Hankins, Melville Earl, 1884?-1961: Photographs collected by Melville Earl Hankins

Photographic images (original photographic prints and cuttings) collected by Melville Earle Hankins and taken between 1894 and 1949. Photographers unidentified unless stated:

- Group school portrait of girls and teacher Miss M H Ryder at Newtown School, Wellington, standard 6 class, in 1894, taken by St George Co. (Girls all identified on the back of the print.)

- Group portrait of telegraph message boys, Wellington, 1897. (Boys all identified)

- Two identical portraits (photo-mechanical) of Melville Earle Hankins seated at a desk in 1932, probably at the Correspondence School in Wellington.

- Three prints showing diners seated in the dining room at the Savoy Hotel in London, England at different events: one (photo-mechanical) at the annual New Zealand Day (later called Waitangi Day) dinner in February 1937, another (photo-mechanical) in December 1938 in honour of Sir Harry Batterbee who would be the first High Commissioner for Great Britain in New Zealand, and another at the N Z Society's luncheon in 1939 for Lord Nuffield. (Melville Hankins attended these events and his location in the room was marked on the prints before they came into the Library.)

- NAC Sunderland 'Takitimu' flying boat ZK-AMK on the water in 1949 taken by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd, probably in Wellington.

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Arrangement: Chronological (arranged by Library)

Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (Clippings from publications).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photo-mechanical prints

Provenance: Purchase, 2013. Items originally collected by Mr Melville E Hankins.

Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - 25 items including New Zealand Society luncheon menus 1930-1940s; invitation cards and other ephemera relating to Melville E Hankins' attendance at formal events in England. Also includes Wellington Shakespeare Society programmes 1942-1943..