Preschool children - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: [ca 17 June 1989]

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1989/2188-F

Description: Helen Anderson and her children at breakfast. James is sitting at the table and Saskia is in the high chair. Photographed ca 17 June 1989 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1984

By: Brown, Rachel, active 1990s-2022; Ruscoe, Joanne, active 1996

Reference: Eph-D-PRESCHOOL-1984-01/02

Description: Two t-shirts to fit preschool children: 1. Yellow, with text: Citykids Co-operative Childcare Centre (mid-1984) 2. White, with adhered felt text: Save my nursery (Produced for Citizens' Day Nursery, mid 1984) The white t-shirt with "Save my nursery" on it, was produced in mid-1984 when the Citizens' Day Nursery in Vivian Street was threated with closure. This particular t-shirt belonged to Joanne Ruscoe's son Ben Ruscoe who wore it during filming by TVNZ News. The Citizens' Day Nursery was closed down in December 1984, but about half of the parents stayed, together with the staff. With the help of the Wellnigton community and the government, they moved into a house in Pipitea Street and set up the City Kids Co-operative Childcare Centre. The yellow t-shirt was prepared at this time. For one year the centre operated at the Pipitea Street house. However at the end of 1985 the government who owned the house required it for other purposes, and the Centre bought their own house at 21 Tinakori Road, Thorndon. In 2006, the Centre was still operating in this house. Further material relating to the closure of the Citizen's Day Nursery, and the setting up of Citykids Co-Operative Childcare Centre is held at: MS-Group-0601 and PA1-q-614. Quantity: 2 t-shirts. Physical Description: One white and one yellow t-shirt of stretch cotton fabric, sizes varying around 420 x 400 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Rachel Brown, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 17 July 1974

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

Reference: EP/1974/4100-F

Description: Photographs of children from Lower Hutt kindergartens demonstrating at a Free Kindergarten conference in the Lower Hutt Town Hall, taken 17 July 1974 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1990

By: Wellington City Council. Equal Employment Opportunity Office

Reference: Eph-E-PRESCHOOL-1990-01

Description: Poster shows a central circular image of a smiling human figure as drawn by a child. The background shows wheels and cogs of machinery. Two copies held. Dated 1990, on the basis of a publication of the same name by the Wellington City Council. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 845 x 590 mm.

Date: 1921-1968

By: Barns, Constance Joyce, 1916-1997

Reference: MS-Group-1700

Description: `My primary class book', containing examples of children's drawings and prose with photographs of class members (Taranaki Street, Wellington), 1921-1922; Joyce Barns programmes of work and activities for her kindergarten classes, 1939, 1943-1945; papers relating to Wellington Free Kindergarten Association and their United Mothers' Club and notes on qualification and training required to become a kindergarten teacher C Joyce Barns was a kindergarten teacher and educationalist Quantity: 5 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here. - To Photographic Archive - One folder of photographs (PA-Group-00386).

Date: [between 1939-1945]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000097-F

Description: Unidentified girl and boy having milk and rusks at an afternoon at Karori Children's Centre. Photograph taken circa 1939-1945, by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-000001 to 000210 reads: "List of photographs for release overseas" Caption - Caption with Pascoe file at 6/1/30 in Photographic Archive reads: "At a children's centre: A rusk and milk is the diet for the afternoon" Source of descriptive information - File print and Pascoe's notes in Pascoe backfile held in Photographic Archive. Approximate dates from information at PA-Group-00197. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Celulosic negative, 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Date: [ca 22 November 1950]

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

Reference: 114/227/02-G

Description: Matron M M Mackie with four year old Wayne Hastings and his mother, Mrs J R Hastings leaving Hobson Street Hospital before it closed. Wayne was the last patient to leave the hospital. Photographed circa 22 November 1950 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: November 1950

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

Reference: 114/225/06-G

Description: Mervyn Lee, aged two months, with his mother Mary Lee and a colour picture of the flying boat Aotearoa presented to him by TEAL. Mervyn was the youngest passenger to make the trans-Tasman crossing. Photographed on 20 November 1950 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: November 1950

