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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.

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Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru

Date: 1868-1929

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9287-2

Description: Group photographs of girls attending the school run by the Convent of the Sacred heart, Timaru. Photographs of bishops include Bishop Grimes, Archbishop Redwood, and Bishop Brodie. The family of Dr M S and Agnes Grace, ca 1886. The family of Mr and Mrs A C Nottingham of Halswell, Christchurch, 1920. Group including Bishop Grimes on the front steps of St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru (possibly the dedication of the church on the 18th of November 1894). Group photographs of clergy attending the jubilee celebrations of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, in 1929. Original wooden gothic Roman Catholic church, Timaru, which burnt down in 1910. Maryville College of the Sacred Heart, St Louis, USA, which is where the founder of the Sacred Heart order in Timaru came from in 1880. Sacred Heart primary school building, Timaru, in the 1880s. Buildings of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru. Timaru Railway station. The ship SS Australia. Cobb and Co coach and Bank of New Zealand, Timaru, 1868. Yankee-K class locomotive. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 Pen drawing.

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Children and teacher at Mangatoi School, Mokau River

Date: 1927

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: PAColl-0001-2-1-037

Description: Photo of ten school children and teacher, Hazel Sampson, taken outside Mangatoi School at the Mokau River. Photo taken by Vera Sampson, one of the pupils, in 1927. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mangatoi School 1927. Same as in boat. Teacher Hazel Sampson. Photo taken by Vera Sampson (pupil). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 9.2 x 14.4 cm

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Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru

Date: [ca 1965]-1921

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9287-1

Description: Photographs relating to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru. These include Mother Juliette Bauduy-Garesche founder of the Society of the sacred Heart in Timaru. Also Rev Mother Susannah Boudreau foundress of the Sacred Heart order in Timaru in 1880. Most of the collection is made up of group photographs of girls who attended the school run by the convent. There is also a photograph of the children of Mr and Mrs A C Nottingham of Halswell, Christchurch. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Mount Cook School leaving letter

Date: 1925

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais, 1923-1995 : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-5564

Description: Comprises printed letter from Mt Cook School Committee to Mary Jermsen on her leaving Mt Cook School in 1925; consists of advice on further education, physical exercise, patriotism and moral issues Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Porteous family :Family photographs and photographs of towns and schools in the Gisborn...

Date: ca1910-ca1920

By: Porteous family

Reference: PAColl-7595

Description: Comprises photographs, probably taken by John Porteous, relating to his educational activities (mostly in native schools) and family. The localities are in the Gisborne Region and include Tikitiki, Tuparoa, and Reporua. Specifically, one group of photographs record a rugby match between Tikitiki and Rangitukia schools, and two others show Reporua school children collecting driftwood from the beach and participating in an Arbour Day celebration in 1912. There are a general views of Reporua and Tuparoa and one of Reporua School. Other images are of people grouped in front of unidentified meeting houses. There is also a view of East Cape, unidentified landscapes one with a bridge, a midden of human bones, and a group of Fijians in traditional dress The negatives are family photographs Arrangement: Negative at 1/4-107919-G to 1/4-107961-G Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 44 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1079 - Transfer from Porteous family papers (MS-Group-1079).

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Robert Wells and Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River

Date: 1928

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: PAColl-0001-2-1-070

Description: Robert Wells and nine Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Teacher and pupils photographed by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer.; Verso - bottom centre - Mangatoi School, Mokau River, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.2 x 20.5 cm

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Grant, F J (Mr), fl 1981 :Photographs of the tour of the Prince of Wales in 1920 and Ne...

Date: [1903-1920]

By: Grant, F J, active 1980s; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0362

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of New Zealand made by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Many of the images are of military inspections and displays by school children. There are also displays of Maori dancing and singing, the sailors of the HMS Renown, on which the prince had travelled , prior to their soccer match in Dunedin, the prince addressing the crowds etc. A number of the images are in two-part panoramas. Also included are four scenic photographs by the New Zealand Tourist Department which may have been taken in 1903. The photographer for the tour photographs was Guy. Other - Similar images at 1/2-032642, 045102 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

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McDonald, Berta :Photograph of Sylvia Ashton Warner

Date: 1924

Reference: PAColl-0737

Description: Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Marjorie Bell, Berta McGregor, Lesley Rose and Thelma Rose, pupils of Wairarapa College in the school grounds. The other four are holding on to Berta Mc Gregor. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print 78mm x 52mm

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Wellington College

Date: ca 1923

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

Reference: 1/1-005413-G

Description: Group at Wellington College, Wellington, circa 1923. Shows school boys, and others, including Lord Jellicoe (front row, centre group, third from left) and Joseph Firth (front row, centre group, first on left). Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Teacher and pupils in a boat on the Mokau River

Date: 1928

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: PAColl-0001-2-1-047

Description: Photo of man and two children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928; Verso - centre - Teacher and pupils arriving at school by boat. Until I bought the first outboard motor on the river, I had to row these 2 boys and self, one mile to school, and one mile home each day - for a Ferry Allowance of 6d per day!! And - out of this, I was expected - and had to - keep the boat in good repair, and replace anything that might require it - oats, rowlocks etc. I went into the bush and cut rata vines to replace broken ribs - and patched cracked and broken planking in boat. Self-reliant!!!? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.8 cm

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Photographs relating to Kenneth Scott

Date: [1920s-1950s]

From: Kirkcaldie, Constance Violet Scott, 1917-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9410-5

Description: Photographs relating to Kenneth Scott, first husband of Constance Kirkcaldie. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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Reception to H.R.H. Duke of York by 12,000 children, Christchurch, New Zealand. 14.3.19...

