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Nelson Provincial Progress League :Photograph album of images relating to the Nelson-Glenhope railway, 1949
- Date
- 1949
- By
- Wood, Geoffrey Cameron, 1920-1995; Nelson Provincial Progress League; National Library of New Zealand
- Reference
- PAColl-3147
- Description
Album compiled by the Railway Action Committee of the Nelson Provincial Progress League to illustrate the need for there to be action over the neglected Nelson to Glenhope railway
Quantity: 1 album(s). 2 folder(s) letters relating to album.
Physical Description: Album 22.5 x 18 cm blue board covers, entitled "A wasting asset. New Zealand's oldest railway. Views not suitable for tourist publications"
Provenance: The letters accompanying the album indicate that it was sent to the Prime Minister by the Mayor of Nelson, J A Harley, on behalf of the Railway Action Committee.
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- Format
- 1 album(s), 2 folder(s) letters relating to album, Photographs, Album 22.5 x 18 cm blue board covers, entitled "A wasting asset. New Zealand's oldest railway. Views not suitable for tourist publications"
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Photograph album of images relating to the Nelson-Glenhope railway, 1949
Date: 1949
From: Nelson Provincial Progress League :Photograph album of images relating to the Nelson-Glenhope railway, 1949
By: Nelson Provincial Progress League; Wood, Geoffrey Cameron, 1920-1995
Reference: PA1-o-363
Description: Album compiled by the Railway Action Committee of the Nelson Provincial Progress League to illustrate the need for there to be action over the neglected Nelson to Glenhope railway Part one shows scenes of railway decay; part two is scenes on the "borrowed" line from Glenhope to Gowanbridge; the third part shows areas where hydro-electric schemes and supplies of timber for power would enable the railway line to be fully built and developed. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album 18 x 23 cm blue board covers, entitled "A wasting asset. New Zealand's oldest railway. Views not suitable for tourist publications" Provenance: The letters accompanying the album indicate that it was sent to the Prime Minister by the Mayor of Nelson, J A Harley, on behalf of the Railway Action Committee. Presumably the PM's Department passed it on to the National Library (and from them to Turnbull).
Letters accompanying photograph album of images relating to the Nelson-Glenhope railway...
Date: 1949
From: Nelson Provincial Progress League :Photograph album of images relating to the Nelson-Glenhope railway, 1949
By: Nelson Provincial Progress League
Reference: PAColl-3147-1
Description: Letter to the Prime Minister, Peter Fraser, from the Mayor of Nelson, J A Harley, dated 19 September 1949 which accompanied the "especially prepared" album compiled by the Railway Action Committee of the Nelson Provincial Progress League to illustrate the need for there to be action over the neglected Nelson to Glenhope railway. Album entitled "A wasting asset. New Zealand's oldest railway. Views not suitable for tourist publications". Also acknowledgement from the PM's Private Secretary that album received 21 September 1949. Quantity: 2 letters relating to album. Provenance: The letters accompanying the album indicate that it was sent to the Prime Minister by the Mayor of Nelson, J A Harley, on behalf of the Railway Action Committee. Presumably the PM's Department passed it on to the National Library (and from them to Turnbull). According to the letter copies of the album were also to be sent to the Minister of Railways and the General Manager of Railways.