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Canterbury centennial celebrations & Canterbury related photographs; NZ Cadet Corps training; horse-racing; etc
- Date
- 1920s-1950s
- Reference
- PAColl-0785-1-117
- Description
Photographs, published (or considered for publication), in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. Names and date of publication recorded on the back.
Names of selected identified subjects entered in Name field.
Includes group at Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association Show held at Palmerston North - Allan McDonald, renowned steeplechase rider; `Grannie' McDonald, in her day the foremost horsewoman in NZ; J C Ambury, light horse judge at the show; D D Wilson of Hamilton, pony judge; Miss Maggie Briggs, horsewoman; T J Martin, pony judge. Photograph published in NZ Free Lance, 17 Nov 1948, p 28.
Series of photographs taken at Canterbury centennial celebrations of the fireworks display at Hagley Park. Procession of floats through Hagley Park - `London Pride' (London Society of Canterbury Ltd), `Callon Mill' (Canterbury & Westland Marlborough Clothing Union), `Trotting Sport' (Christchurch Trotting Club), `Centennial Bride' (Beath & Co), `Old Sydenham Windmill' (Vale & Co), `The Crown Jewels' (A & T Burt Ltd), `Queen of Flowers' (Canterbury Rose Society), `City Beautiful' (J Ballantyre & Co), `Birthday Cake' (Christchurch City Council), and decorated bikes. All published 19 Feb 1951.
Series of photograph of NZ Cadet Corps training at Waiouru Military Camp; published 8 Feb 1950, p 29
Photograph of Tommy Solomon and friends Mr Thompson & Mr Lockett in a Christchurch street after Tommy Solomon was presented to the Duke of York; published 23 Mar 1927; original homestead at Purau (photo and article published 14 Dec 1938, p 82); avenue of poplars at Kaiapoi (cut down in 1939); jockeys J W Jennings & Alf Messervey, published in Free Lance, 15 Nov 1939 (p 59); house of the future on display at Canterbury Centennial Industries Fair, published 16 Aug 1950, p 26; Trentham Race Meeting, 8 Feb 1950, p 48.
Group (including Postmaster General Broadfoot) at opening of the new automatic telephone exchange at New Plymouth; published Mar 1950
Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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- Part of
- New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / Photographic prints
- Format
- 40 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Landscape photographs, Silver gelatin prints
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Group at the Manawatu and West Coast A&P Show
Date: 1948
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-117-001
Description: A group of people involved with horses at the Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Show, Palmerston North, 1948. From the left: Allan McDonald, steeplechase jockey. Granny (Hedwick Wilhelmina) McDonald, racehorse trainer and owner. J C Ashbury, light horse judge. D D Wilson, Hamilton pony judge. Maggie (Margaret Jane) Briggs, dressage rider. T J Martin, pony judge. Photographed by an unknown Palmerston North photographer in 1948. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 17th of November 1948 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 12.5 cm