Also known as "Ginger. Married Eileen Mitchell in 1931 (marriage dissolved), married Vera Bellamore in 1954. Engineer, businessman, car collector, owns Southward's Car Museum in Paraparaumu. (Information from Alexander Turnbull Library Biography Index). Knighted in 1986 for community work, especially on behalf of disabled people. See also Dominion Post Obituaries (Thursday 26 February 2004, B7)
Southward, Leonard Bingley (Sir), 1905-2004
Southward, Len, 1905-2004
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Len Southward, winner of the professional motorbike championship
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
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Mr and Mrs W L Burnet and their Buick car
Date: ca 28 Nov 1967
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1967/5445-F
Description: Mr and Mrs W L Burnet of 59 Wellington Road, Hataitai, outside their home with the 1927 Buick car they sold to Len Southward, vintage car collector. Photographed by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer, circa 28 November 1967. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
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Toomath & Wilson, architects :Museum Centre Waikanae for Mr L Southward. Job no. 237 [1...
Date: 1967 - 1968
From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson, architects :[Architectural plans. 1955-1988].
By: Toomath & Wilson Ltd
Reference: Plans-2005-057-0237
Description: Includes site plans, floor plans and elevation for the Southward Car Museum. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 745 x 1010 mm.
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Association officers and members - Correspondence, obituaries etc
Date: 1995-2006
From: Parafed Wellington Inc : Papers, photographs and objects
Reference: MS-Papers-11334-210
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Redhead - motorboat
Date: 1949
From: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PAColl-10756-03
Description: Photographic prints documenting the painting and preparation of the motorboat 'Redhead' of Sir Len Southward in 1949, most likely taken by Roy Cowan. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Len Southward beside a Ford Model T car at Southward Car Museum - Photographs taken by ...
Date: 19 December 1979
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s
Reference: EP/1979/4460-F
Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Mr Len Southward beside the car that was the start of the multi-million dollar Southward Car Museum, which is to open its doors to the public on Saturday. Mr Southward bought the Ford Model T in 1956 for £40...The opening marks the end of two years' construction work on the 4000 square metre, two-storey building at Otaihanga..." Photographs taken 19 December 1979 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
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Sir Leonard Southward and his wife Vera - Photograph taken by Merv Griffiths
Date: 1 March 1986
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978
Reference: EP/1986/0983-F
Description: Sir Leonard Southward and his wife Vera at Sir Leonard's investiture. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths on the 1st of March 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
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Len Southward working on the speedboat 'Redhead' in a shed
Date: 12 Mar 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/0876-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Len Southward, competitor in the speedboat regatta, Petone
Date: Mar 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/0879-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
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Len Southward
Date: 30 Nov 1938
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-048840-G
Description: Len Southward, photographed by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post newspaper, 30 November 1938, at an unknown location. Shows him from the waist up, wearing overalls over his suit and tie. Man on left unidentified. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre - Len Southward; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 30/11/38 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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The speedboat Redhead, of Len Southward
Date: 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/0419-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches
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Len Southward in his speedboat Redhead, after retaining the Masport Cup
Date: 1951
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-6388-28
Description: Len Southward in his speedboat Redhead, after retaining the Masport Cup in 1951. The logo of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club is painted on the side of the boat. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 210 x 158 mm
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Len Southward, with an engine
Date: 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/0418-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches
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Portrait of Len Southward
Date: [ca 1949]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-8163-95
Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Len Southward, photographed circa 1949 by an unidentified Free Lance photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - P30/3/49; Verso - top right - P 4/3/53; Verso - centre - Copyright / New Zealand Free Lance Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.5 x 15 cm
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The speed boat "Redhead" on Evans Bay
Date: 1953
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1953/0377-G
Description: Len Southward's speed boat "Redhead" on Evans Bay, Wellington. On 22 February "Redhead" reached one hundred miles an hour. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer on 22nd of February, 1953 A similar photograph (cropped) was published in the Evening Post on 23 February 1953 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative