Tulips

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-032

Description: Album contains coloured photographs with views of New Zealand, and some unlabelled family photographs, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, circa 1950s. Images also include three of Oregon and the Oregon State University. New Zealand views are concentrated mainly in the Wellington area including the Wairarapa, Milford Sound and the Dunedin area. Note handwritten at top right-hand corner of the cover reads "Aerial. Qtn-Milford 1957 & Chch-Qtn. (Air & bus)" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue covered album, with "Photographs" lettered in gold, 255 x 380 mm

Date: 1938, 1946, 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-164

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1938, 1946 and 1949. Includes: Collection of photographs taken at the Victory Parade held in London in 1946; sea rescue of NZ coastal ship `Awahou' near Fiji by `Degel', Nov 1949; group photo of members of No 41 Transport Squadron RNZAF who were co-operating with RAF in flying the Singapore-Hong Kong scheduled flights (taken at Officers Mess at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong), 1949. Also: Memorial erected at Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch to victims of Ballentyne's fire, Nov 1947; Solent flying boat over Westport, Nov 1949; wool sale held in Concert Chamber of Auckland Town Hall - auctioneer's view of the buyers; Mrs Alan Grant's tulip farm at `Craigburn', Waimate; S W Moult with his 1898 model International tourer at Paraparaumu School Jubilee celebrations, Nov 1949. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

By: Bodleian Library

Reference: PA1-f-014

Description: Collection of photograph album pages (lacking covers) which contain images of New Zealand, and images from trips to Switzerland and England (London and Oxford). Many of the photographs are in colour, taken by Dr Ken Birrell circa 1950s. A number of aerial photographs show areas around the Southern Alps, and Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album pages, of varying sizes, lacking covers. 43 leaves are 240 x 300 mm, and 12 leaves are 240 x 375 mm, contained in phase box

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1938 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-027

Description: Photographs of Canterbury Region made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance between 1938 and 1952. Includes a series of photographs, dated 23 February 1938, recording the clean up after a flood in an unidentified location, probably in the Canterbury region. Also includes photographs of pea crops and tulip harvesting in Waimate. Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1930s-1940s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-f-018

Description: Large black and white photographs taken by William Henry Clift, circa 1930s to 1940s. Images include a group tramping in the Southern Alps; scenic views of mountains and rivers; ships in port; and a view of the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green buckram cover entitled "Photographs", 29 x 38 cm

Date: 1950s-1960s

From: Wassiliewa, Galina (estate) :Photographs relating to life and ballet career of Galina Wassiliewa in Lithuania and Wellington.

By: Wassiliew, Wassili, 1916-1983

Reference: PAColl-6125-27

Description: Photographs of animals in zoos, or a zoo, including a series of a chimpanzees tea party. Plants mainly from Wassiliew's garden. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 16 October 1951]

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

Reference: 114/369/10-G

Description: Dutch people admiring the tulips in the Wellington Botanic Garden photographed circa 16 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1961-1979

By: Duthie, Donal, active 1950s-1999

Reference: PAColl-6073

Description: Views of spring and summer seasonal flower displays, especially tulips, flowering trees and autumn colour. Included are specific areas within the garden such as the Rose Garden, the Sunken Garden, and the Herb Garden. There are records of clearings and newly planted gardens such as the waterfall at the rose Garden, the maple valley on the main drive, the banks above the main gates into which the dwarf connifer collection was extended, and the Herb Garden under construction. There are also views of the city as seen from the Botanic Garden, and views of the Garden taken from vantage points above it such as Garden Road. One group of slides is a record of propagating and growing a variety of the ornamental Abyssinian Banana. Another records a floral display in the Wellington Town Hall for a unspecified Royal Tour. Arrangement: Slides at PA12-1771 to PA12-1778 Quantity: 160 colour original transparency/ies. 10 colour copy transparency/ies.

Date: 1931-1950

From: Unwin, Diana Mary, 1923-2014 : Family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8913-1

Description: Accounts and receipts of Grace Unwin, mother of Diana, mainly from Christchurch and Timaru businesses, but also including papers for bulbs sent from Holland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970 - 1995

By: Van Eeden Tulips Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-VanEeden

Description: 106. Van Eeden Tulips Invercargill. 13 lists 1977-1992. $10.00 Quantity: 13 Other printed ephemera item(s) nursery catalogues. Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 210 x 165 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Arnold Books (Christchurch) in 2003.

Date: ca1928

From: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984: Slides, negatives, photographs, letters and printed material

Reference: PA1-q-592

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2000

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd: Papers and records

Reference: PAColl-10606-08-02

Description: Colour photograph of water fountain with tulips display. Photographer unknown. Image processed 12 September 2000. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940 - 1942

By: Arthur Yates & Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Yates-1940/1942

Description: Includes: 1940: Yates' 1940 spring farm catalogue. better manures - right topdressing - healthier stock - less worry 1941: Yates' farm seed & manures, Autumn 1941 Yates' tulips are so much better! February 1941 Yates' 1941 garden spring calendar 1942: If you can't fight, don't be a drone and a drag on others ... food and vegetables are important munitions of war. Pamphlet [1942] Quantity: 5 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 250 mm. Provenance: Some items purchased from Edward Mosig, antiquarian bookseller, Queensland, in 2013.

Date: 1850 - 1898

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook

Reference: E-208-q-038

Description: Cuttings from plant catalogues [?] showing: Cupressus Lawsoniana; Retinospora erocoides; Caladiums; Acanthus latifolus; Tagetes erecta fl. pleno; Nigella damascena nana fl pl; Delphinium nudicaule; Parrot tulips; Voila cornuta; Aconitum kutznezoffi; Antirrhinum majus nanum Tom Thumb; roses; narcissus; Crown Imperial. Quantity: 14 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings, various sizes on page 295 x 235 mm

Date: 1874 - 1880

From: Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895 :[Album of watercolours of New Zealand plants. 1870s].

Reference: E-614-q-015

Description: Shows a flower and two leaves of a variegated tulip. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 247 x 193 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane (Auckland) auction, 29 April 2004, lot 231. Previously owned by the Tizard family, Thames.

Date: 1918

By: Chapman-Taylor, Dorothy Joan, 1888-1938; Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007

Reference: A-150-011

Description: Tulips and narcissi growing a a stream. The narcissi have fairy-like faces in their centres Inscriptions: Recto - above and below image: lines of poetry. Signed and dated lower right Joan Pocock 1918 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 168 x 205 mm (sight)

Date: 1850 - 1890

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]

Reference: E-207-q-059-1

Description: Engraving cut from a newspaper showing the flowers and leaves of three tulips identified in the caption Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 245 x 108 mm

Date: 1944 - 1945

From: Gray, George Duncan Dunbar, b 1906 :A wartime log 1944-1945

Reference: E-275-105

Description: Shows a corner of a living room, with cushions on a flowered sofa, a built-in bookcase, and yellow tulips in a vase. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pastel drawing 106 x 158 mm, stuck to page of notebook, 122 x 171 mm

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976

Reference: C-166-009

Description: Four Easter card designs: A yellow rabbit in a top hat: A Happy Easter. "Well, her it is Easter!" A brown rabbit in a floral hat: "To you at Easter time" Tulips: Wishing you a joyous Easter Tulips, daffodils and pussy-willow: "To someone very special at Easter" Based on provenance, possibly designed by Leslie Rykers. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet, 585 x 447 mm.