mr?), active 1911; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Payne, J J, active 1910s; Garton, A C, active 1911; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Mirrielees (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-097

Description: Postcard album. Album includes portraits of unidentified men and women; group portraits of men in military uniform and in police uniform (at Hull, England). Several views show Paekakariki, the Porirua Mental Hospital, and views of a Maori marae at Titahi Bay showing crowds of people arriving at the funeral of a Maori princess, circa 1910s or 1920s. Post cards include views of New Zealand, chiefly Dunedin, Bluff and Waitomo Caves; other areas shown on post cards are Hull and Bridlington in Yorkshire, and London, in England; Rarotonga, Fiji and Melbourne are also included. Other post cards include humourous cartoons, and a series of Yorkshire sayings. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Post Cards'; 28.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: 1933

From: Karori Historical Society : Photographs

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-5277-1-18

Date: 1930

From: Karori Historical Society : Photographs

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-5277-1-23

Description: Provenance: Presented to Karori Historical Society by Mrs Eric Gjording on 30 April 1983

Date: 1933

From: Karori Historical Society : Photographs

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-5277-1-24

Description: Provenance: Presented to Karori Historical Society by Mrs Eric Gjording on 30 April 1983

Date: [Between 1921? and 1940s]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-204892-F

Description: Photograph of yacht "Doris" at anchor, Limbless Soldiers' Picnic, taken by Crown Studios Ltd of Wellington. The Limbless Soldiers' Picnic was run by Evans Bay Yacht Club annually between the wars, colloquially known as the "Limbies Picnic". Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 11497 M Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: August 1926

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-07-48

Description: Men laying telephone cable at Lyall Bay beach, Wellington, in August 1926. Photograph taken by Crown Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1936, 1948, 1951-1953

By: Fairfax, Denis Peter, 1939-2024; Campbell's Studio (Invercargill, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thompson, Francis Charles, 1923-2001

Reference: PAColl-10294

Description: Five studio portraits of boxing and rugby teams taken by Campbell's Studio, Crown Studios and Frank Thompson for Crown Studios, in 1936, 1948, and 1951 to 1953. One photograph from 1936 shows members of Kelly's Boxing School in Invercargill with the American boxer Roy Le Gans and his trainer. The other images show members of two Wellington rugby teams - Berhampore Football Club (1948) and Oriental Football Club (1951-1953) - including Wellington representative Noel Farnan. Printed on the card mounts of all the photographs are the names of present and absent members; some also feature information about achievements of the season. Source of title - Supplied by the Library Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted on card). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-Schools-BV-2014-01.