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[Ephemera relating to ANZAC events in New Zealand and overseas, as anniversaries of the...

Date: 1916 - 1919

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1915/1919

Description: Includes: Undated: Hellenic Travellers Club. Gallipoli ceremony [1916-1950s?] 1916: Anzac Day, first anniversary. Town Hall Auckland, April 25 1916. Programme ANZAC Day, Masterton, April 25th 1916 Anzacs' Concert. Town Hall, Friday Dec. 1st 1916 in aid of Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association Funds. Programme and songbook with loose sheet music for "God save the Tzar". Souvenir to commemorate the exchange of flags between New South Wales Railways and New Zealand Railways, unfurled on Anzac Day, 25th April 1916 at Petone Railway Station. (Poem "The day" by Henry Chappell on verso) Programme, 1st anniversary of the Landing at Anzac. Military sports held at Tel-el-Kebir, April 25th 1916. Programme Anzac Day, Easter Sunday, April 23rd 1916. (The Parish Church of the NZ Depot, England). Service; the 1st anniversary of the landing of New Zealand troops in Gallipoli, April 25th 1915. 1917: Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association. Remember Anzac. Anzac dinner to commemorate the landing at "Anzac", held in the Town Hall Wellington on Arpil [April] 25th 1917. [Printed by] N.Z. Free Lance, Wellington. [Menu and toast list]. 1918: Souvenir programme of The Landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25th April, 1915. Programme of proceedings on Anzac Day, Thursday, 25th April, 1918, by the New Zealand Forces stationed at Sling Camp. [Printed by] Geo W Jones, Typ., at the Sign of the Dolphin in Gough Square, London, E.C.4 [1918] To the memory of our brave comrades. Anzac Eve gathering at Grand Opera House, Wednesday April 24th, 1918, under the direction of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Clubhouse Society, J I Fox manager. New Zealand Times print [1918]. Third anniversary of ANZAC Day; celebrations held at the New Zealand Infantry Base Depot, France, April 25th 1918. Programme (Together with a letter from the Dunedin Returned Services' Association to the Dunedin City Librarian, 21 May 1952 enclosing the programme) 1919: Anzac Day celebration. Government Gardens, Rotorua. Friday April 25th 1919. Chronicle Print Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

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Lee, Ina :Hutt River looking to the Heads. 1913

Date: 1913

By: Lee, Ina, active 1908-1931

Reference: A-123-023

Description: View near the mouth of the Hutt River, looking past a bridge towards Wellington Harbour and Wellington Heads. Houses at Petone are visible Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 286 x 210 mm

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[Architect unknown] :Gear Meat Co. Ltd., Petone. Plan of alterations to slaughter house...

Date: 1917

Reference: Plans-82-0198

Description: Details of no 1 and 2 slaughter house and beef houses Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen

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Hosing down a car body at General Motors, Petone - Photograph taken by Merv Griffiths

Date: 29 December 1987

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

Reference: EP/1987/7098-F

Description: General Motors worker, Papa Koloi, hosing down a car body with white spirit, one of the messiest jobs in the Petone plant. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths 29 December 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacitate film negative, 35mm

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Mitchell & Mitchell, architects :New factory Petone for Colgate Palmolive Ltd. June 193...

Date: 1939 - 1941

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-038-001/027

Description: Floor plans, sections and elevations, with details of bins, partitions of secretary's office, stairway, spandrils, entrance, toilets. Quantity: 27 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to around 590 x 780 mm.

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Meldrum album

Date: [Between early 1900s to 1910s?]

