Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Date
1987-1988
By
Nauta, Jan, active 1980s
Reference
PAColl-1297
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In 1988 the Alexander Turnbull Library commissioned eight New Zealand professional photographers to make a documentary record of some of the Post Offices that closed that year. Jan Nauta was one of these photographers.

Quantity: 1 box(es) containing 12 black and white photographic prints and 61 contact prints.

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Postmaster Dave Watson standing outside Granity Post Office

Date: 2 February 1988

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-02

Description: Postmaster Dave Watson standing outside Granity Post Office, taken 2 February 1988 by Jan Nauta. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - JAN NAUTA PHOTOGRAPHER; Verso - top right - 32-10 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 25.4 cm

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Residents of Blackball outside the Blackball Post Office

Date: [3 or 5 February 1988]

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-01

Description: Residents of Blackball outside the Blackball Post Office, taken 3 or 5 February 1988 by Jan Nauta. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - JAN NAUTA PHOTOGRAPHER; Verso - top right - 61a Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 25.4 cm

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Woman reading letter outside Tasman Post Office

Date: 28 January 1988

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-03

Description: Exterior view of Tasman Post Office, taken 28 January 1988 by Jan Nauta. Shows a woman standing outside the door to the post office, beside a bicycle. A phone booth can be seen to the left of the building. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Jan Nauta Photographer; Verso - top left - 21-a Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 25.3 cm

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Port Nelson Post Office

Date: 27 January 1988

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-04

Description: Port Nelson Post Office, with the postmaster and assistant standing in front of the building, taken 27 January 1988 by Jan Nauta. The cement works Milburn New Zealand Ltd can be seen in the background. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Jan Nauta Photographer; Verso - top right - 51c Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 25.4 cm