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Firth album 3
Date: Between 1916 and 1917
From: Firth, Pauline J, fl 1977 :Photograph albums of New Zealand and of World War I
By: Whitaker, Arthur, active 1916-1940?
Reference: PA1-o-175
Description: Views of the military camps at Waikanae, Featherston and Trentham in 1916 and 1917; military parade at Palmerston North on Xmas Day 1916, and the Cadet parade at Newtown Park, Wellington on Anzac Day 1917. Album created by Arthur Whitaker. Inscriptions: Album page - Arthur Whitaker. Wellington, N.Z. 19.2.17 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover entitled `Photographs'; 16 x 21 cm
Hosking, Rita Gwendolyn, 1897-1983: Photographs relating to World War One
Date: 1914-1918, 1924
By: Hosking, Rita Gwendolyn, 1897-1983
Reference: PAColl-0568
Description: Collection of photographs from an album compiled by Mrs R G Hosking. The photographs are mostly dated 1914-1918 and relate to World War One. Includes photographs taken in Egypt, England and New Zealand, depicting military personnel, naval ships, scenes at military camps, and the hospital at Brockenhurst, England. Includes portraits of Peter McIntyre Crawford, Douglas Vallance Hosking (husband of R G Hosking), Keith Melvyn Little, and other unidentified subjects. Features two photographs dated April 1924, one of Wellington taken from on board the HMS 'Hood', and another showing HMS 'Hood' on arrival at Wellington Harbour. Also includes images of naval ships NZHS 'Marama', HMAS 'Encounter', and HMNZT No. 8 'Star of India'. A fleet of ships is seen along the horizon of a postcard image captioned 'N.Z. First Contingent Sailing - Passing Island Bay' with the accompanying annotation 'This photo was taken at 4 a.m. as the ships carrying the Main Body were passing Island Bay, Wellington, on October 16, 1914'. Included in the collection are six photographic postcards. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection received with items in no particular order. Images have been loosely grouped around themes and depicted subject matter, including shipping, Suez & Egypt, military camps, military hospitals, portraits, and postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints and postcards, some mounted on album page Provenance: Donated by Mrs Shirley Watson, Auckland, 1984. Mrs Watson is the daughter of Mrs R G Hosking, who compiled the album. Transfers: To Other - To Reference: Clippings and three items of ephemera.