By: Meldrum, Jessie Irene McCallum, 1896-1986

Reference: PA1-o-337

Description: Photographs of the Hutt Valley railway line, some of which has been constructed. Some of the scenes seem to show the route the line will take, with a number of panoramic views of country areas in the valley, some older photographs of Upper Hutt township, a panoramic views of Lower Hutt and Petone taken from the Belmont Hills, and scenes at the Upper Hutt Railway Station. Two photographs show New Zealand Railways steam engine No. 197 at Upper Hutt Railway Station Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Album', lettered in black with surrounding decoration; 17.5 x 21.5 cm

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Royal tour 1901

Date: 1901

Reference: PA1-f-064

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Scenes include the arrival of the royal visitors at various places, by ship, Royal carriages, and Royal train; ceremonies and rites welcoming them; views of triumphal arches erected for the tour, including Marble Arch (Queen Street, Auckland), the Auckland Harbour Board Arch, the Citizen's Arch (Wellesley Street), and the Government Arch (City of Wellington). Other ceremonies are associated with the presentation of war-medals; the laying of foundation stones (Victoria College for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland), the Wellington Town Hall, and the Queens Memorial Statue in Dunedin); and the march past and inspection of various guards, troops and veterans. One photograph shows Lord Ranfurly in Auckland, reading the proclamation extending the boundaries of the colony to include the Cook Islands (p 16). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Visit of Duke of Cornwall and York (King George V.). 1901. Maoris - Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch". Hand-printed in ink on slip attached to front cover.

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AFCM album 2

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

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Lynskey, Vida (Mrs) :Photograph of Petone Technical Institute class, ca 1909 -1921

Date: ca 1909-1921

By: Lynskey, Vida, active 1980s

Reference: PAColl-1216

Description: Includes J H Lynskey in photograph Quantity: 2 photocopy/ies in one envelope.

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Kelly and Mair :Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College, Petone. Proposed additions [and...

Date: 1951 - 1952

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0215/0216

Description: Shows floor plans, and details of toilet block addition. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 370 x 715 mm.

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Houses and buildings in Petone, Alicetown and Wellington

Date: 1987 - 1990

From: Parnham, J W :Houses and buildings in Petone, Alicetown and Wellington

By: Parnham, John Warrington, 1917-2006

Reference: PAColl-1618-1

Description: Parliament buildings, Petone Fire Station during and after construction, plaque installed at the Patrick Street Historical Precinct by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Hutt River viaduct, and houses in Alicetown Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies identifying Alicetown houses and Patrick street plaque housed with collection. Provenance: Photographs taken by Mr Parnham

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Heretaunga Boating Club :Photographs

Date: [ca 1900-1910, ca 1938, ca 1940, ca 1956, 1978-1980, 1982-1985]

By: Heretaunga Boating Club

Reference: PA-Group-00075

Description: Photographs relating to the Heretaunga Boating Club, Petone, Wellington, taken ca 1900-1985. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Album, photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0985 : Heretaunga Boating Club : Records. See also: Cartographic Collection - One Marine Department map of Port Nicholson, Lambton Harbour and Evans Bay; Drawings and Prints - Architectural plans for clubhouse and plan for the `Heretaunga Flyer'..

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Angus Construction album 50: Reyrolle NZ Limited, Colgate - Palmolive, Gear Freezer block

Date: 1968-1970

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

Reference: PA1-q-448

Description: Photographs of the construction of a commercial building for Reyrolle, probably Petone, between May 1968 to January 1969; an addition to the Colgate Palmolive building, Petone, from August 1968 to June 1969; and a freezer block for Gear Meat, Petone, from August 1968 to July 1970, by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title from cover of album.

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Atkins & Mitchell, architects :National Bank of New Zealand Limited. New premises at Pe...

Date: 1927

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-037-081/090

Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations, with detail of Jackson Street and Richmond Street elevations, sections through ledgers and details of reinforcements. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, 570 x 770 mm.

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Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone - Taken by an unidentified photographer

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0185

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. A closer view of image at PAColl-D-0162 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 320 x 570 mm with mount

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Panorama of Petone from Korokoro Hills

Date: 1923-1928

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-439

Description: Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Panorama of Petone from Koro Koro Hills. (cardboard label attached to photograph) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Gear Meat Processing Company Ltd :[Five plans - 1889, 1914, 1920-1930s, 1977?].

