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Road construction, Wellington region
Date: 1930s
From: Wellington City Council :Negatives of Wellington taken for the Wellington City Council, chiefly by Frank Giles Barker
Reference: 1/1-024537-G
Description: Road construction, Wellington region, in the 1930s. Exact location unknown (possibly Wadestown?). Photograph probably taken by F G Barker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942 :[Men cutting out blocks of marble, Kairuru quarry]
Date: [Between 1920 and 1929]
From: Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford & Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry
By: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942
Reference: PA1-q-144-029
Description: Men cutting out blocks of marble, Kairuru quarry, photographed, probably in the 1920s, by Leslie Hinge. File print not located Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Showing the method of cutting out large blocks Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 154 x 203 mm mounted on album page
Men at work on the Homer Tunnel, Southland
Date: 1935 - 1953
From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji
Reference: 1/2-024836-F
Description: Men working with picks and shovels inside the Homer Tunnel. Taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010655-G
Description: Group of men standing in and beside a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. There is a small dog standing on the left side of the ditch. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Relief workers at Gracefield
Date: [1930s]
From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I
Reference: 1/2-090512-F
Description: Relief workers at Gracefield, 1930s. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Miners working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-033994-F
Description: Two unidentified men working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Caption - from National Publicity Studios file print reads: "Blackball Mine. Working a wet face. Minters working under such conditions are paid higher wages and work 6 hour shifts." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - A1256 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp
Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010660-G
Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki
Date: September 1889
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025563-G
Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025564 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Trucker working in the Blackball coal mine
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-033996-F
Description: Unidentified trucker working in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Men with shovels standing by a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [ca 1910s-1930s]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010639-G
Description: Men with shovels standing by a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph taken circa 1910s-1930s by the Northwood Brothers, probably by Arthur James Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010657-G
Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Gum climbers at work, Anawhata
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0832-1/2-G
Description: Two gum climbers up a kauri tree near Anawhata. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-q-102, page 8, with the caption "Gum climbers at work. Anawhata." Inscriptions: Album page - Gum climbers at work. Anawhata. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010658-G
Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki
Date: September 1889
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025564-G
Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025563 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010656-G
Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942 :Kairuru Quarry
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford & Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry
By: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942
Reference: PA1-q-144-028
Description: Kairuru Quarry, photographed ca 1920 by Leslie Hinge. The stack in the centre contains over 50,000 cubic feet of quarried stone. File print not located Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Kairuru Quarry; Album page - beneath image - The stack in the centre contains upwards of 50,000 cubic feet of quarried stone; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Leslie Hinge [blind stamp] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 159 x 207 mm mounted on album page