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Date: [ca 1930's]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1867

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1937, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views and views of the Club members on bush walks and skiing in Tongariro National Park, featuring Ruapehu, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and surrounding environs, the Pinnacles at Blue Bluffs, Ruapehu crater lake, Tama Lakes, The Chateau, Whakapapa glacier, Karioi Lakes, Mangawhero River and various tramping huts. Bruce Davis, an amateur photographer who lived in Raetihi is identified. Also includes views of Raetihi township and Horopito locality, Napier, Tauranga (rail bridge and The Strand), and Ngauruhoe erupting (possibly 1937 eruption). Also includes views of Tom Parker posing with the fountain he gifted to Napier in 1936 and scenes of a parade and bonfire in Raetihi to mark the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Also includes the wedding of Gwen Wise (circa 1930s) 5 loose prints have page numbers noted and are in an envelope at the front of the album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string and featuring an embossed image of mountains and a sun and the word 'Photographs' on the front cover, 21.5 x 27 cm

Date: [ca 1933-1959]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Watherston, R A, active 1956

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-202

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1933-1959. Various photograph of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu - Soldiers memorial; camping grounds; Queenstown School; Queenstown Post Office; main street; Scott Memorial in Queenstown Park; town centre, 1933; several elevated views; Queenstown Gardens; Kawarau Dam, 1949; aqua-skiing on the lake; Earnslaw; loading wool at Greenstone Bay, 1950. Franz Josef Glacier; mountaineers cutting steps on the glacier; Arrow Basin; Kaniere gold dredge at Kumara, 1959; St Mary's Church, New Plymouth; Mrs W Reid of Runanga surf casting at Crows Bay, West Coast; hay making near Waikari, North Canterbury; Honeymoon Bay in Tasman Bay. Sheep mustering on high country run of A W Gard, Mt Bell Station (near Kurow); photo of musterers (all named on back) and property owned by Gard. Photographs sent to New Free Lance with accompanying letter by R S Watherston of Springhills, 1956 Also Balclutha; Milton; Woodbank Church; Russell, car ferry at Paihia; Mr Barker's stud at Wanaka; bridge over Molyneux River; Roman Catholic Church at Tokaanu; Wanganui river boat; rock formations at Palliser Bay; yachts of man-made lake Lake Whakamarino, 1947; Cascade Saddle; Mount Egmont lighthouse; Pukekura Park; tree growing amongst rocks on Dunstan Range; Taihape Plunket Rooms; elevated view of Nelson; haymaking near Dagarville; Marion Camp, Homer Tunnel; Northland express passing down main street of Kawakawa, 1947; Centennial Memorial, Wanganui; A & P Show, Taranaki; Dobson; Victoria Park, Waimate; main street of Levin, 1930; Midhurst Co-operative Dairy Factory; St Bathans, 1947. Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1901-1934

By: Fama, Ronald Cyril, 1926-

Reference: PAColl-3254

Description: Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-039904 to 039909 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1938

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963

Reference: E-251-f-3-007

Description: Several branches of the Gaultheria in flower (various shades of pink) and leaf Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: Loney, George Henry, 1871-1957

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Tongariro-1930s-01

Description: Pamphlet promoting the Tongariro National Park, shows an illustration by Leonard Cornwall Mitchell of golfers in front of the Chateau, on the front cover. Also contains photographs of tennis on the Chateau courts, sunshine and leisure on the Chateau balcony, the Chateau after a snowfall, the Chateau lounge and dance floor, and the Chateau with Mt Ruapehu behind it. Text describes the surrounding attractions and the facilities at the Chateau. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on sheet 242 x 312 mm, folded to 242 x 104 mm.

Date: 1938 - 1949

By: Arcade Stamp Company; Universal Printing Company (Timaru, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1940s-02

Description: Stamps show monotone colour reproductions of photographs (green, pink, blue) of Mount Cook, Sutherland Falls, The Chateau, Wanganui River, and two other scenes which have been torn out of this partially-used example. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on perforated stickers, each 60 x 45 mm, on sheets of six, inside folded cover 150 x 165 mm.

