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Photographer unknown :Photographs of the Royal Tour 1927
Date: 1927
Reference: PA-Group-00431
Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.
Photographs related to World War II and post-war events
Date: 1939-1947
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-158
Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1939 and 1947. Includes: visit of `Bellona', 1946; visit to NZ of H.M. aircraft-carrier Theseus, 1947; Colonel & Mrs Fisher with Captain J Kendall; sailors of R.N.V.R; ANZAC parade at Wellington (1940) & Auckland (1950); group photo of staff of Casualty Clearing-Station in Wellington taken at the time it closed in Apr 1946; arrival of Wrens in Wellington (named on back), Aug 1946; official farewell party held at Allied Forces Club in Wellington, Apr 1946; group photo of RSA delegates to Dominion RSA conference held in Wellington, Jul 1946; Battle of Britain commemoration services at St Matthews, 1947; Victory tower, Jun 1946. Also departure of 1st Echelon (Westport, Greymouth); NZ Unit training in England in 1940 (NZers who were living in England when war broke out volunteered for service). Trailer ambulance for the Hamilton Home Guard made by A M Bisley & Co, 1942. Series of photographs related to rehabilitation of ex-servicemen. Includes photos of training-farm at Milson, near Palmerston North; tools available from the Rehabilitation Department for returned servicemen who require them for trade or household use (Dec 1947). Group photograph of sergeants mess HMNZHS Maunganui, Oct 1945 Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints