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Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
- Date
- 1920s-1960s - 1974
- By
- Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00330
- Description
Photographs of tramping and skiing trips, airports, radar installations, aircraft and general scenic views, taken 1920s-1960s by Roy Goodwin Curry. Includes photographs of Hawkins Hill radar station, Wellington airport opening, Halcombe jubilee. Also an essay on the history of the Wellington-Hutt Valley Urban Motorway from early settlement up until 1951.
Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 188 b&w original negative(s). 63 b&w original negative(s) strips with 282 images. 24 colour original negative(s) strips with 85 images. 258 colour original transparency/ies. 1 album(s). 1 folder(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.
Physical Description: Negatives, transparencies, photograph album, manuscripts, typescripts
Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - published map of Tararuas, 1945, manuscript map Ruahines, and published map of Taupo road, by Bell, 1959. - To Ephemera Collection - Postcards collected by R G Curry.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 188 b&w original negative(s), 63 b&w original negative(s) strips with 282 images, 24 colour original negative(s) strips with 85 images, 258 colour original transparency/ies, 1 album(s), 1 folder(s), 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera, Photographs, Manuscripts, Negatives, transparencies, photograph album, manuscripts, typescripts
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Views of Wellington
Date: 1961- 1967
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6856
Description: Slides of Wellington. Included are views of Oriental Bay marina, HMNZS Waikato at Overseas Terminal, sailing ship Esmeralda, views of Harbour, Wellington Airport. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Oteranga Bay, Wellington
Date: [1960s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6861
Description: Civil Aviation Authority stores building at Kilbirnie, Wellington. Views of Oteranga Bay near Cape Terawhiti, Wellington. Members of the Kupe Canoe Club on the water at Evans Bay, Wellington. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.
Top of Valkyrie Fountain
Date: [Ca 1920s-1940s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: 1/4-131952-F
Description: Image taken by Roy Curry circa 1920s-1940s. Shows bronze statue of a horse and rider on top of Valkyrie Fountain in Auckland Domain. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 9 cm Transfers: Negative was received in page numbered "3" of album housed at PAColl-10658..
Plan of Ruahine Range
Date: [Ca 1920s-1940s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: 1/4-131957-F
Description: Image taken by Roy Curry circa 1920s-1940s. Shows a map of the "Ruahine Ranges" in the central North Island. A person's hand is visible holding the edge of the plan. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 9 cm Transfers: Negative was received in page numbered "5" of album housed at PAColl-10658..
Mount Ruapehu
Date: [Ca 1920s-1940s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: 1/4-131984-F
Description: Image taken by Roy Curry circa 1920s-1940s. Buildings, cars, and a bus in front of Mount Ruapehu. Multiple signposts are in the foreground. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 9 cm Transfers: Negative was received in page numbered "23" of album housed at PAColl-10658..
Wellington Harbour
Date: [Ca 1920s-1940s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: 1/4-132051-F
Description: Image taken by Roy Curry circa 1920s-1940s. View over houses to Wellington Harbour with ships visible in the harbour. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 9 cm Transfers: Negative was received in page numbered "93" of album housed at PAColl-10658..
Civil Aviation Authority building, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Date: 1961-1972
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6860
Description: Road from Te Porere to Turangi-Tokaanu under construction. Civil Aviation Authority stores building at Kilbirnie, Wellington. Views of a plane flying into Wellington Airport to test the calibration of the airport's radar. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
Views of Wellington
Date: 1961-[ca 1967]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6855
Description: Slides of Wellington. Included are views of Cuba Mall, the Harbour, wharves and ships, Lady norwood Rose Garden lit up at night, a boat race on the Harbour, the railway yards. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
Royal visit, Wellington, 1963
Date: [1960s]
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6862
Description: Members of the Kupe Canoe Club on the water at Evans Bay, Wellington. Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Wellington in 1963. Views of the Britannia at a Wellington wharf, the opening of Parliament, and the Mayor and citizens at the Town Hall for the civic reception. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
Wellington, Porirua, and Queen Mother at Queenstown
Date: 1961-1964
From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-6857
Description: Wellington views include Island Bay, Oriental Bay marina, Cuba Mall, Wellington Heads and surrounding hills, and Wellington Harbour. Queen Mother visiting Queentown where she received a painting (notes suggest that this may be the opening of the Haast Road). Views of Porirua include Titahi Bay, Pukerua Bay, housing developments, motorways, and Porirua Harbour. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.