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Date: [ca 1940s-1940s], [ca 1968-ca 1974]

Reference: PAColl-10084

Description: Photographs of the staff of the Government Printing Office in Palmerston North at work, taken between circa 1968 and circa 1974 by an unidentified photographer. The collection includes group portraits of staff individual staff members at work, and scenes of staff socialising. The photographs depict a range of machinery and printing equipment used by the staff in their work. One group photograph identifies the following individuals: E James, R Edmonds, T Lynch, J Patrick, P Edwards, R Hinks, R Bell, D Bell, B Martin, A Johnson, Mr. McMurray, M Myers, D Roberts, G Collis, F Collis, C Williamson, W Hale, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mamad, and C Priest. Some individuals from the group photograph appear in other images. All other staff photographs are unidentified. The collection also includes one photograph of College Street, Palmerston North, primary school girls and boys on their tricycles, taken circa 1940s-1950s by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Dated circa 1968 to circa 1974 because there are calendars on the walls for those dates. Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [193-?]

Reference: PAColl-7244

Description: Photographs of work on the Massey Agricultural College farm at Palmerston North, showing a man operating a pick-up rake pulled by two horses; a side view of the same process (although it is referred to as a sweep) with a Manitoba stacker in the background; a horse-operated Manitoba stacker in operation building a haystack; and the men having smoko next to a haystack. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002730 to 002733 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1878-1880

By: Taylor, Charles Henry, 1858-1928

Reference: MS-Group-1671

Description: Comprise two diaries, covering Taylor's voyage to New Zealand and his life in Wellington, the Manawatu region, and finally Auckland. The diaries are detailed and provide a lively account of life on an immigrant ship and in the North Island while looking for work. Interspersed with reflections on life and quotations from poems, as well as some sketches of people, ships, housing and scenery. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - The donor is happy for researchers to contact him, for possible further information. His address is 16/166 Mill Point Road, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia. Charles Henry Taylor, lived on the Isle of Man as a child, was a joiner by trade. In 1878 he took advantage of the Vogel government's immigration scheme to emigrate to New Zealand on the `Hudson'. Travelled through Wellington, the Manawatu, where he was an eyewitness to the great bush fires of the period, and to Auckland, looking, often unsuccessfully, for work. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Professor John A Howard, grandson of C H Taylor

Date: 2004

By: Cancer Society of New Zealand; Wilson, Greg, active 1990-2000s

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2004-04

Description: A calendar for March 2004 to April 2005, featuring photographs of patrons of the Celtic Inn in Palmerston North in semi-revealing poses. These men are all members of the pub's "Guinness 100 Pint Club", having consumed 100 pints in a month or less; and most are born in Celtic lands: Scotland, Ireland, Wales or England. The photographs were taken by Greg Wilson of Palmerston North. The calendar was a fundraiser for prostate cancer. The calendar also reproduces a poem by Jan Keightley, entitled "Prostrate cancer" [sic]. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar pages, 298 x 420 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the Cancer Society of New Zealand, Palmerston North, in 2004.

Date: ca 1899

From: Gittings, Len : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7600-1

Description: Members of the Palmerston North Cricket Club, circa 1899. R Gittings is in the top row, second from left. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.5 x 18.8 cm

Date: 1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-117-001

Description: A group of people involved with horses at the Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Show, Palmerston North, 1948. From the left: Allan McDonald, steeplechase jockey. Granny (Hedwick Wilhelmina) McDonald, racehorse trainer and owner. J C Ashbury, light horse judge. D D Wilson, Hamilton pony judge. Maggie (Margaret Jane) Briggs, dressage rider. T J Martin, pony judge. Photographed by an unknown Palmerston North photographer in 1948. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 17th of November 1948 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 12.5 cm

Date: 5 Feb 1906

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-035527-F

Description: Group studio portrait of the Palmerston North Volunteer Fire Police, 5 February, 1906. The men are in uniform. Their hats bear the initials PNVFP. Armbands have the initials PNFP. A child and a dog are in the front row. Ropes and lanterns are visible. Photograph taken by Crown Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative