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Photograph album 1929-1939
- Date
- 1929-1939
- Reference
- PA1-o-985
- Description
Album documenting the life and career of Edgar James Kain (1918-1940) from childhood in Wellington until the outbreak of war in 1939. The album includes home life in Wellington, a family climbing holiday in the Southern Alps in 1929, scenes in Christ's College, Christchurch; voyage to England on SS Orford in 1936, including views in Colombo, Aden and Suez); flight training at the Brough Aviation Club; social life, sporting activities and friends in England, France and Italy in the period 1936-1939; and Royal Air Force activities in the period 1937-1939.
This album is particularly strong on views of aircraft, personnel, bases and activities of the Royal Air Force in the immediate pre-war years.
Kain was posted to No 73 Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force, at Digby, Lincolnshire, in November 1937, flying Gloster Gladiator biplanes. In July 1938 the Squadron became one of the first to receive the new Hawker Hurricane fighters.
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Quantity: 1 album(s).
Provenance: Donors are Edgar Kain's sisters.
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- Part of
- Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain / Photograph albums and loose photographs
- Format
- 1 album(s), Photograph albums
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Group including Edgar James Kain
Date: between 1936-1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-75-3
Description: Edgar James Kain and an unidentified group during "Mac's guest night, 03.00 hours". Location unknown. Taken between 1936-1940, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Mac's guest night 03.00 hrs Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.2 x 9.3 cm
Group including Edgar James Kain, Chadwell, England
Date: ca 1937
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-21-2
Description: Edgar James Kain (far left) and unidentified group at Chadwell, England, circa 1937. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Chadwell At rest Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.5 x 8.3 cm
Aerobatics in a Gloster Gladiator aeroplane
Date: between 1936-1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-81
Description: Edgar James Kain performing aerobatics in a Gloster Gladiator aeroplane, probably in England. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer between 1936 and 1940. Inscriptions: Verso - Self just rolling off my back Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Edgar James Kain and fellow air-men
Date: ca 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-74-4
Description: Edgar James Kain and fellow members of the Royal Air Force (Great Britain), circa 1939, probably in England. From left to right: "Tommy", Kain and "Ian". Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - The Fighter Boys take tea!; Album page - beneath image - Tommy Cobb Ian Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.5 x 7.8 cm
Family of Edgar James Kain (and guide?), Aden, Yemen
Date: ca 1936
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-17-2
Description: Edgar James Kain's family (and guide?), Aden, Yemen, circa 1936. From left to right: Mrs Nellie Kain, one of Kain's sisters, Mr William Kain, unknown. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - Columbo Ceylon; Album page - bottom centre - At Sheik Otaman's; Album page - beneath image - Aden Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.9 x 10 cm
Edgar James Kain reading the Daily Mirror
Date: ca 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-73-3
Description: Edgar James Kain reading the Daily Mirror newspaper, circa 1937, probably in England. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Hot news!! Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.5 x 8.1 cm
Edgar James Kain on board the SS Orford, Australian Coast
Date: 1936
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-15-3
Description: Edgar James Kain on board the SS Orford, touring the Australian Coast in 1936. Photograph possibly taken by Kain. Location unknown. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - SS Orford; Album page - beneath image - What is it Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.1 x 5.7 cm
Edgar James Kain and others, at a flying school in Brough, Humberside, England
Date: 1936
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-43-1
Description: Edgar James Kain (with white scarf) and unidentified group at a flying school in Brough, Humberside, England, 1936. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - 1936; Album page - beneath image - The boys of the Brough Aviation Club Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.9 x 10.4 cm
Edgar James Kain and car, Juan-les Pins, France
Date: ca 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-33-4
Description: Edgar James Kain and car, Juan-les Pins, France, circa 1939. Photograph taken by Kain's travelling companion 'Stoogy'. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - Cobber & car; Album page - above image - Juan-le-Pins Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 10.6 cm
Edgar James Kain, Fox Glacier
Date: 1929
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-05-1
Description: Edgar James Kain, during a family trip to Fox Glacier in 1929. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - The lad Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.5 x 7.6 cm