Photographs and albums

Date: 1940s-1960s

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: 1/4-132621-F

Description: A print from this negative is at Library reference PAColl-2552-08-08. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1951-1957

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-2552-07

Description: Photographs, some taken by Lorna Rowland, and others by unknown photographers, in the 1950s, of Australian people and scenes. Some photographs have inscriptions, including dates, and some have been marked up on the backs as if for publication. Includes scenes of outback station life, wildlife and plant life (baobab trees and wild kapok trees), landscapes, rock structures, and rural buildings, and pictures of people. Includes pictures taken while travelling on 'The Ghan' to Alice Springs and Adelaide. Places named on the photographs include Coward Springs Hotel, Beresford, Goldfields Hotel at Tennant's Creek, Horsham, Glenroy Station, Mt. House Station, Love's Creek Station, Elsey Station, Sisters Rocks in Victoria, the Devil's Marbles at Alice Springs, Kimberley Research Station, Broome (including various cemeteries), Spring Creek Station, and Ambalindum Station. Title suppplied by Library. Arrangement: Some larger prints were originally in a box labelled "Illustrations for Three Islands by Lorna Rowland." Quantity: 103 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940s-1979

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Dominion (Newspaper); New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-2552-08

Description: Photographs, some taken by Lorna Rowland and some by other photographers, in New Zealand in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes photographs of the Harbour Defence Motor Launch 'Alert' in Dusky Sound; views of French Pass township from the water, Elaine Bay, French Pass lighthouse, and the road between French Pass and Nelson taken from the saddle between Elaine Bay and Squally Cove; French Pass lighthouse; a deerstalkers' hut; the Hermitage; the jetty at Stewart Island; the 'Pamir' (photographed in 1947) and signed by its Master H S [Horace Stanley] Collier; a museum exhibit of a black shag; two photographs of the Dunstan Hotel, Clyde; and a 1979 Forest Service photograph of Hoffmans Dam at Naseby taken by Grant L Bulling. It is possible that some of these photographs were illustrations for articles as some of them are marked up as for publication; some have inscriptions. Some photographs are very similar to those taken for Rowland's "Three Islands" articles in 'The Freelance'. See Library reference PAColl-2552-06. Negatives of some prints at are Library references 1/4-132619, 1/4-132621, 1/4/132653, and 1/4-132718. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940s-1979

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-2552-10

Description: Commercial postcards of buildings and scenes in New Zealand, Australia, and England. Includes two postcards of artworks from the "Art in N.Z." collection; one by A W Walsh is entitled "A Valley in the Seaward Kaikoura" and the other by J Cam Duncan is entitled "Mamaku Valley". Some photographs are very similar to those taken for Rowland's "Three Islands" articles in 'The Freelance'. See Library reference PAColl-2552-06. Negatives of some prints at are Library references 1/4-132619, 1/4-132621, 1/4/132653, and 1/4-132718. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: ca 1936-1938 - 1953

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-2028

Description: Album of photographs, mainly commercial postcards, of scenery, buildings, objects, and street views in England, Egypt, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Australia, and New Zealand. Also includes photographs by unknown photographers of a group of people in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, swans on a lake or stream, several scenes of Napier, and the sculpture 'Ex Tenebris Lux' at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch, for which Lorna Rowland was the model. Photographs include images of Māori carvings and carved meeting houses held at the Auckland and Otago museums. One picture of a carved pātaka (storehouse) includes a view of a display case with a preserved head. A newspaper clipping about the death of James Quinn is pasted in the album. Some photographs have been removed. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 100 prints. Physical Description: Album with red and cream woven fabric cover, bound with brown cord, 24 x 32 cm. Transfers: Loose photographs from the album are stored at Library reference PAColl-2552-02.. Processing information: Loose photographs inside the album have been removed for storage reasons.

