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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.

Date: [ca 1936-1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6829

Description: 11 scenes of crowds awaiting the arrival of the first rail car on the line at Pahiatua. They include one of the crowd on the Masterton platform; another taken from the middle of the tracks with the crowds looking towards the photographer; and another of a man addressing the crowd from the driver's compartment. A railcar of the type in the photographs was trialed in May 1936 but these images look as if they were taken later. Seven railcars were built and the one in this collection is most likely to be Maahunui with the running number 4, as part of the name is visible in 1/4-029734. The railcar had a petrol engine, a lavatory, electric light and hot air heating and was driver controlled (information from Godber album PA1-q-101 p.96). Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029731 to 029741 Quantity: 11 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [1928 or 1929]

From: Mann, John, 1898-1987 :Album of photographs of Presbyterian Maori Mission activities in Tuhoe region

Reference: PA1-o-1630-07-2

Description: Large group eating a meal, Maungapohatu. Photograph taken 1928 or 1929, possibly by John Mann. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A typical scene at Kai time Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 13.8 x 8 cm, mounted on album page 17.3 x 29 cm

Date: 1954

Reference: PAColl-6954

Description: Views of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's tour of New Zealand in January 1954, mostly in the Wellington Region. Many show spectators waiting, the Queen driving past, and the address at Athletic Park. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059462 to 059479 and 059510 to 059553 Quantity: 61 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 16 March 1970

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1970/1307-F

Description: Crowd at a surf carnival, Worser Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 16 March 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 2003]

From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region

Reference: PA6-679

Description: Panoramic view of a crowd of people watching a game of beach volleyball, Oriental Bay, Wellington, taken ca 2003 by Clayton Tume. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panoramic print. Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 20.3 x 112.2 cm

Date: Between 1928 and 1934

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 13

Reference: PAColl-6407-45

Description: Huge crowd surrounding the Southern Cross aeroplane at Wigram Airport in Christchurch. Robson and Boyer were the photographers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 149 x 240 mm

Date: 3 May 1967

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1967/2436-F

Description: Victoria University students taking part in a capping stunt, on the roof of the Taj Mahal, Courtenay Place, Wellington, watched by a large crowd. Police are climbing the roof on ladders to arrest the students. Photograph taken 3 May 1967 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1927

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

Reference: Pan-2104-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke and Duchess of York at Arawa Park, Rotorua in 1927, taken by Robert Percy Moore, of Wellington. It shows a crowded grandstand centre left with groups of sailors, some with instruments seated to left and right of steps leading up to the grandstand. The steps are lined with palm fronds. A smaller grandstand is on the right, and there are more onlookers standing in the foreground on the left and behind a paling fence on the far side of the field. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 115.0 cm

Date: 1 December 2003

From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region

Reference: PA6-687

Description: Crowd gathered for the world premiere of The Return of the King, the third and final film of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Courtenay Place, Wellington, taken 1 December 2003 by Clayton Tume. People, on both sides of a red carpet that runs the length of Courtenay Place, are watching actors and actresses make their way to the Embassy Theatre. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 20.2 x 108.6 cm

Date: 9 March 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1044-F

Description: View of Titahi Bay beach with the crowd for the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships. Photographed by an Evening post staff photographer 9 March 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 30 September 1974

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/6340-F

Description: Toheroa gatherers hunting the shellfish on Hokio South beach. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 30th September 1974. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1936]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-29

Description: Scene at Milson aerodrome (now Palmerston North International Airport) showing two grounded DH86 Express biplanes, in front of a crowd of onlookers. Some photographers, officials, and aviation personnel also stand by. Photograph taken circa 1936, by an unidentified photographer for the Free Lance. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Milson Aerodrome - P N Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.4 x 16 cm

Date: 1 December 2003

From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region

Reference: PA6-686

Description: Crowd gathered for the world premiere of The Return of the King, the third and final film of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, outside Reading Cinemas, Courtenay Place, Wellington, taken 1 December 2003 by Clayton Tume. Actor Orlando Bloom can be seen in the centre foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panoramic photograph. Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 20.2 x 111.8 cm

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039361-G

Description: Crowd in grandstand at Wanganui Races. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 11 January 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1969/0158-F

Description: Chimpanzees tea party at Wellington Zoo watched by a crowd of people. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 11 January 1969. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Photographs of the Great War

Reference: PAColl-D-0469

Description: National Library photograph exhibition on New Zealanders and the Great War. Two photographs forming a panorama of the crowd watching a motorcade of wounded soldiers in Christchurch, ca 1915 Quantity: 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 2 prints, 150 x 200 mm, mounted for display in exhibition

Date: ca 1929

Reference: PAColl-6578

Description: 15 images: two are panoramas of Wellington city and harbour from below the university; one is a portrait of Rev John Whiteley; one is a drawing of the mission station at Whangaroa; three of the bath houses in Rotorua; three of Maori children and adults playing in pools at Rotorua; and five of Lord and Lady Bledisloe's arrival in Wellington and Lord Bledisloe's swearing in as the Governor-General. Photographer(s) unindentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015550, 015551 and 015564 to 015575 Quantity: 15 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1928

Reference: PAColl-6551

Description: Three views of the crowds and dignitaries with Kingsford Smith and his colleague after his successful flight from Australia to New Zealand. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015036 to 015038 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives