Places

Date: 1996

By: Stevens, Michaela, active 1994

Reference: Eph-D-MOTOR-CYCLE-1996-01

Description: Shows two rows of motor cyclists racing, with a curved streak of flame between them. Lists the names of some racers: Jay Springsteen, Terry Poovey, Kevin Atherton, Davey Durelle. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 824 x 540 mm.

Date: ca1928-ca1953

By: Goodwin, Rodney Sidney, active 1940s-1970s

Reference: PAColl-5716

Description: Racing events held by the Wellington Ixion Motorcycle Club on Waikanae beach in the early 1930s and early 1950s. Photographs of well known motorcycle racers such as Percy Coleman, Bruce Abernathy and Wally Kilminster. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1921

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1984/6062

Description: Sixteen year old Len Southward riding a motorcycle in the professional championship section of the Karori hill climb, Wellington. Copied by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1984. Len Southward won the professional championship section of the Karori hill climb. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951); Listener (Periodical)

Reference: A-369-021/040

Description: A collection of caricatures and drawings, mostly depicting New Zealand sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes rugby All Blacks Billy Wallace and Stan Dean, a player whose surname is Drake and another unnamed. The speedway champions depicted are Harold Fairhurst, Percy Coleman and Rich Tunbridge. Cyclist and speedway manager Gerry Mathieson is also included. An elaborate illustration 'A Night at the Opera' depicts a Wellington performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly and features singers Leo Piccioli, Aldo, Ferracuti, Mercedes Fortunati and Maria Huder, as well as the stage manager Bruno Nofri. A number of smaller cartoons illustrate various happenings in the sporting arena and daily life. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1980 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1980s

Description: Includes: 1981: 2ZM Motorcycle Road Races, Lyall Bay Wellington, 28 December 1981. Victoria University Motorcycle Club. Souvenir programme 1983: Wellington Motorcycles. Motorcycle spectacular, Lyall Bay, January 1983. Victoria University Motorcycle Club. Programme (2 copies) Pan Am Countrywide '83 International Motorcycle Series. Gracefield, December 31. Official souvenir programme (2 copies) 1984: Wellington Motorcycles. Road races presented by Victoria Motocycle Club. Lyall Bay, Wellington, 22 January 1984. Programme (2 copies) Brut 33 Gold Cup. Countrywide International Motorcycle Series. Pukekohe December 15/16, Manfeild December 22/23, Wanganui December 26, Gracefield December 29 [1984]. Official souvenir programme 1986: Cust Grand Prix 50th anniversary meeting. 10 am Easter Monday '86. Souvenir programme 1988: Wairarapa Grand Prix. Masterton, 1988. Wairarapa Motor Cycle Club Inc. [Programme] 1989: Masterton Motorcycle Street Circuit, Masterton 1989. Wairarapa Motor Cycle Club. [Programme] Quantity: 8 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 215 x 150 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1970s

Description: Includes: 1970: England v New Zealand, Belle Vue Speedway, Manchester. Wednesday August 5, 1970 at 8 pm. Official programme. 1972: Round the Houses Motor Cycle Grand Prix. 'Cemetery Circuit' Wanganui NZ, 26th Dec. 1972. Souvenir programme Suzuki New Zealand Moto-Cross Championship co-ordinated by the N.Z.A.C.U. 1972-1973. Souvenir programme International Championship, New Zealand - Norway - Denmark. Wolverhampton Speedway, 21 July 1972. Programme 1974: Marlboro Series international motor cycling. $10,000 series. Wellington, Gracefield, 6 January 1974. Programme 1975: Marlboro Series International Motor Cycling. Round 3. Gracefield Road Circuit Wellington, 28 December 1975. The $25,000 series. Programme 1977: Ixion Motorcycle Club presents the eighth Porirua Grand Prix. Sunday 4th December 1977. Programme Quantity: 7 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 215 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1930 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1930/1959

Description: Includes: 1938: Royal Showground official programme speedway racing. Sydney [England v Australia]. 12 February 1938. Programme 1951: Speedway World. Test match. England "C" v New Zealand at Cardiff, 7 August 1951. Official souvenir programme 1952: Bristol Speedway. Bristol v The Kiwis. Friday, 11 July 1952. Programme (with Ronnie Moore, Mick Holland, Ron Johnston, B Briggs, Trevor Redmond, Peter Dykes, Bill Thatcher, Peter Clarke [Dick Campbell listed but replaced by B Briggs?] Hawke's Bay Speedway special. Second meeting 1952-53. National league Four Square Cup match. Hawke's Bay v Wellington. Twyford Speedway, Hastings. Programme 1953: Bristol Speedway. Third official speedway test match; England v New Zealand. Friday 25th September 1953. Bristol Speedway, Knowle Stadium. Official programme (2 copies). 1957: 23rd New Zealand T.T. motor cycle road race. Mangere, February 9th 1957. Programme Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 215 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1960s

