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We can connect 12 things related to Outdoor recreation, 1900, and 1950 to the places on this map.
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Taranaki Herald Co Ltd :What to do and see in New Plymouth / Russell Clark. [Fun map. c...

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of around A3 size relating to tourism in regions beginning with N, O, P. 1900s]

Reference: Eph-C-TOURISM-New-Plymouth-1950-01-inside

Description: Shows an illustrated street map of New Plymouth, with recreational activities including flying, water-skiing, sailing, swimming and sunbathing. Also shows rugby, cattle farms, Mount Taranaki (Egmont), tennis court, hunters, golfers, the race-course, fishing, and the railway track. The outside of the brochure contains a key to the fun map. Dated on stylistic grounds. Extended Title - From the brochure "Visit New Plymouth", ca 1950. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on inside of folded brochure. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on one side of folded brochure, 236 x 418 mm.

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[Creator unknown] :[Proposed layout of Trentham Memorial Park] [ms map]. 1955

Date: 1955

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbk/1955/Acc.37998

Description: Map showing the proposed layout of Trentham Memorial Park, Heretaunga, formerly known as Barton's Bush, showing the planned sports grounds, scenic walks and picnic grounds. Site runs from part of the Hutt River, southwards to Fergusson Drive, and between Barton Road and Brentwood Street. Shows possible route for future motorway, winter and summer sports grounds, car track, general sports pavillion, tennis courts, equestrian sports area, picnic grounds, bush tracks and caretaker's house. Shows surrounding streets. Written in bottom corner of the map is 'D/C Early Fri'. Written on recto is the date 28.2.[19]55. [Post] newspaper cutting attached to map recto describes the proposed plan and its potential uses, including the Wellington and Hutt Valley A & P Show. Written on top of map: 'Top'. Title supplied by cataloguer Newspaper clipping taped and glued to back of map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 50.7 x 32.4 cm.

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Beach scene, Napier - Photograph taken by W Walker

Date: Jan 1953

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-027461-F

Description: Beach scene, Napier, January 1953. A group, including children and tricycles, sit in the foreground, backs to the camera, facing the sea. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by W Walker. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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People on the beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6

Reference: PAColl-5932-12

Description: People on the beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1950s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Swimming pool, Naenae, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Date: 1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-102354-F

Description: Scene, with children, at the swimming pool at Naenae, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Possibly the Olympic Pool. Photograph taken in 1958 for the New Zealand Free Lance, 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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Beach scene, Oriental Bay, Wellington

Date: [195-?]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-100512-G

Description: Beach scene, Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1950s. Shows a crowd on the sand. Many are sunbathing. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Beach scene, Days Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Date: [195-?]

From: Feisst, A fl 1977 :Negatives and photographs, mostly of Lower Hutt and Wellington

Reference: 1/4-027727-F

Description: Beach scene, Days Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 1950s, photographed by A Feisst. Shows people sunbathing, and sail-boats on the shore. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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New Zealand National Airways Corporation :NAC [fun route map. ca 1960]

Date: 1957 - 1963

From: New Zealand National Airways Corporation :NAC route map. Printed in New Zealand by C M Banks Ltd. [Pamphlet. ca 1960]

Reference: Eph-C-AVIATION-NAC-1960-01-map

Description: Shows a fun map of the airline's routes in New Zealand, with illustrations of figures engaged in leisure activities throughout the country. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlet.. Physical Description: Offset print, 435 x 275 mm.

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Crowds on the beach at Days Bay

Date: January 1950

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047360-G

Description: Crowds on the beach at Days Bay, Lower Hutt, January 1950. Looks along the waterfront at men, women, and children on the sand. Yachts are pulled up along the waterline. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - Days Bay Jan 1950 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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On the beach, Napier - Photograph taken by W Walker

Date: Jan 1953

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-027460-F

Description: Group eating ice creams on the beach, Napier, January 1953. The three women wear swimming costumes. Photograph taken by W Walker. Source of descriptive information - File print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Ice skating on Lake Ida - Photograph taken by K V Bigwood

Date: 1950

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992

Reference: 1/2-034514-F

Description: Ice skating on Lake Ida in Canterbury. Photograph taken in 1950 by K V Bigwood for National Publicity Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Group in row boat, Lake Matheson, West Coast region - Photograph taken by J Rundle

Date: Jan 1958

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Rundle, John, active 1940-2005

Reference: 1/2-033178-F

Description: Group of men and women in a row boat, Lake Matheson, West Coast region, January 1958. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by John Rundle. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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