Corinthic (Ship : 1947-1969)

Date: 16 October 1948

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 35mm-47987-F

Description: Photograph of Sir Laurence Olivier being hoisted in a sling on to the Corinthic at Glasgow Wharf, Wellington, taken on 16 October 1948 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images.

Date: Between 1947 and 1969

From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives

Reference: 1/4-026579-F

Description: Ship Corinthic photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1969, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm

Date: Probably March 24 - 25 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8792

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images of Wellington, including Wellington Airport; views from Mount Victoria; around the Wellington coast including shore with marram grass and black-backed gulls; the Petone Settlers' Memorial; Marine Parade around Miramar, with the Monowai sailing through Wellington Heads; buildings in the city including Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, Wakefield House at 90 The Terrace, used by the Founders Club; and an old two-storeyed wooden house on the Terrace; the Corinthic loading various goods at Wellington Wharves; Lambton Quay; Cable Car terminal and views of Wellington; and the Carter Observatory. Slides on this sheet are numbered 505-528, with a gap for no. 506. Arrangement: Image no. 506 (showing the view from Mount Victoria in Wellington) was taken as part of Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: May - June 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8798

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand, and his return voyage to England on the Corinthic. The first 3 slides show wandering albatrosses in flight and on a nest, followed by four images of native New Zealand alpine plants in the South Island including Spaniards speargrass, the South Island gentian, a mountain daisy, and a form of senecio. The following views relate to his travel on the Corinthic via Pitcairn Island, including approaching the island, small boats approaching, and two Pitcairn Island women. The next slides show scenes in Panama where they went ashore visiting various sights including Iglesia de San José and Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, leaving next day through the Panama Canal. Slides on this sheet are numbered 651-674. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: June 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8799

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') return voyage from New Zealand to England on the Corinthic. The first 14 images show aspects of the Panama Canal including the Mireflores Locks, Pedro Miguel Docks, the Culebra (or Gaillard) Cut, Gamboa and the Gatun Locks. The last 10 slides show arrival in Curacao, and views of Willemstad. These show the wharves, Dutch facades on houses along the waterfront and in a small square, a market, the inner harbour, and views of huge oil tanks and an oil installation. Slides on this sheet are numbered 675-698. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1958-1959

By: Williams, Edmund Gardner, 1894-

Reference: MS-Papers-11287

Description: Diary relating to Williams' voyage to Australia and New Zealand and return to England. Journey begins 3 Sep 1958, ends 20 Jun 1959. The diary used is one for 1959; thus, the Sep to Dec 1958 portion is written in the latter part of the diary, with the year altered to 1958. The 1959 part is entered in the first part of the diary. Includes account of his voyage to and from England, entries and observations on New Zealand. Also includes addresses, some expense accounts, a summary of his movements and an undated newspaper article on the geology, fauna and flora of Mount Pirongia, by Mr M C Gudex. Source of title - Supplied by Library Williams, a botanist and a member of the Society of Visiting Scientists (London), toured New Zealand and (briefly) Australia 1958-1959 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Transfers: The main part of Mr Williams' collection, his photographic records, are with the Photographic Archive at PA-Group-0076 - From Photographic Archive - PA-Grove-00766.

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Carter, R H :Photographs of merchant marine career

Reference: PAColl-9298

Description: Photographs of the ships Corinthic and Port Auckland. Also crowd scene outdoors showing R H Carter? sitting with other spectators in the rain, location unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1957

From: Huggins, Herbert Augustus, 1867-1962 : Papers

Reference: 75-141-1/27

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 28 January 1955

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1955/0212-F

Description: Photograph showing the shipping congestion at the Wellington Wharves. The ships are; Tai Shan (alone on the left at the Dock Wharf). Along Aotea Quay from right: Cumberland. Karitane. Royal Star. Port Hardy. Corinthic. Cedar Hill. Blyth Trader. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 28th of January 1955. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 10.5 x 8 cm

Date: Between 1947 and 1964

From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives

Reference: 1/4-025870-F

Description: Shaw Savill & Albion ship `Corinthic' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm

Date: [between ca 1962 and 1965]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1433-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 21 Sept 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/3187-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1946 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1946/1949

Description: Includes: 1946: Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line. SS ___. Dinner, June 29th 1946. Menu card Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. Queen Elizabeth, 83,673 tons, the world's largest liner. Cunard White Star [Printed in England. ca 1946] ca 1947: Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Limited. "Corinthic", twin-screw oil-burning turbine steamer, 15,263 tons. [Information booklet ca 1947] 1948: Cunard White Star. "Britannic". Liverpool Cobh New York. [Information booklet. ca 1948] The Panama Canal; general information. M.R. 25861 Panama Canal 6-9-48 - 50,000 Shaw Savill Line. England, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. Information for passengers [1948] Shaw Savill Line. Via Panama Canal. T.P.R. Printing Company, Wellington, N.Z. 1937, reprinted 1948. New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. Passenger list for M.V. 'Rangitiki', leaving Auckland on 11 December 1948, for London via Panama Canal and Curacao. 1949: New Zealand Line. Rangitoto, Rangitane; one class accommodation. [Booklet] designed by Bip Pares [1949?] Orient Line to England. RMS "Orontes", 20,000 tons. Captain I E G Goldsworthy, form Sydney 17 May, Melbourne 12 May, Adelaide 23 May, Fremantle 27 May 1949. List of passengers, first saloon Shaw Savill Line; the flag that circles the world. Passenger list RMS "Akaroa", 15,130 tons sailing from Auckland 8th February 1949 to United Kingdom. Commander J Steele. Shaw Savill Line. Official card of race meeting to be held on SS "Akaroa". Pacific meeting, 16 Dec 1949. Official programme Shaw Savill Line. RMS "Akaroa". Diner d'Adieu, 15 March 1949. Menu (autographed by many) Melanesian Mission. M.V. "Southern Cross" [Postcard. 1949?] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm.