Watermelons

Date: 1925

From: Kapiti Coast District Libraries: Photographs of the Webber family

Reference: 1/2-057660-F

Description: Arona Webber showing watermelons he grew on Kapiti Island in 1925. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative

Date: 1933 - 1985 - 1935

From: Northwood Brothers fl.1910-1930s :The Northwood Brothers. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of the Listener, 1985. (Imagers of a new land, series 4).

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-020-a

Description: Shows a group of ncluding a hatted minister at left. Three hold teacups, and two hold pieces of watermelon. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title] / Arthur Northwood photograph; Recto - beneath image - Left to right: Rev E Blackwood-Moore, Len Phillips, Alleyne Holder, Eric Matthews, Frederick Holder, Bob Mumby. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 258 x 334 mm, on sheet 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: 1933 - 1985 - 1935

From: Northwood Brothers fl.1910-1930s :The Northwood Brothers. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of the Listener, 1985. (Imagers of a new land, series 4).

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-020

Description: Shows a group of men including a hatted minister at left. Three hold teacups, and two hold pieces of watermelon. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title] / Arthur Northwood photograph; Recto - beneath image - Left to right: Rev E Blackwood-Moore, Len Phillips, Alleyne Holder, Eric Matthews, Frederick Holder, Bob Mumby. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 258 x 334 mm, on sheet 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: 1796

From: Pass, John, 1783?-1832: Botanical and zoological plates, London ; J Wilkes [1795-1800]

By: Pass, John, 1783?-1832; J Wilkes (Firm)

Reference: E-086-f-021

Description: Botanical drawings of the watermelon. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 255 x 200 mm

Date: 2010

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0013979

Description: Two policemen (or maybe firemen) start trying to dig a man out from under the watermelons that have fallen from his rolled truck. A slice of watermelon is stuck in the driver's mouth making it look as though he is smirking. Refers to an accident that caused Northbound traffic on the southern motorway to be diverted off at Market Road in Auckland as contractors cleared an estimated two tons of watermelons from across all three lanes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1938

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12530-F

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12495-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2335

Description: All images taken in the Northland area, at Te Tii Marae, Waitangi, Te Karuwha Parade, Paihia at a major gathering, perhaps in preparation for 1981 Waitangi Day. Ans Westra has focused on small groups and individuals in close-up views. They include a man preparing slices of water melon, a huge bin of whole fruit behind him (frames 1 & 2), also slices of orange with boxes of oranges behind him (frames 3 & 4). In the background men in traditional costume are lined up (frames 2 to 4). Young men, some smoking are seen in frames 5 to 8); and several older Māori men are seen in frames 10 to 12, with one man wearing a tipare (woven headband), identified as Nicky Conrad (Te Aupouri, prominent kaumatua; frames 10 & 11); and another man wearing a korowai (dogtooth cloak) identified as Allan Karena (frame 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