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Reception to T.R.H Duke & Duchess of York, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 4.3.1927.
Date: 1927
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2221-F
Description: Panoramic view of dignitaries on a dais beside a decorated band rotunda. There are rows of soldiers in the midst of a large crowd of spectators on the left. People are lining the upper verandah on the Commercial Hotel in the left background, with the Clarendon Hotel visible in the centre right middle distance. Flags and bunting flying. Taken by Robert Percy Moore during the royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Reception to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, Palmerston N. New Zealand. 4.3.1927. No. 1; Marginal notes on negative - Reception to TRH Duke & Duchess of York. Palmerston N. No. 1. 2nd shot Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.0 cm
Polish refugee children arriving at Pahiatua Railway Station
Date: 1 November 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-003646-F
Description: Polish refugee children arriving at Pahiatua Railway Station. Shows children walking along platform next to train, with New Zealand soldiers standing nearby. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe, 1 November 1944. Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print written by Theresa Sawicka Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Polish refugee children enroute to camps at Pahiatua
Date: 1 November 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-003648-F
Description: Polish children enroute to refugee camp at Pahiatua. Shows an unidentified soldier lifting a small girl into the back of an army truck at Pahiatua. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe, 1 November 1944. Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print written by Theresa Sawicka Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Polish refugee children enroute to camps at Pahiatua
Date: 1 November 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-003654-F
Description: Polish children enroute to refugee camp at Pahiatua. Shows soldiers helping small boys into the back of army trucks to take them from Pahiatua Railway Station to the camp. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe, 1 November 1944. Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print written by Theresa Sawicka Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
World War I troops on parade, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1914]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008457-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :Mauku - Church and military camp, 1863. 1922
Date: 1863 - 1922
By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863
Reference: A-389-017
Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.
Artist unknown :Pukekawa
Date: [ca. 1846]
Reference: A-465-021
Description: Shows bullocks pulling a cannon on wheels, with three soldiers. One soldier sits on the cannon; one drives the bullocks with a whip; the third walks behind the cannon, his rifle resting on his shoulder. In the background there are hills, and possibly a Maori pa Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Pukekawa [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monochrome watercolour on paper, 123 x 190 mm
Nops, John George, d 1847 :Plan of the road taken by the combined forces to Rua Peka Pe...
Date: 1846
From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection
By: Groves, Mr, active 1845-1846; Nops, John George, -1847; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: MapColl-832.11hk/1846/Acc.35844
Description: Map of the area from Kawiti's Pa at Ruapekapeka to Pahia, including the Bay of Islands, to Cape Brett and the coastline south of Wangarura Harbour. Inked lines identify the routes taken by the combined forces in December 1845, including descriptions of the terrain and dates of their advancement. Physical features such as rivers, rocks and bays are named. Stockades and Pa sites are marked, as well as two routes taken by the combined forces which includes notes about the terrain. An detailed table gives dates of battles, numbers of forces engaged, and the wounded. See also MapColl-832.11hkm/1846/Acc.424 for similar map (different title) Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, part coloured, 46.2 x 63.4 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967: The Webster collection and papers - MS-Group-0002.
Gisborne volunteer soldiers doing physical drill
Date: 17 November 1910
From: Evans, Charles Hellier Davis, 1873-1956 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-220-54-3
Description: Annual sports in the park, Gisborne, 17 November 1910. Volunteer soldiers performing physical drill. They stand in a line behind each other, arms outstretched, holding rifles. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - Physical drill. Gisborne troop team Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 10.5 cm, on album page
Doing the dishes at Linton
Date: 1950-1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/164/32-F
Description: Two men do the dishes at Linton military camp. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Photographer unknown :Portrait of Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821-1897)
Date: 1860 - 1900
Reference: PA2-2570
Description: Sir William F D Jervois was born at Cowes, Isle of Wight, the son of General William Jervois. He entered the Royal Military Academy in 1837. In 1839 he was 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers and rose to be Colonel Commandant of Royal Engineers 1893. In 1875 he was appointed governor of Straits Settlements, in 1877 appointed adviser on defence to the governments of the Australian colonies and in July the same year was appointed Governor of South Australia. After five years of successful administration in South Australia, Jervois was appointed to New Zealand, taking up his duties on 20 January 1883. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Illustrated London news :The war in New Zealand. The 57th Regiment taking a Maori redou...
