Watchtowers

Date: 1885 - 1887

From: Hodgkins family :Scrapbook [1860s-1920s]

By: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947; Field, Isabel Jane, 1867-1950; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-316-q-040/041

Description: An ink and wash caricature, signed F H, showing two locusts sitting on the fence beside a field of wheat. They are discussing their intended raid on the field. A watercolour showing a tall portside pole with stairs leading to a high platform, probably a lookout tower, perhaps at Port Chalmers. A small rowboat is at the water's edge and a yacht passes by in the water Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash and watercolour, on paper glued to both sides of card, 217 x 141 mm, loose between album pages

Date: 1983

From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters for productions. 1964-2013]

By: Coombes, Anne, active 1983

Reference: Eph-C-DOWNSTAGE-1983-01

Description: Poster shows a black and white silhouette of a prisoner-of-war camp watchtower, superimposed on the Japanese red and white Rising Sun image. A message in Janapese characters appears down the left side. Poster designer may be Anne Coombes, who designed the production.Three copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 452 x 340 mm. Provenance: All three copies received 1983-1984.

Date: [1941-1942?]

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

Reference: PA1-q-286

Description: Official photographs from World War II, very few of which have captions. Scenes show activities associated with training, social life and daily life in the New Zealand camps in Egypt and the Middle East, with a few relating to New Zealand activity in Fiji, and also scenes of bomb damage at New Zealand House in London. Various activities include the demonstration of light observation towers suitable for flat desert country; soldiers sorting mail; making ammunition ready for firing; artillery training; a NZ "tough bus" towing a gun; a rugby match in the Western Desert; soldiers keeping warm around a small fire; bread making; sorting and delivering stores; repairing vehicles; transporting a vehicle on a pontoon; dinghies; sandbags; storage of fuel with camouflage covering; scenes with Prime Minister Peter Fraser on an official visit to Egypt; interior views of the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo, with one picture of war artist Peter McIntyre painting a mural in the club; the YWCA building erected, furnished and maintained by the National Patriotic Fund Board showing the exterior, the canteen, and a large group of soldiers at a sing-song around a piano Photographs numbered 453-456 (p 118-119) show bomb damage to the exterior and interior of New Zealand House in London, taken by an official photographer (1941?). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1887

From: Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919 :Sketches by John Henry Menzies of Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, drawn in 1887.

Reference: E-003-008/009

Description: Shows a panoramic view of Lake Rotorua at the left, with Lake Roto-iti behind, White Island in the distance, Tikitere and Lake Roto Ehu [Rotoehu], and the Tarawera Mountains grouped at the centre right. In the right foreground, at the top of a rise is a viewing platform with ladder steps leading up to it. Extended Title - From Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919. Sketches by John Henry Menzies ... 1887, pages [8-9 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, on double page spread, 142 x 464 mm.

Date: 1943

From: Gee, Lyndahl Chapple, 1909-1981 :[Illustrations for Mihi and the last of the moas. ca 1943]

By: Gee, Lyndahl Chapple, 1907-1981

Reference: A-150-026

Description: Shows Mihi standing on watch tower inside fortified pa Extended Title - Original for: "Mihi and the last of the moas" Written and illustrated by Lyndahl Chapple Gee (Auckland: Oswald-Sealy (New Zealand) Ltd [ca 1943]) [frontis Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L CHAPPle G; Verso - centre - Watch Tower Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 110 mm Provenance: Maurice Gee Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Maurice Gee Papers MS-Group-193.

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

Reference: E-017-3-001/002

Description: Headland with heavy pencil infill, possibly an imaginary scene Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon and pencil on 2 pages of sketchbook, 64 x 108 mm (page size)

Date: 1925 - 1927

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/4-099920-F

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams, during his travels of France with his wife Lydia Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1925 - 1927

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/4-099918-F

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams, during his travels of France with his wife Lydia Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 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

Reference: DA-00782-F

Description: An artillery officer, above the ground, demonstrating the use of a light observation tower and its suitability in flat desert country. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 26 Jul 1944]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06422-F

Description: Caption on file print reads: 'Shells from NZ tanks scored direct hits on this tower, which was used by the enemy as an OP on the road to Florence [Italy]. Three enemy were killed.' Photograph taken circa 26 July 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 26 Jul 1944]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06423-F

Description: Close up showing where a New Zealand tank made a direct hit on a tower used by enemy troops as an observation post, during the World War II advance to Florence in Italy. Photograph taken circa 26 July 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 19 Nov 1943]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04571-F

Description: The Norman tower is a feature of the Duke's Palace at Pietramontecorvina, Foggia Province in Italy, which is approximately 740 years old. Photograph taken circa 19 November 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Previously named Pietra. Corrected after contact by a researcher. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1942

From: Tompkins, Lilian Gladys, 1893-1984 : Collection

By: Tompkins, Lilian Gladys, 1893-1984

Reference: C-095-002

Description: Shows a view of a watchtower built on top of a grey stone wall. There is a doorway and steps at the left. Extended Title - From her sketches of Changi prison, Singapore, 1942-1944. Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 181 x 133 mm.

Date: [ca 19 Nov 1943]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04558-F

Description: Another view of the tower of the Lucera fortress, which is an outstanding specimen of the architecture of the dark ages. The brickwork forming the base is of Roman origin. Photograph taken circa 19 November 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 19 Nov 1943]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04560-F

Description: New Zealand soldiers walking beneath the tower of the fortress of Lucera near Foggia, Italy, during World War II. D Rockell (Wanganui), C Hoskins (Waipahi) and L Ballantyne (Waimatuku). Photograph taken circa 19 November 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 19 Nov 1943]

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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04562-F

Description: General view of the fortress and tower of Lucera in Italy. Photograph taken circa 19 November 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 29 Aug 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013555-G

Description: A wooden German artillery observation post among trees on high ground overlooking Bapaume, after the town's capture in the Battle of Bapaume. A New Zealand soldier looks at the wide view from the top of the post and another soldier looks over the ruined town from the foot of it. Photograph taken 29 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-094 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - H986 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: Circa 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0580-1/2-G

Description: A "puhura" or watchtower at the Whakarewarewa model pa. Photograph taken by Godber circa 1916. An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 39 (PA1-q-102) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches