Ross, Janet, 1964-: Photographs of workers at the New Zealand Stock Exchange, Wellington

Photographic prints of workers at the New Zealand Stock Exchange in Wellington on 27 Jun 1984. Photographs taken by Mr Joe Michat.

Most of the images are of a morning session on the trading floor. Some show Janet Blishen (later Ross) working as an exchange board marking operator (chalkie) and others show the male brokers. Some include Blishen's fellow chalkie Lynette Partridge. Identified people include: Murray Doyle, Chris Sadler, Peter Lynds, Viv James, Chris Renouf, Bruce McCausland, David Auton, Ru Bourke, Alphie des Tombe, Derek Wickenden, Knox Grant, John Rattray, Phil Bothamley, Toni Abraas (Office Manager), David Gillespie (Scrip? Manager), and Tracey Killalea (Trainee Chalky). Some images show a visiting group of school children in the observation booth and there are also images of the general office space.

Also includes a testimonial written for Janet on her departure from the stock exchange in 1984 and newspaper clipping relating to the exchange and Blishen's job at it.

Accompanying information - Eight pages of photocopies of the photographs with captions identifying the people featured, provided by Janet Ross; newspaper clippings (illustrated).

November 1983 was a busy time for the exchange because of speculation in oil stocks.

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Relationship complexity - The Library holds an original Evening Post negative featuring Janet working at the Stock Exchange, at EP/1983/4554. It was published in the Evening Post on 14 November 1983 on page 10. The Library may hold an original negative of an image published in The Dominion, 22 July 1983, page 11. A further image of Janet working was published in the 'AMP New Zealand 1983 Report' on page 10 and another was published by Network Communications in 'Communicator' May 1983 on page 1.

Relationship complexity - The Library holds a reminiscence Janet Ross wrote about her time working at the Wellington Regional Stock Exchange 1982-1984 at MSDL-2217

Quantity: 24 colour original photographic print(s). 1 testimonial relating to the collection (from first deposit). 5 newspaper clippings relating to the collection (from first deposit). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Physical Description: Dye coupler photoprints

Transfers: Collection received as a whole into Photographic Archive and transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 'AMP New Zealand 1983 report' and 'Communicator' of May 1983..