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New Zealand Department of Labour album 8
Date: 1906 to 1907
From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907
By: Tibbutt Brothers (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-374
Description: Views of railway construction on the North Island Main Trunk Line, and the Midland Railway Line in the South Island. The only locations named in the North Island are Waiouru and Oio, and Broken River in the South Island. All the labourers are co-operative workers, who are seen in various capacities working on railway formation including cuttings and deviations, building bridges and tunnels, and in their camps. Many of the views show huge changes made to the landscape; others show close-up scenes of the men and their equipment. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Views of co-operative works Other Titles - N.I.M.T. & Midland Railways Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Views of co-operative works. N.I.M.T. & Midland Railways. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 30.5 cm
Group portrait taken during the opening of the Hataitai bowling green
Date: 1912
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-045579-G
Description: Group portrait of men and two children taken during the opening of the Hataitai bowling green in 1912. Houses are in the background. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
South Island prints one
Date: 1942-1956
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-2
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints