British Lions tours to New Zealand and All Blacks visits to United Kingdom

Prints collected by Terence Power McLean. Mainly taken by commercial and press photographers.

Chiefly contains images relating to the New Zealand legs of the British Lions tours of New Zealand and Australia in 1950 and 1959 but images of games played between 1930 and 1967 are shown. Includes test matches and games against provincial teams.

Includes a single image of a game against the British Isles in 1930 with the New Zealand team playing in white jerseys, some shots of formal occasions and leisure time surrounding tours, some posed shots and portraits and some views of crowds at games.

Other international games include All Blacks vs England, Barbarians, Oxford, Devon & Cornwall and Midland & Home Counties. Also England vs Ireland and England vs Scotland (1930s)

Photographers, publishers and press agencies include The NZ Herald, Green & Hahn Studios, Weekly News, Sport & General Press Agency, Central Office of Information London.

Arrangement: Material came into library in disordered state. Library arranged into loose chronology.

Quantity: 98 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints