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At Lake Manapouri, Southland

Date: 1906

From: New Zealand Railways :Assorted photographs

Reference: 1/2-023800-F

Description: Scene at Lake Manapouri, Southland, including the Government owned launch 'Manurere'. Photograph taken 1906 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Launch of Harold Wagener, Houhora Harbour

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006216-G

Description: Cargo launch of Harold Wagener on eastern side of Houhora Harbour, just above Cemetery Point, looking out towards the entrance. Photograph taken circa 1910s, probably by Arthur Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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View of Auckland Ferry Building and launches at Freemans Bay

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001649-G

Description: View of Auckland Ferry Building from the north-west. In the foreground are launches tied up in the wharf area, Freemans Bay. The launch `Sterling' can be seen in the immediate foreground. In the distance can be seen the Auckland Harbour Board building in Quay Street, and the General Post Office in Lower Queen Street. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Launch steps and ferry buildings. Auckland. No 1493D [blanked out] Relationship complexity - Identical to image at 1/2-001162 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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Oil-fired launch "Nita" in Raglan Harbour, 1910 - Photograph taken by Gilmour Brothers

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000046-G

Description: The launch "Nita" in front of a pancake shaped rock formation on Raglan Harbour, taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The "Nita" Raglan N.Z. 311.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros. Protd. 1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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The ship Aurora at Port Chalmers

Date: 3 April 1916

Reference: 1/2-012189-G

Description: Shows the ship 'Aurora' at Port Chalmers on 3 April 1916 with a small launch alongside it. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Photographer's title: Arrival of "Aurora" at Port Chalmers. April 3. 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Group on launch, Lake Kaniere

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039442-G

Description: Group on launch, Lake Kaniere. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Wharf and small jetty on Lake Taupo at the point where the Waikato River leaves the lake

Date: 1928

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1913-1/2-G

Description: View of a wharf and small jetty on Lake Taupo at the point where the Waikato River leaves the lake. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and place from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under T. Taupo, Lake. Taupo. 1928. Box 107. Also identified from comparison with File Print at 18. Taupo Co. Taupo (1/2-029761), with the inscription on the back \" Wharf and small jetty at the point where the Waikato River leaves Lake Taupo\". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Launch Marlyn under repair at Shelly Bay, Wellington

Date: April 1968

From: Berthold, Martin Grant, 1951- :Negatives of coastal shipping

Reference: 1/4-025495-F

Description: Fairmile launch Marlyn, under repair at Shelly Bay, Wellington. Photograph taken April 1968 by Martin Berthold. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative 4.5 x 7 cm

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Launch on the river, Mokau

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091546-F

Description: The launch Rotoiti, viewed between bush, rounding a bend in the river, photographed by Robert E Wells, ca 1930. Caption - Rotoiti round the Bend - "Homeward Bound" No 4 Bush Corner [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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Ferry steamer and pleasure craft at Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island

Date: [ca 1900-1905]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000024-G

Description: View of the ferry steamer berthed at the wharf in Mansion House Bay. Mansion House was possibly a guesthouse at this time. Passengers can be seen making their way to the ferry (possibly a vessel belonging to the Northern Steam Ship Company vessel). Mansion House is on the left partially obscured from sight by trees. Photograph taken from a vantage point overlooking the bay to the north by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Kawau Is. Auckland. No 155E. P.P.Coy. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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Launch on the Mokau River

Date: [1927-1932]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-081

Description: Photo of a launch approaching a jetty. A man is kneeling on the jetty with his dog behind him. Photographed on the Mokau River between 1927 and 1932 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 20.3 x 25.3 cm

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Royal Tan arriving by launch at Paremata

Date: [ca 5 April 1951]

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

Reference: 114/274/11-G

Description: The racehorse Royal Tan arriving by launch at Paremata for a race at Trentham. Photographed circa 5 April 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Unusual form of transport probably as a result of the Waterfront Dispute Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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Prime Minister Sidney Holland departing for London

Date: 28 December 1950

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

Reference: 114/245/03-G

Description: Prime Minister Sidney Holland departing from Evans Bay by flying boat for London. Photographed 28 December 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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Panoramic view of Bluff

Date: Between 1925 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1075-F

Description: Panoramic view of Bluff, taken ca 1925-1928 by R P Moore from a vessel moored offshore, showing a motor launch in the centre foreground with four men on deck wearing suits and hats, and other ships behind at the wharf. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Panoramic view of Bluff, New Zealand, no 671 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 133.0 cm

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Perano's whaling launch fastening a harpoon to a whale, Tory Channel

Date: [ca 1918]

Reference: 1/2-C-21773-F

Description: Perano's (possibly Joe Perano's) whaling launch fastening a harpoon to a whale. Taken in the Tory Channel circa 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

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Fairmile launch Ocean Cruiser - Photograph taken by George Heron

Date: 1951

From: Heron, George Charles, 1923- : Shipping negatives and photographs

Reference: PAColl-9371

Description: Photograph of Fairmile launch Ocean Cruiser, taken in Wellington Harbour in 1950 or 1951 by George Heron. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 9 x 12 cm

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Group of anglers after a fishing trip on Lake Rotorua

Date: ca 1903

From: Tourist Department album 10

Reference: PA1-o-502-03

Description: A group of anglers with their catch after a fishing trip in a launch on Lake Rotorua, photographed ca 1903 by a New Zealand Government Tourist Department photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Return of trolling party; Lake Rotorua. 2998 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 165 x 213 mm mounted on album page

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Launch and boat on Mokau River

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-057818-F

Description: Motor launch and boat with outboard motor, photographed in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Original prints from this negative at PAColl-0001-2-1-080 and PAColl-0001-2-1-094 Inscriptions: On negative envelope - Rendez-vous; Mokau River - 1930, "launch and boat". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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Two men and children in a boat on the Mokau River

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-062

Description: Photo of the school inspector, launch owner and eight children in a launch moored at the Mangatoi School jetty on the Mokau River. The school boat is also tied up at the river bank. Photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - A Red-letter Day for Backblocks Children.; Verso - centre - On the upper reaches of the Mokau River, where visitors are few, the annual visit of the School Inspector is an event eagerly looked forward to, by the children, who are here shown welcoming him upon his arrival by launch. ("Old Victor" ran the tourist launch - a Dane, I think.; Verso - bottom centre - R.E. Wells, Mangatoi School, Mokau River Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.6 cm

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The cream trip returns to Paihia, Northland, N.Z. Colourchrome series W.T. 933, printed...

Date: [196-?]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: PAColl-7756-4-157

Description: The cream trip, a launch service operated by A E Fuller & Son, returns to the wharf at Paihia. Photograph taken in the 1960s by Gladys Goodall of Christchurch. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - The cream trip returns to Paihia, Northland, N.Z. In the early days the only means of transport to the farms around the Bay of Islands was by boat. ...... Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 10 x 15 cm

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