Date: 1863
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)
Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-212
Description: Shows a burning Maori redoubt in the centre, with British troops in the foreground. Mount Taranaki is in the background to the south. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 206 x 330 mm.
Artist unknown :[Military camp, Bay of Islands? ca 1860?]
Date: 1860
Reference: A-423-014
Description: Shows two tents in the left foreground on a high point of land, with a campfire between them; they are overlooking another headland also with a campfire, and bay area. In the right middle distance is an island or headland, and on the horizon are two other land masses. The soldiers near the tents appear to wear blue military jackets and red hats. There is a British flag and red ensign flying on flying on two flagpoles in the left foreground. Location may not be New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 136 x 195 mm.
Artist unknown :[Fort Britomart, Auckland. 1860s?]
Date: 1855 - 1865
Reference: 1/1-017989-G
Description: Photograph of a watercolour with a view from inside the fort looking out to the Waitemata Harbour. Three soldiers standing in the foreground, several piles of cannonballs to the right, a Union Jack flying centre, the fort's walls with gaps for cannon and part of a wooden building visible on the far left. Several ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour
Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :View of the left angle of Heke's pah at Ohaiawai that was s...
Date: 1845
By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885
Reference: A-079-005
Description: A group of six red-coated soldiers (with part of a seventh on the far right) and one "friendly" Maori in the foreground, behind a low shelter, loading and shooting towards the extensive palisades of Hone Heke's pa at Ohaiawai. The palisades are shown with rifle holes continously along the base to enable firing from behind protection; the English soldiers and their companion, on the other hand, are having to raise their heads above their shelter to fire, with the exception of those on the far right, who are behind a Maori-style palisade. There is a flag flying to the far left of the pa. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, date and signatue Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 166 x 237 mm
2nd Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front
Date: 10 Aug 1914
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000184-G
Description: View of soldiers of the 2nd Contingent, Auckland Territorials entering Queen Street Railway Station on their departure for the Front. Crowds of people have gathered to watch. R & W Hellaby's butchery shop can be seen on the left and the Chief Post Office is on the right of the entrance way. Above the shops on the lefthand side a building is under construction. Taken by William A Price on 10 August 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2nd. Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front. 10th Aug. 1914. Protd. P.P.Co. 11.8.14. No 1251A Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
2nd Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front
Date: 10 Aug 1914
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000183-G
Description: View of soldiers of the 2nd Contingent, Auckland Territorials marching down Queen Street toward the Queen Street Railway Station entrance on their departure for the Front. Crowds of people have gathered outside the General Post Office to watch. Two tram cars can be seen amongst the crowd. Taken by William A Price on 10 August 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2nd. Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front. 10th Aug. 1914. Protd. P.P.Co. 11.8.14. No 1252A Relationship complexity - An almost identical view is available at 1/2-000182 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Kawhia Armed Constabulary on parade
Date: 1884
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025750-F
Description: Kawhia Armed Constabulary on parade under Captain Messenger. Shows two rows of men standing outside, holding rifles at their sides. Photograph taken in 1884 at Kawhia by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - From identical image on lantern slide: "Kawhia AC's on parade under Capt Messenger. 1884. THW & WW Photographed during a trip to Kawhia by William Williams, and his friend Thomas H Wyatt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970 :Photograph of World War II soldiers of the 3rd Echelo...
Date: [ca 4 Oct 1940]
By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970
Reference: PAColl-8847
Description: Photograph of World War II soldiers of the 3rd Echelon, clearing out their hut at Papakura Military Camp, Auckland, before scrubbing out, and leaving. Shows them by rows of bed frames and racks of clothes hooks. One reads a newspaper. Photograph taken circa 4 October 1940 by Arthur Walter Powell. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print. Inscriptions: Verso - Spring cleaning at Papakura Camp. Everything being carried out of a hut before scrubbing out. Third Echelon clearing out [? unreadable] huts prior to leaving. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.6 x 21.6 cm
[Gold, Charles Emilius] 1809-1871 :65th Camp Waitara N. Zealand Taranaki 1860
Date: 1860
By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871
Reference: B-103-011
Description: Mount Taranaki in the background, with the tents and flags of the 65th Regiment (commanded by the artist), several soldiers and a large gun on wheels in the foreground. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - bottom left - Camp Waitara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 270 mm