Date: 14 March 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2225-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke of York in Christchurch by 12,000 children, showing school children posed in rows in front of a crowded grandstand on the left of the image. A large group of girls wearing uniforms including headscarves in the centre with boys beyond. Two smaller grandstands across the field in the centre. Spectators in the immediate foreground, and all around the field, many holding flags. Sign on the right-hand grandstand reads "St John Ambulance Brigade". Taken on 14 March 1927 by R P Moore, of Wellington. Refer also Pan-2117 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Reception to H.R.H. Duke of York by 12,000 children, Christchurch, New Zealand. 14.3.1827. No. 1; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 125.3 cm

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Split image of two groups of school children, probably at the New Plymouth Convent School

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Lynch, (Father), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2347-F

Description: Split image of two groups of school children at the New Plymouth Convent School. Taken by Robert Percy Moore A) In the image on the left there are two rows of girls wearing school uniforms. Thirteen are seated in front and twelve are standing behind, all posed in front of a wooden school building. All are wearing boater hats and gym tunics. B) A larger group of school children, mostly girls, including those in the first image. Four rows which include younger girls and a few young boys in the front row. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Father Lynch. New Plymouth. 20 x 5. Sample off each Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 102.6 cm

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New Plymouth Convent School

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Lynch, (Father), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2346-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up at the New Plymouth Convent School buildings. Boys and girls, many wearing school uniforms (including girls wearing boater hats) are standing below the buildings on paths between garden beds. A large three-storeyed wooden building is centre left at the top of a hill, with a two-storeyed roughcast building behind the children. Newly planted gardens on a slope on the left. Road and houses on the right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - R P Moore's circular business stamp; Marginal notes on negative - Father Lynch. N.P. Convent; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Father Lynch. New Plymouth. 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 111.1 cm

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New Plymouth Boys' High School, New Zealand

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2349-F

Description: Panoramic view showing New Plymouth Boys' High School students and staff posed in five rows across the image below a large three-storeyed school building. The boys are wearing school uniforms including school caps. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - New Plymouth Boys' High School. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Boys High School New Plymouth; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] 20 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 108.4 cm

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Technical School, New Plymouth 1923

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2352-F

Description: Panoramic view across a road in the foreground to groups of students and staff on the lawn in front of the single-storeyed brick Technical School building in New Plymouth. Built in 1906. Girls seated on the left, boys on the right, with eight men staff members standing behind the boys. Decorative castellation over the arched entrance porch, diamond-shaped tiled roof. Attic windows in gables. Two-storeyed school building to the right with other buildings visible behind. Houses across the road on the far right. Concrete building with pillars at the entrance across a side road on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Technical School, New Plymouth 1923; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Technical School. New Ply. 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 94.4 cm

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Girls' High School, New Plymouth, 1923

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2353-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over students and staff in front of a single-storeyed rough-cast school building. The girls are wearing uniforms including gym tunics and boater hats. A group of women staff members wearing academic gowns are standing in the centre of the image. Raised path around the building, and between two areas of lawn on which some of the girls are seated or standing. Other school buildings are just visible behind on the right. Large stand of trees in the right background. There is a house surrounded by trees on the left of the school, and a road on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Portion of the image repeated on the far left Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Girls High School. New Plymouth. 1923; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Girls High School. New Ply. 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 119.5 cm

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St Joseph's School, Hawera

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Power, (Monsignor), -1927

Reference: Pan-2469-F

Description: Panoramic view of St Joseph's School in Hawera. Groups of school children posing outside, including boys on a rise on the left, standing in front of a wooden building with three nuns standing on a verandah behind them. A large group of boys and girls standing on a lawn at a lower level in the centre of the image. On the right Monsignor Power, wearing cassock, biretta and sash is standing with a large group of girls. There is a small turretted building between the group in the centre and those on the right. A woman wearing a hat and spotted dress is standing on the left of the girls and there is a single-storeyed house conncected with the school in the centre middle distance behind her. Portion of a chapel (or church) seen on the far right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Monsignor Power. Hawera. 6x40x10; Photographer's title on negative - [In ink] Photo by R.P. Moore. 80 Manners St., Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 97.0 cm

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Hawera Technical High School

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2480-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large two-storeyed roughcast school building on the left of the image, with the name lettered on the front 'Hawera Technical High School 1921'. Students are posed in rows in front of the school. Girls (mostly wearing gym tunics) on the left, and boys wearing shorts and caps, on the right. Several staff members are standing behind the girls on steps by the entrance porch. Another building is in the centre of the image. Playing fields on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Hawera. Technical School. 3 copies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 118.2 cm

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