Date: 1930s

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

By: Tanner Couch Ltd

Reference: PAColl-5655

Description: Tourist Department photographs of the North Island, published by Tanner Couch Ltd. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 9 December 1934, January 1937

From: Salmon, Albert Armitage, 1899-1982: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-10262-3

Description: Mounted images with annotations from Albert Armitage Salmon's 1936-1937 trip to New Zealand. The images follow the route of Salmon and his companions' travels tramping and travelling from Franz Josepf Glacier to various locations in the North Island. Photographs taken by Salmon. - The photographs show aerial images of the South Island including Franz Josef Glacier and snowfields, Fox Glacier and nearby mountains and bush, and a series of images of Bert Salmon and Mary Hansen on the ice at Fox Glacier. Also includes views of Fox River, the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki, Buller Gorge, a suspension bridge over the Buller River, and farmland near Nelson. - Photographs of the North Island show Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, views of Mount Ngauruhoe, including a copy of a photograph of the eruption of Ngauruhoe on 9 December 1934, and group portraits of Irene Booth, Mary Hansen, Eric Keehn, and Reg Booth playing in the snow on Mount Ruapehu. - Other images show views of the Waikato River at Huka Falls, the Aratiatia Rapids, and geothermal activity around Taupo and Rotorua. Images show geysers and mud pools at Wairakei, the Lady Knox Geyser erupting at Waiotapu, the exterior of the Rotorua bathhouse, and views of Whakarewarewa, including hot pools, thermal springs, boiling mud, and steam. One image shows a pataka (store house) at Whakarewarewa and local Maori women washing clothing outdoors in a hot pool. Another photograph shows Maori children bathing. Also includes photographs of the Arapuni Dam and an image of glow worms hanging from the roof of Waitomo Caves. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s) on mounts. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1868

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1940, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views related to Tongariro National Park and the Tongariro Tramping Club. Includes people skiing, swimming and tramping. Many are larger duplicates of views contained in PA1-o-1868. Features snowy Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tama Lakes, tramping club members, clouds, rivers and waterfalls (possibly Huka Falls), The Chateau, Whanganui River, the 'Wanganella' at Castlecliff and the view from Mangaiti hut. Also features views of Raetihi and the Mosen family and friends. Including Walter Verdun Mosen in uniform with his mother Dora Lilian, Mosen family (Neville, Jean, Hazel, Pearl, Walter, Rosie, and Esme) and Brian Mosen as child with his mother Vera Ward. Also includes views of the 1939-1940 Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, Tauranga, pig hunting on a local farm and Neville Mosen wrestling. 3 loose prints have page numbers noted and are place in envelope at the front of album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string, the word 'photographs' is embossed on the front cover, 25.5 x 33 cm

Date: 1939-1940

From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel

By: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996

Reference: PA1-o-988

Description: The images record three separate events: 1. Leslie Verry's trip to Europe in 1939 as the world prepared for war. 2. The New Zealand Centennial celebrations at Waitangi in 1940. 3. A climbing trip to Tongariro National Park, easter, 1940. In relation to the Second World War, this album is interesting in that it has several photographs showing mobilisation in Holland, and troops on the move in Utrecht and the Hague following the Italian invasion of Albania in April 1939. It also has photographs taken in Kassa (Hungary) after the partition of Czechoslovakia. While in Britain and Europe Leslie Verry also practiced as a freelance journalist Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1938

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963

Reference: E-251-f-3-006

Description: Coprosma showing small orange berries and small green leaves. Artist's note: describes berries which are red when ripe Other Titles - Chateau Tongariro Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm

Date: 1938

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

By: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963

Reference: E-251-f-3-009

Description: Several branches of the snow gentian in flower and leaf Artist's note: Plentiful locally among snowgrass and Gaultherias etc Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 254 x 385 mm

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: 1/2-003383-F

Description: Man standing at the bottom of a waterfall cascading down sheer cliffs in Tongariro National Park. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Circa 1930]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-050

Description: Photographs of large groups of people taken on tours run by New Zealand Railways, using rail and road transport. The album covers various trips taken by large groups of unidentified people, mostly in the North Island, and only as far south as Tokaanu and the Whanganui River. They travelled by rail, by road and by ferry. Very few of the photographs have captions, but several are labelled "Commerce trip", and include images of farming, ploughing, stock sales yards, and a large group of men picnicking around a hangi (p. 14). There are a few South Island views, including Lincoln College and Akaroa Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled "Tours Book B1"; 36.5 x 49.5 cm

Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029

Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1930 - 1984

From: Tongariro Tramping Club :Photographs of tramping and mountaineering activities

