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Michael Joseph Savage carrying furniture into the first state house, Miramar

Date: 1937

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5

Reference: PAColl-5800-49

Description: Michael Joseph Savage carrying furniture into the first state house in New Zealand. John Alexander Lee is also visible. Taken by an unidentified photographer in Miramar, 1937. The McGregor family moved into this house. (see `New Zealand Yesterdays - A Look At Our Recent Past', page 86) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Rangiora Left Book Club Circle - Meeting papers

Date: n d [Early 1939?]

From: Tweed family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12000-2

Description: Invitation of the Rangiora Left Book Club Circle (on Left Book Club Wellington Group letterhead) to Dr Tweed, inviting him to a discussion of government finance. Attached is a typed copy of the 'Lee Letter', addressed by John A Lee to the Labour Party Caucus in late 1938 and criticising government financial policy. Both invitation and typescript have annotations in an unknown hand, probably that of Dr Tweed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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John A Lee during the ceremony awarding him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from...

Date: 1969

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

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Le to Ll-03

Description: John A Lee during the 1969 ceremony awarding him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Otago University. Shows him seated, wearing his academic robes. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 25.2 x 20.6 cm

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Colin Scrimgeour and John A Lee during Lee's 87th birthday party in Auckland

Date: 1978

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

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Le to Ll-02

Description: Colin Scrimgeour (left) and John A Lee during Lee's 87th birthday party lunch in Auckland in 1978. Photographer unidentified. Original newspaper caption on reverse of print reads: "It must have been a good yarn as two old friends, former broadcaster Colin Scrimgeour (left) and author John A Lee, reminisce over a party lunch in Auckland on the occasion of Mr Lee's 87th birthday and coinciding with the re-issue of his book "Delinquent Days" on his experiences as a young man on the run in the South Island." (Evening Post 6 Nov 1978) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 21.5 x 16.4 cm

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Sculptor Molly Macalister and her bronze bust of John A Lee, with Lee alongside

Date: ca 14 Apr 1970

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

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Le to Ll-05

Description: Auckland sculptor Molly Macalister circa 14 April 1970, and her bronze bust of John A Lee, with Lee standing alongside. The bust was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer for the New Zealand Herald and Weekly News in Lee's "Vital Books" bookshop in Mount Eden, Auckland. Original newspaper caption reads:" "The Labour Party chopped off my political head, but evidently pruning is good, as I now have two heads with the possibility of a third coming" Mr John A Lee said in Auckland recently..." (Evening Post, 14 April 1970) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 20.3 x 25.8 cm

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Sculptor Molly Macalister finishing a wax moulding of a bust of John A Lee, with Lee al...

Date: ca 1 Oct 1969

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

By: Cantouris Studios

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Le to Ll-04

Description: Auckland sculptor Molly Macalister circa 1 October 1969, finishing a wax moulding of a bust of John A Lee, with Lee standing alongside. The bust was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Photograph taken by Cantouris Studios of Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.1 x 15.1 cm

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