Rangitane (Ship : 1949- )

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1957 - 1962

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-NZSC-1957/1962

Description: Includes passenger lists for: RMS Rangitiki leaving Wellington on 18th Jan 1957 for , via Pitcairn Island, Panama Canal and Curacao RMS Rangitiki leaving London on 2nd Aug 1957 for Wellington via Curacao and Panama Canal RMS Rangitiki leaving London on 9th May 1958 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal RMS Rangitiki leaving London on 13th Feb 1959 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal - includes crew photo RMS Rangitiki leaving London on 3rd July 1959 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal RMS Rangitiki leaving London on 19th Nov 1959 for Wellington via Curacao and Panama Canal – includes crew photo RMS Rangitane leaving Wellington on 5th Feb 1960 for Southampton, via Pitcairn Island, Panama Canal and Curacao RMS Rangitane leaving London 5th Oct 1962 for Wellington via Curacao, Panama Canal and Tahiti Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Archway Books, Mana, in 2017.

Date: 1942-1965

From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11638-07

Description: Contains family correspondence (1943-1965), a grocery order from Griffiths Bros. (Dairymen) Ltd. (1960), a New Zealand Shipping Company passage ticket on the Rangitane from Auckland to the UK for the Dell family (1959), Christmas cards, postcards and photographic souvenirs from New Caledonia (1942-1943), Invitation to swearing in of Governor General (1962), letter from Dr F C Fraser (1961), annotated syllabuses for Scientific Society and Field Club at Aukland University College (1940) and scientific notes on Big South Cape Island (1955). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Material was removed by archivist from a manilla folder titled 'R.K.D Papers for CV'.

Date: 1954 - 1955

Reference: Eph-G-SHIP-1954-01

Description: Ship plan shows the upper sports deck, and below it, A, B, C and D decks. Deck A has a lounge, cafe, cocktail bar and dancing space Deck B has ensuite cabins, ironing rooms, printing office, nursery, drawing room, smoking room, barber's shop and shop. Deck C has cabins, communal bathrooms, sitting room, hospital and dispensary Deck D has cabins, communal bathrooms and a dining saloon. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on sheet 1140 x 860 mm.

Date: 6 Apr 1960

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/1253-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: 1 Feb 1953-1953

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9142

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's life in London and travels around England, The Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland in 1953. Documents Miller's arrival on the Rangitane and life working in London. Also travelling to cities, towns, and other locations including The Hague, Leiden, Haarlem, Alkmaar, Amsterdam, Marken, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Berga op Zoom, Krabbendijke, Rotterdam, Brighton, Seaforth, Winchester, Salisbury, Exeter, Torquay, Salcombe, Plymouth, Truro, Falmouth, Clovelly, Boscastle, Bideford, Combe Martin, Cambridge, Grandchester, Rotherham, York, Edinburgh, Glendevon, Devil's Elbow, Braemar, Ballater, Bonar Bridge, Orkney Islands, Sandhills, Isle of Skye, Fort William, Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Keswick, Grassmere, Windermere, Chester, Wexford, Cork, Bonane, and Killorglin. Entries are on topics including parks and gardens, streets, local people (English, Dutch, Scottish, Irish), New Zealand house in London, English tea rooms, friends, searching for work in London, architecture, bomb damage to cities and towns, hostels, hitch-hiking, art galleries and museums, theatre productions, the British Royal Family, working as a maid for a Jewish family in London, produce markets, cycling, shopping, pottery, flooding, church services, flowers, dialects and accents, Atlantic Ocean, train travel, lakes, walking, other tourists (Australian, New Zealand, French, English), and the Puck Fair. Journal contains loose manuscripts ephemera including addresses, a bookmark with pressed flowers from Mauritius, a correction slip from the Scottish Youth Hostels Association, and a clipping regaridng De Woeste Hoeve World War II memorial. Also contains pressed flowers. Miller is travelling with 'Margaret' in the Netherlands Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers

Date: 6 Apr 1960

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/1254-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: 2/50

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-131352-F

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4944-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

Date: 6 Apr 1960

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/1252-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: ca 1950

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: 1/4-020749-G

Description: The TSMV Rangitane in Wellington harbour. Oriental Bay is visible in the background. Photographed by William Hall Raine, circa 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: ca 1950

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: 1/4-020750-G

Description: The TSMV Rangitane in Wellington harbour, watched by a crowd of people waiting on the wharf. Photographed by William Hall Raine, circa 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 1949-1950]

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: 1/4-020747-G

Description: Motor vessel `Rangitane' photographed in Wellington Harbour circa 1950, possibly on its maiden voyage, by William Hall Raine. The `Rangitane' was built in 1949 by Messrs Vickers, Armstrong Ltd on the Clyde, Scotland, for the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. She was a twin screw motorship of 21,809 tons gross, and had a deadweight tonnage of 15000. Her speed was 17 knots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4400-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 inches

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4397-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 inches

Date: [circa 20 December 1950]

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

Reference: 114/239/11-F

Description: Two boys, Messrs Smith and Butterfield, hauling ropes on the Rangitane photographed circa 20 December 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4398-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 inches

Date: Aug 1952

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

Reference: EP/1952/4101-G

Description: Crowd on a Wellington wharf, farewelling Lord and Lady Freyberg on the ship Rangitane. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer in August 1952. Other - Published in the Evening Post 15 August 1952 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 8.2 x 10.7 cm

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4399-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 inches

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4396-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 inches