Date: 1889 - 1914 - 1930 - 1939

By: Gear Meat Processing Ltd

Reference: Plans-2002-014-001/007

Description: Includes: 001. Gear Meat Co.y's works, Petone. [1889] (Ink drawing) 002. Gear Meat Company's works, Petone, 1914 (Blueprint) (Same as Plans-82-0093, but better preserved) 003. The Gear Meat Co. Ltd Petone. Plan of works. [1920s?] 004. Gear Meat Processing Co Ltd. [Plan. 1930s?] 005. Gear Meat Co Ltd. General plant layout. DRG no 38-0-400 [1977?] (Same as Plans-82-0092) 006. Gear Meat Coys Works Petone / Frank J Hibell, insurance surveyor. [19--?] 007. Gear Meat Coys Works Petone. [19--?] Quantity: 7 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, blueprint and ink plans, sizes varying. Transfers: From Cartographic Collection - Transferred from Cartographic Collection in 2002 and June 2003..

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Sebley (Photographer) :A creek scene near Petone

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PA4-0861

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a creek scene near Petone, taken by a Sebley photographer ca 1900. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Creek scene, near Petone; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Sebley - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Rear fin of a 1963 Thunderbird V8 automatic coupe - Photographs taken by Ross Giblin

Date: [ca 4 July 1997]

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

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1997/1900-F

Description: Rear fin of a 1963 Thunderbird V8 automatic coupe for sale at McGuinness Motoring, Petone. Photographed circa 4 July 1997 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

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[Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers. 1940s].

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers].

Reference: Eph-A-BOXING-1940s

Description: Includes: 1944: Boxing and wrestling contest. U.S.A. v N.Z.. New Caledonia, B.R.D. 8 February 1944. Programme. 1946: Auckland Boxing Association. New Zealand Amateur Championships. Town Hall Auckland, 23-25 September 1946. Itinerary. 1946: Hutt Valley Boxing Association. Vic Patrick (Australia) v Bos Murphy (New Zealand). Recreation Ground Petone, 27 April 1946. Programme (2 copies). 1946: Wellington Boxing Association. Professional middleweight contest. Ray Dunn (Australia) v Henry Robertson (Christchurch). Town Hall Wellington, 7 October 1946. Programme 1946: Wellington Boxing Association. Special middleweight contest: Jack Kirkham (Australia) v Bos Murphy (New Zealand). Town Hall Wellington, 21 October 1946. Programme 1947: Wellington Boxing Association. Amateur and professional tournament. Special heavyweight contest: Jack Johnson (Australia) v Don Mullett (NZ). Town Hall Wellington, 5 May 1947. Programme 1947: Wellington Boxing Association. Amateur and professional tournament. Special welterweight contest: S Edwards (Wairarapa) v H Hanson (Hanson's). Town Hall Wellington, 16 June 1947. Programme. 1947: Wellington Boxing Association. Senior amateur championships. Special light heavyweight contest: Dick Morgan (England) v Darcy Hoffman (Dunedin). Town Hall Wellington, 15 September 1947. Programme 1947: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. King Edward Barracks Christchurch, 22-24 September 1947. Souvenir programme 1948: Wellington Boxing Association. Amateur tournament (R Chooque - Dunedin v Stuart Gunn - Pahiatua). Town Hall Wellington, 31 May 1948. Programme 1948: Wellington Boxing Association. Amateur tournament (Harry Hanson v Scotty McLeod). Town Hall Wellington, 12 July 1948. Programme 1949: Hutt Valley Boxing Association. Professional tournament (Laurie Petersen v Clarrie Gordon). Recreation Ground Petone, 19 February 1949. Programme 1949: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Town Hall Wellington, 26-28 September 1949. Programme (2 copies) and itinerary. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 10 programmes. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 297 x 210 mm.

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