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Date: 1943-1947

From: Hoddinott, Kenneth Lewis, fl 1935-1965 :Photographs of boating, motoring and motorcycling

Reference: PA1-o-1323

Description: Named sailboats belonging to the group of young men which included Kenneth Hoddinott. As well as portraits of the boats, other images show teams of sailbats competing in races at Parameta. Many of the crews are photographed close to, in the act of sailing the boats. Group holidays taken over the Christmas breaks for 1945/46, and 1946/47 are recorded. The first shows the group with a line up of five cars on a country roadside. The journey took them to Taranaki, Wairakei, and Wakarewarewa. Along the way one of the cars left the road and ended up down a bank, half hidden in bush. The second trip was to Northland via the East Coast. They visited the Karipiro hydro project and Lake Waikaremoana on the way. The sequence shows camps, tents, people taking meals in the open, a puctured car tyre being changed, and a trip on a mail launch. Other groups of photographs show people at a 21st birthday party, and two group portraits of a motorcycle club, and, later, the members in action on their machines. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1945

From: Treadwell family: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10317

Description: The deck of the British aircraft carrier 'Indefatigable' in Wellington Harbour, taken in 1945 (circa November/December) for the Evening Post newspaper, by an unidentified staff photographer. Includes crew and military aircraft. Inscriptions: Verso - To the Colquhoun family: - with many thanks for a very pleasant stay Chris & Frank 894 [Soe?] Indefatigable 3rd December 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Donor's grandparents hosted two members of the crew, and this print was presented to them by those crew members.

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2012-F

Description: Panoramic view of the battlecruiser HMS Renown in Wellington Harbour during the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to New Zealand in 1927. There are many sailors lined up on deck. Houses at Oriental Bay and on Mount Victoria seen on the background between the ship and another wharf on the far right. Photograph taken by R P Moore. See also 1/2-134195-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - H.M.S. Renown. 1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.2 cm

Date: [ca 1940-1951]

Reference: PAColl-6862

Description: 50 views of Wellington harbour. 34 are of the docks showing bales of wool being prepared for loading; merchant and naval ships docked; soldiers preparing for embarkation with supplies and artillery; construction of dockside buildings; cranes in use including the Hikitia etc. The remaining 16 images are of Oriental Bay and various leisure activities around it such as sunbathing, swimming and running. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031255 to 031304 Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s) glass. 20 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6960

Description: An assorted collection including a number of images of scouts camping, being taught to light fires etc. Also included are a number of family groups taken in a garden, a trig point on a hilltop, battleships moored in a harbour, electric train in Wellington Railway Station etc. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059018 to 059111 Quantity: 94 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1930s-1950s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-104

Description: Photographs of yachts, yachtsmen and yacht racing (Sanders Cup), mainly relating to Auckland, published in NZ Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. All contain notes on verso, and some include date of publication. Names of some individuals, race events and yachts have been added to Name field. Series of photographs of yachts competing for the Sanders Cup in 1930s. Identified vessels include: Altair, Ariki, Atua-Hau, Avenger, Betty, Caress, Corona, Crowsnest, Eileen, Evelyn, Frith, Galatea, Gladfly, Huia, Imatra, Kitty, Little Jim, Manaia, Manu, Marjorie, Marlborough, New Golden Hind, Peer Gynt, Pleiades, and Viking. Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Feb 1950

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

Reference: 114/118/07-G

Description: Sailor from the submarine HMS Telemachus, Wellington, photographed in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: October 1914

From: Fitchett, W B, fl 1960 :Photograph album depicting the departure of Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Reference: 1/4-009671-G

Description: Japanese sailors being rowed to their ship, the Ibuki, on Wellington Harbour. The warships Ibuki (three funnels) and Minotaur (four funnels), can be seen in the background. Photographed by an unknown phototgrapher in October 1914. The warships were escortes for the New Zealand expeditionary force. The Ibuki would have travelled with the convoy though the Pacific, as under the Japanese-British naval treaty of 1902-1922, the Japanese agreed to support British interests in the Pacific. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 11 x 8 cm

Date: Feb 1950

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

Reference: 114/118/11-G

Description: Two sailors from the submarine HMS Telemachus drinking. Photograph taken in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [194-?]

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: PAColl-3071-1-06

Description: Seven unidentified New Zealand naval personnel in a wooden boat, possibly a pinnace, rowing across (Wellington?) harbour, circa 1940s. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.9 x 21.4 cm

Date: Feb 1950

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

Reference: 114/118/08-G

Description: Sailor from the submarine HMS Telemachus, Wellington, photographed in February 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1941-1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-149

Description: Official photographs, most of which are not captioned or dated. Includes: Fairmile `sub-chasers' in convoy in the Hauraki Gulf, 1943; launching of HMNZS Hinau at Auckland in 1941 (shows Mrs Sullivam christening the ship and her husband Hon D G Sullivan standing behind). Series of photographs of HMNZS Archilles at Wellington; lineup of sailors; military parade in grounds of Parliament, Wellington; unidentified naval commanders; naval vessels sailing past Massey Memorial, Wellington. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).