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Road construction, Wellington region

Date: 1930s

From: Wellington City Council :Negatives of Wellington taken for the Wellington City Council, chiefly by Frank Giles Barker

Reference: 1/1-024537-G

Description: Road construction, Wellington region, in the 1930s. Exact location unknown (possibly Wadestown?). Photograph probably taken by F G Barker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp

Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010660-G

Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Gum climbers at work, Anawhata

Date: 1915-1916

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

Reference: APG-0832-1/2-G

Description: Two gum climbers up a kauri tree near Anawhata. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-q-102, page 8, with the caption "Gum climbers at work. Anawhata." Inscriptions: Album page - Gum climbers at work. Anawhata. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010658-G

Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki

Date: September 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025564-G

Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025563 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki

Date: September 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025563-G

Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025564 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Trucker working in the Blackball coal mine

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-033996-F

Description: Unidentified trucker working in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010657-G

Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Men at work on the Homer Tunnel, Southland

Date: 1935 - 1953

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

Reference: 1/2-024836-F

Description: Men working with picks and shovels inside the Homer Tunnel. Taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010655-G

Description: Group of men standing in and beside a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. There is a small dog standing on the left side of the ditch. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Men with shovels standing by a drainage ditch, Kaitaia

Date: [ca 1910s-1930s]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010639-G

Description: Men with shovels standing by a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph taken circa 1910s-1930s by the Northwood Brothers, probably by Arthur James Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Relief workers at Gracefield

Date: [1930s]

From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I

Reference: 1/2-090512-F

Description: Relief workers at Gracefield, 1930s. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Miners working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-033994-F

Description: Two unidentified men working a wet face in the Blackball coal mine, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1940s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Caption - from National Publicity Studios file print reads: "Blackball Mine. Working a wet face. Minters working under such conditions are paid higher wages and work 6 hour shifts." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - A1256 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010656-G

Description: Working party with shovels during the digging of a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. Northwood Studio photograph, probably taken by Arthur James Northwood ca 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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