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Photographs of scenes and events in the Westport and Buller districts
- Date
- 1930s-1940s
- Reference
- PAColl-6180-08
- Description
Flounder fishing by acetylene lamp; bridge building; beer barrel racing in the main street of Westport; Karamea Dairy Factory; the first use of bulldozers for clearing bush on the West Coast; interior of J M Robertson and sons bakery in Westport; the new Carters Beach Airport; Granity from the air; Hawks Crag and Cape Foulwind; dog racing.
Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
- Format
- 32 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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UnknownStart of a dog race
Date: 1930s
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-08-04
Description: Men releasing dogs at the start of an open flat race. The dogs are whippets or greyhounds. Photograph taken by Neville R Lewers, ca. 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.8 x 15.4 cm
Cape Foulwind
Date: [between 1930s and 1940s]
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-08-16
Description: Cape Foulwind. Includes part of the cape quarry and the railway continuing toward Tauranga Bay. Lighthouse on cliff above. Photograph taken by Neville Lewers between 1930s and 1940s. Source of descriptive information - Quarry, railway and lighthouse identified by Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Cape Foulwind Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.7 x 21.6 cm
View of the Mill/Domett streets trotting track, Westport
Date: 1940s
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-08-01
Description: View of the Mill/Domett streets trotting track Westport, from the air. Photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1940s Source of descriptive information - Notes onprint. Hoistorical notes from Library client, 2007. This track was the venue used by the Westport Trotting Club. The first meeting on their new Mill Street race course was held on 26 December 1903. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Granity
Date: [between 1930s and 1940s]
From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints
Reference: PAColl-6180-08-12
Description: Aerial photograph showing the town of Granity, West Coast. Photograph taken by Neville Lewers between the 1930s and 1940s. Inscriptions: Verso - Granity Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.4 cm