By: Tongariro Tramping Club; Mosen, Brian, 1939-

Reference: PAColl-0025-1

Description: Shows tramping personalities and trips. Includes huts, Chateau Tongariro area, and the mountains of the volcanic plateau. Quantity: 118 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1930-1937]

From: Rennie, William Stanley Norman, d 1976 :Photographs of Ruapehu Ski Club

Reference: PAColl-9904-3

Description: Groups skiing and tramping on Mount Ruapehu. Group in fancy dress and evening dress at the Chateaux Tongariro. Scenic views of Milford Sound and the Milford Track include - View of Milford Sound and Mitre Peak. Arthur River on Milford Track. Giant Gate Waterfall, Milford Track. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. McKinnon's Pass, Milford Track. Photographs taken on Mount Ruapehu by J F Loudon, photographer, Hamilton. First part of a group of photographs showing the activities of a group of people based at the Whakapapa Hut, Mount Ruapehu, ca 1930. Many of these photographs were taken by Leo L White. Re the group located at the Whakapapa Hut and the date of this. Firstly the women are wearing clothes and headgear that date from styles current in the late 1920s-early 1930s (ca 1926-1932). Secondly, a group of mainly women lined up with their cameras, are identified as ready to take photographs of Lady Fergusson departing [the Chateaux] for Taupo. Fergusson's term as Governor General ended in 1930. This is probaly the earliest group of photographs in the collection and also occupies the following two boxes. Quantity: 93 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Hugh Rennie, Wellington, 2010

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Rennie, William Stanley Norman, d 1976 :Photographs of Ruapehu Ski Club

Reference: PAColl-9904-4

Description: Group of photographs showing the activities of a group of people based at the Whakapapa Hut, Mount Ruapehu, ca 1930. Many of these photographs were taken by Leo L White. The narritive accompanying the images suggest that they were intended for a publication like the Auckland Weekly News. They include - Men and women on the hut porch, the women mending trousers. Snowball fights. Watching other groups climbing Mount Ruapehu. Chopping firewood. Melting snow for drinking. The mail arriving. Taking photographs. Climbing to the ski fields. Skiing. Walking in the bush. Lunch breaks. Preparing food. These photographs are a fairly good record of what, for women, was smart winter wear in 1930. Re the group located at the Whakapapa Hut and the date of this. Firstly the women are wearing clothes and headgear that date from styles current in the late 1920s-early 1930s (ca 1926-1932). Secondly, a group of mainly women lined up with their cameras, are identified as ready to take photographs of Lady Fergusson departing [the Chateaux] for Taupo. Fergusson's term as Governor General ended in 1930. This is probaly the earliest group of photographs in the collection. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Hugh Rennie, Wellington, 2010

Date: [ca 1930]-1936

From: Rennie, William Stanley Norman, d 1976 :Photographs of Ruapehu Ski Club

Reference: PAColl-9904-5

Description: Group of photographs showing the activities of a group of people based at the Whakapapa Hut, Mount Ruapehu, ca 1930. Many of these photographs were taken by Leo L White. The narritive accompanying the images suggest that they were intended for a publication like the Auckland Weekly News. They include - Men and women on the hut porch, the women mending trousers. Snowball fights. Watching other groups climbing Mount Ruapehu. Chopping firewood. Melting snow for drinking. The mail arriving. Taking photographs. Climbing to the ski fields. Skiing. Walking in the bush. Lunch breaks. Preparing food. These photographs are a fairly good record of what, for women, was smart winter wear in 1930. Group of photographs recording the construction during late 1935/early 1936, of the Ruapehu Ski Club's second hut on Hut Flat after Glacier Hut. This was a large hut accomodating 24 people and supplied with a stove and a sink, making it luxurious in the terms of the times - hence its unofficial name "Pansey Palace." Re the group located at the Whakapapa Hut and the date of this. Firstly the women are wearing clothes and headgear that date from styles current in the late 1920s-early 1930s (ca 1926-1932). Secondly, a group of mainly women lined up with their cameras, are identified as ready to take photographs of Lady Fergusson departing [the Chateaux] for Taupo. Fergusson's term as Governor General ended in 1930. This is probaly the earliest group of photographs in the collection. Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1930-1937]

From: Rennie, William Stanley Norman, d 1976 :Photographs of Ruapehu Ski Club

Reference: PAColl-9904-1

Description: Groups skiing and tramping on Mount Ruapehu. Quantity: 185 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Hugh Rennie, Wellington, 2010