Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014

Wilkinson, Doug, 1926-

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.

There are 17 related items to this topic
Image

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).

Manuscript

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 Research notes, clippings and drafts relating to `Early New Zealand steamers, Vol II' (unpublished).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.

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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).

Image

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

Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Online Image

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

Add to cart
Image

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.