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Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Conley, Peter Vaizey, 1924-2000 :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-8862

Description: Colour transparency slides of Auckland scenes, taken ca mid to late 1950s and 1960s by Peter Vaizey Conley. This set is chiefly of Waitemata Harbour, Auckland waterfront between Westhaven Marina and Mechanics Bay, and a few views of the city. Waterfront and harbour views include two images of Auckland Harbour Bridge and views of ships include the Mariposa and the Oriana, and [Devonport?] ferry. Views of city buildings include Auckland Railway Station and Ferry Terminal Building. Landscape views show beaches, including Long Bay, one view of a waterfall near Papakura, and a landscaped [public?] garden, probably Point Erin Park. Miscellaneous images include a Volkswagen car parked at Point Erin Park, Westhaven, and a National Airways Corporation airplane on the tarmac at an unidentified airport. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-014

Description: A double scene, with yachts in the harbour and a biplane in the sky in the upper view, swimmers and people standing on the beach in the lower view Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: ca 1928-ca 1931

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1187

Description: Photographs of the Hall, Harding and Derbidge families and family friends at home and on holiday, including views of Hawkes Bay, Rotorua, Waikato, Auckland, and Thames, taken ca 1928 to ca 1931 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1923-ca 1924

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1186

Description: Photographs of the Hall and Harding families and family friends, and views of Canterbury, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the West Coast, Rotorua, and Auckland, taken ca 1923 to 1924 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1913 - 1914

From: [Ephemera relating to exhibitions in New Zealand. 1906-1924]

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1913-01

Description: Front shows a photograph of five people posed in a painting of an aeroplane, on which a flag "Auckland Exhibition" is flying. A sign on the tail has the monogram AGM / MAG / GAM / GMAs. The "passengers" are two women, a man, and two young girls. Message on back is dated January 1913, but it is possible that the message was written in January 1914, becuase the Auckland Exhibition opened in December 1913. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Auckland Jany 7 / 13 Dear Jessie Hope things are going alright. We are having a good look round the kiddies are keeping well. I am not sure if we will ever be back. Mother has got an engagement - flying an aero plane ... most likely ... Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 90 x 141 mm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123914

Description: Two men refueling Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. 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