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Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-E-SAFETY-Road-1960s-01

Description: Poster shows a bird's eye view of a block of city streets and rail line, with parking signs, stop signs, traffic lights, spped signs. Small boxes of text explain the signs and elaborate further on relevant road rules. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 690 x 1015 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, 2013.

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-109

Description: Shows Holland walking into his office and seeing his desk covered in objects. There is a parrot with a note around its neck which says "We want the Ranfurly Shield back", a sign from Auckland which says "Narrow bridge", a gas lantern with a tag saying "Power shortage", a box of potatoes, part of and car with a label that says "Auckland transport", the front of a train, a road sign that says "Motorway ends here" and finally a toy aeroplane with a tag that says "Too big for Whenuapai". Refers to the box of dirt sent as a protest to the Prime Minister. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: [Jun 1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-023

Description: The summit of Lewis Pass, with a Hillman car in the foreground, photographed in June 1950 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - P 28/6/50; Verso - centre - Summit, Lewis Pass Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 166 x 212 mm

Date: [196-?]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-7756-3-052

Description: Road sign, Lake Manapouri, with Cathedral Peaks in background. Photograph taken ca 1960 by Gladys M Goodall. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Cathedral Peaks, Lake Manapouri. N.Z.; Verso - bottom left - Photography: Gladys M Goodall. Colourchrome series W.T. 581. Printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. for the Felicity Card Co. Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 10 x 15 cm

Date: [ca 1931-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-204

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1931-1949. Wellington - Bryant & May (employees playing tennis); Cenotaph with Government House and Parliament Building in background; Rangatira at Lyttelton Wharf; aerial view of railway station and wharves; aerial view of Kelburn, 1939; Pigeon Park showing Manners Street & Dixon Street intersection looking towards Courtenay Place; Weir House with Mount Victoria etc in background; elevated views of the city from Tinakori Hills; Sydney Street under construction, 1939; garages in Sydney Street; Herd Street Post Office, 1950; Wellington Zoo showing children having an elephant ride; Worser Bay; sunbathers at Oriental Bay; view of Oriental Bay from grassy area above the bay; inner city tennis club (with Carillon in background); Carlton Gore Road and Oriental Parade looking west; Jervois Quay showing intersection of Cable Street and Wakefield Street; houses above Evans Bay; houses at Days Bay; tree planting in Highbury Street, 1948; cars on Hutt motorway, 1947; traffic signs; pohutukawa tree on The Terrace, 1946; Queens Wharf, 1860; policeboat, 1948; tree planting at Kelburn/Highbury on Arbor Day 1948 (including photo of young Christopher Rollings); Percy Reserve, Lower Hutt. Auckland - Winter Gardens at Auckland Domain; Auckland War Memorial Museum; car boarding the vehicular ferry, 1935; Auckland Harbour Board crane being towed by the launch Te Hauraki at Auckland Western Viaduct, 1949. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1923-1925

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/03

Description: Correspondence and papers re road signs, construction of bitumen roads, roading in general; May Morn Estate (Maymorn, Upper Hutt); list of registered plumbers, 1925 (NZ Gazette); New Zealand Counties' Association; New Zealand Forestry League Inc (Wellington Branch) re Ward Island; flax cutting rights (Paekakariki area); brochure re radium appeal to provide a Radium Department at Wellington Hospital; sale of surplus military stores; Days Bay toll-gate; and other miscellaneous papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss