Paua (Ship)

Date: [ca 1909-1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-093

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1909-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Shell Oil Company coastal tankers Paua and Tanea; Union Steam Ship Co cargo vessel Karoon; ferry Arahua (includes original photographs); Orcades; barquentine Alexa ashore at Castlecliff, Wanganui, Dec 1910; damaged cargo vessels Broompak and Komata in Auckland Harbour after collision; wrecked hull of Pelotas ca 1911; Opihi being scuttled in Palliser Bay; steamer Indrabarah being repaired at Port Chalmers. Also: Grounded freighter Viggo Hansteen in Otago Harbour; remains of sailing ship City of Auckland at Otaki; iron barque Anglo-Norman at North Spit, Kaipara, 26 Sep 1914; NZ Shipping Company vessels Rangitane and Rangitoto; wreck of Wiltshire; In memorium postcard relating to S S Penguin (1909) with photo of the vessel and female members of the Toomer family who perished when the ship sunk; boat at landing place at Owens Mines No 1 (undated). Series of original black & white photos of the wreck of the steamer Progress that went ashore at Owhiro Bay, 1st May 1931, with loss of life. Includes photographs of overseas vessels (names not added to Name Field) Quantity: 31 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 6 album leaves with black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: Between 1947 and 1964

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

Reference: 1/4-026170-F

Description: The New Zealand Shell tanker `Paua' 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: 1936

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048543-G

Description: Oil tanker `Paua' on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, with the oil barge `Hinuwai' under construction in the foreground. The coal-ship USS `Wingatui' is in the background. Photograph taken in 1936, by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1936

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

By: Jones, Douglas, active 1907

Reference: PAColl-6585-84

Description: Ship Paua, photographed by Douglas Jones, circa 1936, probably in the vicinity of Lyttelton. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - M V Paua; Verso - [stamped in ink] - Douglas Jones, Photographer, London Street, Lyttelton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.3 x 13.3 cm