Date: 1931-1936 - 1953

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-2027

Description: Album containing photographs taken by various photographers, possibly including Lorna Rowland, between 1931 and 1936, and in 1953. Photographs include studio portraits and informal images of Rowland; photographs of the artist James Quinn in his studio, including one of him painting Lorna Rowland; photographs of some of Quinn's paintings, including two of the Duchess of York for which Rowland was a model; photographs of locations in England; and photographs taken at various ports on her voyage to New Zealand in 1936. Includes several commercial postcard photographs. There are two newsclippings about James Quinn pasted into the album. Some photographs have captions. Some pages show evidence of photographs having been removed. Photographs affixed in the album appear to date between 1931 and 1936. One photograph loose between pages had the date of 1953. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 100 prints. Physical Description: Brown card album, bound with string, 25.5 x 19 cm. Transfers: Loose photographs from the pages of the album are at library reference PAColl-2552-01. Exhibition catalogue loose in the album is now at Library reference MS-Papers-12355-1.. Processing information: Loose photographs and an exhibition catalogue inserted in the pages of the album have been rehoused for storage reasons.

Date: 1940s-1950s - 1979, 1982, 1984

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-2030

Description: Album of photographs taken by unknown photographers, some possibly by Lorna Rowland, of Australian scenes. Includes two commercial postcards of Cairns and Kuranda railway station. Many pages are empty, but with photocorners indicating that prints have been removed. Most of the photographs in the album (loose and affixed) appear to date from the 1940s and 1950s. Three postcards that were also loose in the album had dates of 1979, 1982, and 1984. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 16 prints. Physical Description: Album with red board covers, fastened with brass screws, 26 x 35.5 cm. Transfers: Loose photographs from the album are stored at Library reference PAColl-2552-04. - Newspaper clipping from front of album is stored at Library reference fMS-Papers-12355. - Postcards that were loose in the album are stored at Library reference MS-Papers-12355-1.. Processing information: Loose photographs, a newspaper clipping, and postcards inside the album have been removed for storage reasons.

Date: ca 1937-1938 - 1953

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Moore & Thompson (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2552-02

Description: Loose photographs from photograph album, some possibly inserted at a later date and some that have come loose from their fastenings. Includes photograph of Mabel (Hill) McIndoe, Lorna Rowland, and a Māori woman at Whakarewarewa, taken by Moore & Thompson Studios; photographs of the Hermitage and Mount Cook; two commercial postcards of English scenes; and a postcard printed backwards possibly from Australia. Also includes several photographs with extensive inscriptions on the back that may have accompanied articles by Lorna Rowland; they include a photograph of a boat landing stores at Tia Island and two photographs taken in 1953 showing aspects of the Blythe family's Air Beef Scheme in Western Australia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 10 photographs of various sizes, from 8.5 x 13.5 cm to 25.5 x 20 cm. Transfers: Photographs were originally inserted between pages in the photograph album at Library reference PA1-o-2028.. Processing information: Photographs were removed from album and re-housed for reasons of preservation.

Date: 1940s

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-2029

Description: Album of photographs taken by unknown photographers, some possibly by Lorna Rowland, mainly of scenery in the South Island of New Zealand; there are also some photographs of well-known views in the North Island. Also includes some photographs of Lorna Rowland and others in the Southern Alps and in a garden. Some photographs have been removed. An inscription on thr first page reads "Xmas 1941 from [illegible]". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 83 prints. Physical Description: Album with brown woven fabric cover, bound with brown cord, 17.5 x 25 cm. Transfers: Loose photographs from the album are stored at Library reference PAColl-2552-03. - A postcard loose in the album is now stored at Library reference MS-Papers-12355-1. Processing information: Loose photographs and a postcard inside the album have been removed for storage reasons.

Date: 1931, 1953

From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs

By: Planet News Ltd

Reference: PAColl-2552-01

Description: Loose photographs originally inserted into photograph album. Photographs include a picture of painter James Quinn with his portait of the Duchess of York (1931), taken by Planet News; several commercial postcards of English scenes; a photograph of Lorna Rowland with two children (one Aboriginal), inscribed on the back "19/1/53"; and a signed photograph of British actor Kenneth Kove, inscribed "To Lorna Rowland. All best wishes Yours K. Kove Sept 2 1931". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Eight photographic prints of various sizes, from 8.5 x 13.5 cm to 23.5 x 17.5 cm. Transfers: Photographs were originally inserted between pages in the photograph album at Library reference PA1-o-2027.. Processing information: Photographs were removed from album and re-housed for reasons of preservation.