Journalist and photographer. Worked for the Wellington Evening Post as a shipping reporter and feature writer on shipping and Wellington City. Lived in Lower Hutt where he also operated as a marine photographer from premises at 281 Naenae Rd, Lower Hutt. Died 16 May 2014 in Wellington.
Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926- :Photograph albums depicting the ashphalting of roads i...
Date: [between 1925-1926]
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955
Reference: PAColl-8434
Description: Albums of photographs depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington during 1925 and 1926. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker and Horace R Maybury. Other - Some of the original negatives, from which these photographs were printed, are amongst the Wellington City Council collection at PAColl-5448. Quantity: 2 album(s).
Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014: Collection
Date: [ca 1930-1980, 2004-2007]
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: ATL-Group-00331
Description: Research notes, drafts, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to shipping, especially vessels belonging to the Union Steam Ship Company, those associated with Wellington Harbour and with coastal shipping. There is also material on Auckland Harbour, research notes and material on Wanganui river steamers, and on Wellington Harbour reclamations, the harbour ferries and the Wellington tramway system. Research notes, clippings and drafts relating to `Early New Zealand steamers, Vol II' (unpublished). Source of title - Supplied Mr Wilkinson, a journalist for the Wellington Evening Post, served as shipping reporter. He was also a marine photographer and had an interest in Wellington history. He wrote on Wellington tramways, Wellington Harbour and the Wanganui river steamers. Quantity: 113 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. 279 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photos Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr J D Wilkinson, 2001; Mrs M Wilkinson, Wellington, July 2007; Mrs M Wilkinson, Nov 2009 Transfers: To Serials Collection - Copies of Wellington Harbour Board Beacon.
Wilkinson, James Douglas :Photographs of ships
Date: 1950-1955
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PAColl-4733
Description: Photographs of ships Fresno Star and English Star (Blue Star Line), Kartigi (Union Steam Ship Co), Inaha and Tiroa (South Taranaki Shipping Co Ltd), and the scow Portland, taken ca 1950s by J D Wilkinson of Lower Hutt. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Barnes, Frank, d 1941 :U S S Rotomahana in a gale off Cape Campbell New Zealand [ca 1920]
Date: 1915 - 1925
By: Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941; Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: G-347
Description: A broadside view of a steam ship in heavy seas. Cape Campbell can be seen in the distance to the left Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 560 x 815 mm
Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PAColl-5441
Description: All photographs in this collection are either taken or copied by James Douglas Wilkinson. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-009837, 010229 to 012525, 012595 to 012825, 012901 to 014944, 015220, 015221, 018238 to 018317, 051347 to 051423, 105307 to 105420 Quantity: 4652 b&w original negative(s).
Various artists :Reproductions of ship portraits by W W Stewart and J E Hobbs. 1960s-19...
Date: 1957 - 1972
By: Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976; Hobbs, John Ephraim, 1911-1979; Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: A-467-001/034
Description: Colour reproductions of ship portraits, painted by William Walter Stewart (1898-1976) and John Ephraim Hobbs (1911-1979), during the 1960s and 1970s. Includes brief biography of many of the ships on the reverse of the block-mount According to Doug Wilkinson's wife, he sailed on all of the ships portrayed during his years of service. The library also holds Wilkinson's papers at MS-Group 1601 Quantity: 34 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithographs, block-mounted, various sizes Provenance: Donation: Mrs Marion Wilkinson, Wainuiomata, January 2015
Matangi at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000177
Description: The vessel 'Matangi' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Mapu at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph ta...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000179
Description: The vessels 'Mapu' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
The ship Omana
Date: [ca 1940s-1959]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 10
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PAColl-6208-55
Description: The Union Steam Ship Company vessel Omana, photographed in an unidentified harbour by James Douglas Wilkinson, circa 1940s to 1959. Inscriptions: Verso - J D Wilkinson, Marine Photographer, 281 Nae Nae Rd, Lower Hutt, NZ. The Cabin Ship Photograph Series. Name of Vessel - Omana. Company - Union. Catalogue No for Re-Order - 111. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Totara at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph ...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000175
Description: The vessel 'Totara' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Totara and Paroto at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - ...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000183
Description: The vessels 'Totara'and 'Paroto' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Matangi at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000174
Description: The vessel 'Matangi' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Totara at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph ...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000178
Description: The vessel 'Totara' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Totara and Paroto at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - ...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000182
Description: The vessels 'Totara'and 'Paroto' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Matangi at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - Photograph...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000176
Description: The vessel 'Matangi' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Totara and Paroto at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahuri, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough - ...
Date: Nov 1956
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014
Reference: PICT-000180
Description: The vessels 'Totara'and 'Paroto' at a ship-breakers yard in Whakatahurie, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, November 1956, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Name of vessel from backing card for this print. Location and date identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 13.8 cm
Wilkinson, James Douglas :Photographs of shipwrecks
Date: 1893-1968
By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Tesla Studios
Reference: PAColl-0432
Description: Photographs of Wahine, Wanganella, Tekapo, Hautapu, Marlyn, Port Bowen, Tuvalu, Progress, Phyllis, Futurist, wrecked in New Zealand and Australia. Photographs taken by James Douglas Wilkinson (for the Evening Post), Tesla Studio and other photographers. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by James Douglas Wilkinson, ca 1975.