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Date: 1999

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[31 original political and social cartoons published in Metro magazine from February to December 1999]

Reference: A-129-089

Description: Cartoon illustration for a magazine article "Five go mad in Auckland", shows a caricature of Helen Clark in a life jacket and bathing suit, standing up on a windsurfing board, with the Sky Tower and Auckland waterfront behind her. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 78 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache, on sheet 300 x 420 mm.

Date: 9 February 1903

By: Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912

Reference: PA9-051

Description: Panoramic photograph of Auckland city, including waterfront, taken Sunday, 9 Februrary, 1903 by Melvin Vaniman. Looks over city buildings and streets, and the edge of Waitamata Harbour, from opposite Queens Wharf and Queen Street (running vertically up centre). Quay Street runs along the water's edge. A range of shipping vessels, including a paddle steamer, are berthed at wharves. Signs advertise the following businesses (from left to right): D Goldie, timber merchant; Roller flour mills and stores; John Burns & Co, iron merchants; New Zealand Herald; Wingate & Co; Spargo Gladstone Coffee Palace; and Westfield chemical works. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Photographer, date and location, from inscriptions on print. Platinum print recognised by Library photographic conservator. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Auckland. Sunday. Feb 9. 1903; Recto - bottom right - Protected 9 2 03 Melvin Vaniman San Francisco; bottom centre - [On frame] Auckland 1903 Another copy of the panoramic photograph available at PA6-542. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Platinum photoprint 37.3 x 117.3 cm [visible image], with mat, in wooden frame 65.5 x 144.5 cm