Description: Includes: 1961: Leicester Speedway presents F.I.M. International Tournament Second Series, Third match. World Team Cup: England v Australia v New Zealand. 28 July 1961. Programme 1964: Gold Leaf International Moto Cross Series 1964-65, sponsored by Moto Cross Enterprises (a section of Manawatu Orion M.C.C. Inc.). Woodville, 29 November 1964. Official programme 1966: Wills International Moto-Cross. Bryant's Farm, Ohariu Valley, 15 January [ca 1966]. Official program[me] presented by the Ixion Motor Cycle Club. 1969: Rothmans International Moto Cross. (Various venues: Omata, Paekakariki, Woodville, Masterton, Kaiapoi). January 1969. Programme Wellington Motor Cycle Clubs. First motor cycle grand prix. Lower Hutt, 26 April 1969. Programme. Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 215 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1909, [ca 1941-1960s]

From: Tomlinson, David Oswald, 1924-2003: Photographs chiefly relating to cycling

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-10100

Description: Three album pages with photographs of unidentified motorcyclists racing, probably in Christchurch, taken circa 1940s. One shows Mick Holland, Bob Mcfarlane, A. Lamport and T. Redman with a sash that reads, 'Christchurch speedway champion 194[?]'. Photographer, and compiler of album pages, unidentified. One photograph of a military parade on Jervois/Customhouse Quays, Wellington, taken circa 1950s by The Dominion newspaper. One photograph of staff of Queensland Ins Co (probably Insurance Company) taken on 10 February 1909 by Joseph Zachariah of Wellington, New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 album pages with 9 b/w original prints. 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca1992-1995

From: Ercolano, Philippe :Photographs of people and events in Auckland City

Reference: PAColl-6863-1

Description: The staff of "La Cucina", a cafe at 58 High Street, Auckland "Round The Bays, 1993"; photos of onlookers, participants, and some street performers A meeting of motor cycle enthusiasts which appear to include members of "Hells Angels", Headhunters New Zealand", and "Titans" Dancers, school children and other people in Aotea Square People on the streets which include outdoor coffee drinkers, buskers, and street muscians

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-060/071

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sporting and political figures who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes speedway stars Alex Pratt, Jack Hunt, McMillan, and another unnamed whose image is superimposed over a speedway crowd. Golfer J.P.Hornbrook, a wrestler "Smithy", and an unnamed cyclist are depicted. The political personalities are Cumming who ran for mayor of Petone and accountant John Arcus. Also includes and original portrait of Indian political personality Joginder and two smaller newsclippings of a monkey and a squirrel. Quantity: 11 newsclippings. 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and white out on paper 305 mm x 200mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-001/020

Description: Includes a collection of political cartoons from the 1940s as well as charicatures and drawings depicting various sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The political cartoons refer to an electricity crisis as well as issues concerned with the Wellington City Council. In one of the Wellington cartoons the name MacAlister is mentioned. The sporting portraits feature speedway champion Percy Coleman and boxer Dave Sands, as well as wrestlers Lofty Blomfield, Earl McCready, and Bill Kuusisto. Includes a number of smaller illustrations, most of which feature gardening and its related materials. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto paper and wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: [ca November 1930]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031925-F

Description: Rait, speedway rider, on a Rudge motorcycle, photographed at Kilbirnie Stadium ca November 1930 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 8653E; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Rait, Mr Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca November 1930]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031922-F

Description: Speedway rider Alec Pratt, on Norton motorcycle, photographed at Kilbirnie Stadium in 1930 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 8653S; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Pratt, Mr Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 1907 and 1910]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/2-049622-G

Description: Photograph of rider sitting on a Zenith Bi-Car motorcycle (number plate C-251), on a road in Christchurch, taken ca 1907-1910 by Steffano Webb. Source of descriptive information - Motorcycle identified and dated by library client The Bi-Car (or Bicar) motorcycle, which incorporated hub-centre steering and rear suspension, was invented by a Mr Tooley, and built by the Zenith Motor Engineering Company, Surrey, England, between 1905 and 1907. This is a 1907 model, powered by a Fafnir engine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1914]

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-017330-G

Description: Triumph motorcycle and rider, photographed by Frank James Denton or Mark Lampe, probably in the Wanganui district. Possibly Feilding. The man is possibly Gilbert Bethune Brown. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location estimated by archivist. Feilding suggested as a location by Library client. Gilbert Bethune Brown identified as the rider by a Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1974

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

Reference: 1/4-021909-F

Description: Motorcyclists at the Hastings Blossom Festival, in front of the Cenotaph, Civic Square, 1974. Photograph taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1929]

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

Reference: 1/4-032461-G

Description: Eddie Naylor, wearing helmet and gloves, sitting on a Douglas racing motorcycle, in front of spectators at the Kilbirnie Speedway. Photograph taken in 1929 on the day he won the 'Silver Gauntlet' (visible over the handles of the motorcycle), by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Eddie Naylor identified by family member Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca November 1930]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031918-F

Description: McKenman, speedway rider, on a Douglas motorcycle, photographed at Kilbirnie Stadium ca November 1930 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 8653T; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - McKenman Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca November 1930]

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-031916-F

Description: Rait, speedway rider, on a Rudge motorcycle, photographed with his mechanic at Kilbirnie Stadium ca November 1930 by Crown Studios of Wellington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 8653K; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Raite, Mr Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches