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Photographs of the Arapuni dam, the Catlins and other views
Date: [ca 1890-1927]
From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s
Reference: PAColl-0348
Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.
Don Peat's photograph album
Date: 1936-1941
From: Peat family: Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1794
Description: Don Peat's own album aquired when he was 15 years old. Contents include - Group of schoolboys and a De Haviland aircraft at Wigram in 1936. The Merivale boy scouts, Christchurch, 1937. Portrait of St Mary's Church, St Albans, Christchurch, 1937. Governor General, Lord Galway at presentation of a new guiden (flag) to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, Hagley Park, 1937. Wellington Railway Station. World War One field gun. Flying boat on Wellington harbour. Nazi flag on the last German ship to come to Wellington before the Second World War, ca 1939. Ocean liner `Strathmore,' at Wellington wharves. Portrait of Bob Semple. Don Peat with friends and in military uniform, 1939-1940. Soldiers, Second World War, in Wellington. Views of the Nurses Home, Wellington Hospital. Don Peat and his parents, Whanganui 1940. Soldiers in training, Trentham, 1940. Views of the ship `Doric Star' sunk in 1940. Soldiers in training at Waiouru, 1941. This includes a group of photographs recording a comic mock battle enacted by soldiers. Soldiers on leave in Christchurch, May 1941. Hand coloured images of Maori men posing as `old time' warriors, 1939. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Schoolboys with crates of school milk, at Linwood, Christchurch
Date: 1949
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-00030-F
Description: Schoolboys with crates of school milk, at Linwood, Christchurch. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in the 1940s. From 1937 to 1967 a free issue of a half-pint daily ration of milk was made to children in schools Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Arthur Porritt's years at Wanganui College
Date: 1914-1919
From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1643
Description: Record of Arthur Porritt's years at Wanganui College. Photographs include - Sports teams. The whole school. House groups. The staff. The cadet corps. Athletic and swimming events. 1917 production of play "She Stoops to Conquer." Group of old boys. School magazine committee. Prefects. The school gardens. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by the Hon Mrs Joanna Meredith-Hardy, London, England, in 2009
Dick Turpin Club :Boys! Join the Dick Turpin Club! Membership free, exclusive to wearer...
Date: 1940 - 1955
Reference: Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-D-01
Description: States the objects of the club, and shows a figure of Dick Turpin the highwayman, on horseback at right. The club's objects were: To increase the general knowledge of the Youth by holding Talks on interesting subjects such as The Motor Car, The Why's of Electricity, Aviation, etc; To assist the Boy to get more out of his hobbies; To make every Boy into a good Citizen; To bring Boys of the District closer together in the bonds of friendship. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on blotter.. Physical Description: Letterpress on blotter, 110 x 190 mm.
Scout Association of New Zealand. Palmerston North Company : Letter book
Date: 31 Dec 1918-11 Aug 1920
By: Scout Association of New Zealand. Palmerston North Company
Reference: MSX-5693
Description: Letterbook. Contains letters written by R W Browning, District Commander of the Palmerston North Company of the Scout Association of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Letter book
Eric McCormick on bridge
Date: [ca 1922]
From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995: Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-762-05-2
Description: Eric McCormick when a high school boy, on a foot bridge over the railway, probably at Taihape, New Zealand. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1922.
Children with rival guys, Guy Fawkes day at Ohingaiti
Date: ca 1900
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-038752-G
Description: Unidentified children with rival guys, on Guy Fawkes day at Ohingaiti, circa 1900. Shows a group of children, standing by two effigies of Guy Fox in wheelbarrows. The four boys in the foreground wear suits and hats. Photograph taken by Edward George Child. Other Titles - 5th November Rival Fox's at Ohingaiti Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 5th November Rival Fox's at Ohingaiti Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Boys towing their boats home to Levin with bicycles
Date: February 1959
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-5936-33
Description: Boys towing their boats home to Levin with bicycles, after a day on Lake Horowhenua. From left to right: K Cooper, John Elderton and Hugh Perry. Taken in February 1959 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Transporting their boats home after a day on Lake Horowhenua. The Horowhenua Boating Club is well established here. L to R, K Cooper, John Elderton & Hugh Perry of Levin. 2/1959. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Weraroa Boys Training Farm, Levin
Date: [ca 1913]
From: Williams, P C :Photographs of Levin, Weraroa and Auckland c1900s
Reference: PAColl-0434-06
Description: Boys tending a garden crop in front of Guy House at Weraroa Boys Training Farm on Kimberley Rd, Levin. The instructor in a white shirt and hat is Mr M W Williams. Mrs Anne Williams stands with son Raymond in the doorway to the house. The boys' dormitory is to the left of this family home. Photograph taken circa 1913 by an unidentified photographer. Inscription on back of photograph states that the house has been demolished. According to the Horowhenua Historical Society, this information is incorrect (see http://horowhenuahistory.library.org.nz/exhibit1/e10256a.htm). "Clematis Cottage" became the Nurses' Home at Kimberley Hospital and Training School and in 2001 was being used as the Staff Education Centre. Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - Weraroa Boys Training Farm at Kimberly Rd Levin about 1913. Instructor in white shirt + hat Mr W Williams. Mrs Williams + son Raymond in door-way. This is Clematis cottage now non-existant, where the Williams family lived + boys dormitary to the left of cottage. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 10.9 cm Processing information: Descriptive information was updated in October 2016, changing the name from 'Clematis Cottage' to 'Guy House', following information from Te Takere in Levin, which also confirmed that both Clematis Cottage and Guy House are still standing.
A queue of boys at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua
Date: 7 February 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001391-F
Description: A queue of boys at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken 7 February 1945 by John Pascoe. The children were clothed with the help of the Polish Children's Hospitality Committee, which received offers of assistance from the public through various public bodies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
A queue of boys outside the auditorium (sala odczytowa) at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001388-F
Description: A queue of boys and an adult outside the auditorium (sala odczytowa) at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. The auditorium was used as a cinema, church, concert hall, and dance hall Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Unidentified teenage girl and boy
Date: [ca 1917]
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123870-F
Description: An unidentified teenage girl and boy, probably members of the Berntsen family, photographed at Niels Johan Berntsen's farm at Waipatiki, east of Dannevirke. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen circa 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Joe (Johannes) Berntsen with lawn mower
Date: [ca 1917]
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123873-F
Description: Joe (Johannes) Berntsen standing with a lawn mower at his father Niels Johan Berntsen's farm at Waipatiki, east of Dannevirke. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen circa 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
A boy reads a book in a Polish refugee camp's classroom, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001372-F
Description: A boy reads a book in a Polish refugee camp's classroom, Pahiatua. Photograph taken 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
A queue of young boys at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001387-F
Description: A queue of young boys and an adult at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Boys playing a game at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001379-F
Description: Boys playing a game at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Shows a group of boys seated outside. Photograph taken in 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Mrs Krystyna Skwarko watches her pupils study in the boys' classroom at a Polish refuge...
Date: 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001374-F
Description: Mrs Krystyna Skwarko watches her pupils study in the boys' classroom at a Polish refugee camp in Pahiatua. Photograph taken 1945 by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Title updated July 2024 following infomation from a researcher.
Two boys in an orchard, Brunswick, Wanganui Region
Date: [circa 1880s-1930s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-141066-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative