Railways album 13

Album of publicity photographs produced for New Zealand Railways by unidentified photographers.

Many of the images are related to a series of articles produced in the new Zealand Railways Magazine between January 1939 and June 1940, written by O N Gillespie, with the overall title "Buy New Zealand goods and build new Zealand. New Zealand Industries series". In this album topics covered are glass manufacture and toys, novelties and woodworking.

Many photographs show the beginning of work related to World War II, with a large number of views of New Zealand military parades in Wellington; views at Wellington wharves of the troopship the Empress of Canada; and scenes at the Wellington Railway station. Other views show various training activities of the Home Guard, including fire-fighting and medical training.

Two pages of nine images show different views of the Oerlikon automatic gun (p 46-47), and there is one of a range finder (p 51).

On Page 5, there is a three-part panorama of the Hutt Valley from Wainuiomata Road.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 8'; 41 x 61 cm