Oases - Egypt

Date: [Between 1890 and 1910?]

By: Laing, David Smith, -1916

Reference: PA1-q-139

Description: Photograph album compiled by David S Laing. Comprises views of Hawke's Bay, particularly Lake Waikaremoana. The first part of the album contains published plan and photographs of the Suez Canal. It includes scenes of shipping at Port Said and on the canal, the pyramids, the Great Sphinx, an oasis, with life at the various localities. There is one photograph of Edinburgh, looking across at the old town from Princes Street, with a line of horses and carriages in the foreground. The latter part of the album contains scenes in New Zealand, many showing Lake Waikaremoana with various locations, including Te Kauanga-o-Manaia (Straits of Manaia), and Te Ana-o-Tikitiki cave. The other main area shown is Napier, the city, the wharves, and two churches. A large group of photographs are groups of people; family groups; groups with tennis rackets; groups with bowls; and a few scenes show a man in military uniform. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, with name Laing lettered in gold on spine; 37 x 30 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs R J Laing, Lower Hutt, date unknown

Date: March 1941

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Harper, J S, active 1941

Reference: DA-13210

Description: An oasis in Egypt. Photograph taken during World War II by J S Harper. Note on back of file print reads: "Oasis [Maaten ?] Baggush" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Broad, Jose Doreen, 1910-1988; Broad, Allen Aubrey Augustin Evelyn, 1918-1996

Reference: A-262-001

Description: Two large roofless ruined stone buildings close to a sea coast, with palm trees and a small village near the sea in Egypt. The scene depicted was on the North African coast in Egypt, to the west of Alexandria, while the artist's brother was on the run from the Germans and Italians during the second World War. Paintings touched up by Nugent Welch The original for an illustration opp. p. 17 in: Broad, John Evelyn. Poor people, poor us. (Wellington, Harry H. Tombs, 1946). The artist may have been the author's brother. He does not appear to have been present during the events depicted, although he was in Egypt during the war. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Allen Broad (in yellow brushpoint) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 116 x 155 mm (sight) Transfers: Transferred from John E. Broad's Notebooks, 1942-1945, held by Manuscripts and Archives Section..

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

Reference: PADL-000392

Description: Includes photographs of Egyptian ruins, temples, columns, mounments, Egyptian people, ships, palm trees, goats, canals, oases, and military transportation. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "10.D - Temples, ruins, oasis" Quantity: 16 electronic scan(s) of prints.

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Powles family : Papers

Reference: PA1-o-812

Description: World war 1914-1918 in Egypt and the Middle East. Personal record of campaigns places and people. Most photos have some identification Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).