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

Reference: 114/225/05-G

Description: Mervyn Lee, the youngest child to fly in a flying boat, with his mother, photographed on 20 November 1950 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: [ca 22 November 1950]

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

Reference: 114/227/01-G

Description: Two nurses with four year old Wayne Hastings and his mother Mrs J R Hastings being farewelled from the Hobson Street Hospital before it closed. Wayne was the last patient to leave the hospital. Photographed circa 22 November 1950 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: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1241

Description: All frames show two small children, one of whom is Lisa van Hulst, playing at hairdressing. They take it in turns to have their hair done, with a cloth around their shoulders. A pair of plastic scissors is seen when one is acting as the hairdresser. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1506

Description: Frames 1 to 10 show a group of preschool-aged children wearing fancy dress. All frames probably taken at the Sunshine Kindergarten in Karori. Three little girls are wearing mob caps, frilly skirts and capes. The first image shows a row of easels behind the children; two of the children are crawling around the floor in frames 2 to 6, with a group of four standing in a circle holding hands (frame 7). A group of four children are seen amongst long grass on a slope above a shed in frames 11 & 12. There is a goat behind the children, and a dog in the foreground. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1508

Description: All frames probably taken in Karori, possibly at and around the Sunshine Kindergarten. Children are on climbing frames (frames 1 to 3) and climbing nets (frames 4 to 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1511

Description: Frames 1 to 10 show preschool children and some parents in a classroom, probably at the Sunshine Kindergarten in Karori. The images are chiefly focussed on children listening to a story. Frames 11 and 12 were taken in Parliament grounds during a protest by people carrying placards reading "Hands off Bastion Point", and "Bastion Point for Ngati Whatua". Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1980

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1954

Description: All scenes were taken in an unidentified classroom, possibly a playcentre or a kindergarten, with preschool aged children playing with blocks, learning how to use a vise and saw a piece of wood, and painting. Many images show mothers helping their children (frames 1, 4, 5, 7 & 12). A Māori child is sitting on a chair with a large sheet of paper draped over a board with the words of a Māori song printed on it (frame 3). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1980

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1958

Description: All scenes were taken at an unidentified playcentre or kindergarten. A Māori man, wearing work overalls, has come to meet his son and is standing in the doorway (frames 4 & 5). Two scenes show a mother, wearing a headscarf, and long skirt under an overcoat, helping her daughter into her coat before leaving (frames 6 & 7); two small boys are playing with an old Olivetti typewriter; two boys are riding in trolleys outside in the sunshine, and another one is riding a small bike (frame 10). The teacher is saying goodbye to some of the children and a mother (frames 11 & 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1509

Description: All frames taken at Ngaio Playcentre, Silverstream Road, Crofton Downs. Children are seen outside playing on climbing equipment including a wooden slide. Groups of mothers are seen with children, and a single-storeyed brown creosote building is seen in the background in frames 1, 5 and 11. Bushy hillside seen behind a fence in frames 3, and 6 to 9. Two children are playing with an old petrol pump (frame 3). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1507

Description: All frames taken in Karori, probably at and around the Sunshine Kindergarten. Frame one shows two children and two women standing outside a shed, with a goat in long grass. Frame 2 was taken in front of the shed with children's play equipment including swings and a wooden toy truck and trailer, and two children with large shawls around their necks. They are seen in frames 3 and 4 on a wooden base with the truck, a large playing field in Karori Park visible behind them. A woman is seen beside a small sandpit with several children playing in frames 6 & 7. Children are standing in a room in frames 10 to 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1976

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1510

Description: Preschool children in a classroom, probably at the Sunshine Kindergarten in Karori. A teacher/parent[?] is seen in frame 5, with all the other images focussing on the children watching her tell a story. (She is also seen with her small child in Ans Westra item AW-1511, frame 6.) Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1980

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2014

Description: All images show two young children, in some they are with a woman (teacher?), at an unidentified location, possibly at a preschool, kindergartem or playcentre in the Wellington Region. The children are sitting on a step outside, each holding a guinea pig. A younger boy (possibly Adrian van Hulst) is seen in frame 4. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 8 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film