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Photocopies, made by the Library, of images of family members on a farm at Waipatiki, a...
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: PAColl-10055
Description: Note: These photocopies were made by the Library from prints and an album lent by the donor. The prints were identified on the backs and in captions, and enabled the archivist to describe the negatives in the collection. Includes a copy of the Berntsen family tree provided by the donor and the negative sleeve book that originally held the negatives in this collection. The first fourteen images relate to members of the Berntsen and Mollgaard families on the farm owned by Niels Johan Berntsen at Waipatiki out towards the coast from Dannevirke. Most of the people are identified and include - Niels Berntsen's children; Joe (Johannes Berntsen), Andy (Andreas Ries Berntsen), Kitty (Johanne Katherine Berntsen), Dina (Kirstine Marie Berntsen). George Peter Berntsen's children; Harold Johannes Berntsen, Elizabeth Berntsen. The Uncle Peter Berntsen in this collection is probably George Peter Berntsen, brother of Niels Johan Berntsen. The Mollgaards were family friends. Mollgaards included in this collection are - Elvina (Sister) Mollgaard, Rudolph Mollgaard, Hans Mollgaard, and Mr Mollgaard. There is also Uncle Ole Olsen, and a young woman called Marie. The rest of the images are a record of Anton Berntsen's time as a pupil of the Walsh brothers' New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland, which he attended in 1917-1918. Many of the students are identified as well as the three instructors, George Bolt, Bob Going, and Marmaduke Matthews. There are photographs of one of the two B&W Boeing seaplanes purchased in 1916, flying boats designed by the Walsh brothers and built at the school, the Curtis and Hall Scott engines bought in to power the aircraft, and views of everyday life at the school at work, play, and rest. The grandparents and fathers of the Berntsen children in this collection left Denmark in 1872 with 15 other Danish families, and joined the emmigrant ship `Ballarat' in England. The ship berthed at Napier, New Zealand, on the 15th of September 1872. The names of the Berntsen parents who emmigrated with their family were Anton and Bodil Katrine (nee Neilson) Berntsen. The children and young men and women in the first part of this collection are the children of their eldest child and son, Niels Johan Berntsen, and of their youngest child and son, Peter George Berntsen. Quantity: 62 photocopy/ies. 1 photocopy/ies of an album. 1 empty negative sleeve book.
View of hangar interior, New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123891-F
Description: Interior view of an aircraft hangar at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Most of the view is taken up with an aircraft that may be being overhauled or under construction. The engine is uncovered and its wingspan is incomplete. Anton Berntsen is sitting in the forward cockpit. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
View of a Curtis aircraft engine
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123928-F
Description: View of an American built Curtis aircraft engine in Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1917 by Anton Berntsen. The engine has eight cylinders so it may be the Curtis OX-5 aircraft engine which was state of the art new in 1917. If earlier it could be the Curtis OXX engine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" in flight
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123887-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School seen in flight above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" ready for inspection
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123895-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" ready for inspection at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The aircraft is on railway tracks, and in the background can be seen other aircraft and the hangars. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft flying above Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123893-F
Description: Aircraft high above Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama, Auckland. Rangitoto Island can be seen in the background. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
George Bolt working on an aircraft engine
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123885-F
Description: George Bolt working on an aircraft engine at the New Zealand flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. George Bolt trained at the New Zealand Flying School, and then stayed on as an instructor of student pilots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" in flight over Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123886-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School flying over Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama with Rangitoto Island in the background. A motor launch is moored in the foreground. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Unidentified building at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123892-F
Description: Unidentified building at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Student pilots, instructors, and Walsh flying boat "B"
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123899-F
Description: New Zealand Flying School instructor Marmaduke Matthews (extreme right), and a group of student pilots bringing the Walsh flying boat "B" out of the hangar. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" parked in shallow water
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123888-F
Description: Seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School parked in shallow water at the edge of the beach at Kohimarima, Auckland. George bolt is in the back cockpit, and three student pilots are variously engaged in the water and on a float. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. This was one of two Boeing seaplanes bought in 1916 by the Walsh Brothers for their New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The two aircraft were the first produced by Boeing, and the first was completed in June 1916. The company first offered the planes to the US Navy who did not buy them, after which they were sold to the Walsh Brothers. After the war they made New Zealand record breaking flights, and were used in early air mail delivery trials. The planes were B&W Boeing seaplanes, the B and the W referring to William Boeing and Navy Lt Conrad Westervelt who designed them. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Kelly Smith and Tom Reid on all fours
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123897-F
Description: Kelly Smith and Tom Reid at play. They seem to be contesting for the possession of a mattress. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Both were student pilots at the New Zealand flying School, Kohimarama, auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Anton Berntsen and Keith Purchase
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123894-F
Description: Anton Berntsen and roomate, Keith Purchase at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, where they were student pilots. In the background is one of the sleeping huts. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Holiday camp at Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123913-F
Description: View of of the recreation hut at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The hut is situated above the beach with a view towards Rangitoto Island. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Instructor and students grouped in front of a Walsh flying boat
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123889-F
Description: Instuctor and students of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, grouped in front of a Walsh flying boat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. They are (from left) - Henry Heard. Tom Reid. Bill Exler. Kelly Smith. Math (Marmaduke) Mathews (instructor seated on plane). ?.... Marriner. Keith Purchase. Ken Fraser. Anton Berntsen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft above Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123890-F
Description: Aircraft of the New Zealand Flying School high above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Rotary engined flying boat
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123901-F
Description: Rotary engined flying boat on Waitemata Harbour off the beach at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. This was a Caudron aircraft, originally equiped for use on land. The Walsh brothers had the floats put on. Anton Berntsen notes that this aircraft was underpowered and used for solo pilots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Auckland harbour ferry `Ngoiro'
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123902
Description: Auckland Harbour ferry `Ngoiro' probably photographed from Kohimarama. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Six student pilots in swimming costume
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123904-F
Description: Six students of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, in their swimming togs. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft over water at Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123918-F
Description: Aircraft flying high over water off Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm