Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

Date
1950-1994
By
Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-
Reference
PA-Group-00399
Description

Photographs of timber industry in the central North Island, Tangiwai disaster, conservation movement activities, events and personalities in the Taumarunui region.

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-4875-1. Negatives housed at PAColl-4875-2. Transparencies housed at PAColl-4875-3.

Quantity: 30000 Negatives (approximately). 3000 colour original transparency/ies. 1379 b&w original photographic print(s). 191 colour original photographic print(s).

Provenance: Mrs Houpapa is the daughter of the late Morrie Peacock.

Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4875 to PA-Group-00399 in 2009.

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30000 Negatives (approximately), 3000 colour original transparency/ies, 1379 b&w original photographic print(s), 191 colour original photographic print(s), Photographs
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New Zealand plants and Taumarunui

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0325

Description: Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

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New Zealand plants and Taumarunui

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0320

Description: Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies.

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Poutu dam and canal, Taupo District

Date: 1970s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0374

Description: All slides are views of the dam and canal constructed to take water from the Poutu Stream and Rotoaira Channel to the upper reaches of the Tongariro river to feed the Tongariro Power Development Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

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Photographs taken at the scene of the Railway disaster at Tangiwai, 24 December 1953

Date: Dec 1953

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

Reference: PAColl-4875-1-03

Description: Photographs taken at the scene of the railway disaster at Tangiwai on Christmas Eve, 1953. Images of the train wreck and the rescue effort. Photographs taken by Morrie Peacock of 20th Centry Photography (N.Z.) Limited. The original negatives fronm which these prints were made are at MP-0059 On Christmas Eve, 1953, a surge of water, ice, volcanic ash and boulders from the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu carried away most of the Tangiwai railway bridge across the Whangaehu River. As a result, the engine, tender, and six carriages of the Wellington-to-Auckland night express plunged into the flooded river. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s) comprising 57 images. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Plants and stock sales

Date: ca1970s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0386

Description: Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

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Pureora Forest protest

Date: 18-19 January 1978

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

Reference: MP-2440

Description: Native Forests Action Council and other groups protest against felling of native timber at Pureora State Forest Park. Photographs taken 18-19 January 1978 by Morrie Peacock of 20th Century Photography (N.Z.) Limited. Some original prints from these negatives are at PAColl-4875-1-04 Arrangement: Photographs taken during protest on 18 January 1978 housed at MP-2440-1. Photographs taken at meeting on 19 January 1978 housed at MP-2440-2 Quantity: 2 container(s) b&w and colour negatives, colour transparencies.

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New Zealand plants and Taumarunui

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0319

Description: Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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New Zealand Plants

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0344

Description: Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Dam under construction by Fletcher Construction, Turangi

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0373

Description: Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.

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Mountains, cattle, and farms, Taringamotu area

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0353

Description: Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.