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Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
- Date
- 1912, [ca 1914-1917, ca 1930-1970]
- By
- Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994
- Reference
- PA-Group-00508
- Description
Photographs of and relating to Nola Luxford, including publicity photographs of Luxford's career as an actress and later as a print and radio journalist. Also includes material relating to the ANZAC Club and Luxford's work for New Zealand troops during World War II. Further material relates to Luxford's work with the fashion shows at Hotel Pierre, New York, in the 1950s.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 2188 b&w original photographic print(s). 117 colour original photographic print(s). 13 album(s). 172 b&w original negative(s). 2 photocopy/ies. 80 b&w original transparency/ies Glass lantern slides, hand coloured. 17 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photographic prints, photograph albums, negatives, photocopies, panoramic print
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0182 : Luxford Dolberg, Nola, 1895-1994 : Papers. See also Oral History Centre and New Zealand Film Archive - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Art work, mainly portrait drawings and the illustrations for Nola Luxford's children's book "Kerry Kangaroo." - To Ephemera Collection - Dedication of Will Rogers Memorial Stage. Promotional flyer for pianist George Riabikoff. Pan American flight souveniers. Various small items..
Processing information: Three photograph prints received conservation treatment, including a panorama, and were added to the collection in 2022.
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- 2188 b&w original photographic print(s), 117 colour original photographic print(s), 13 album(s), 172 b&w original negative(s), 2 photocopy/ies, 80 b&w original transparency/ies Glass lantern slides, hand coloured, 17 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Photographs, Photographic prints, photograph albums, negatives, photocopies, panoramic print
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Photographs relating to Nola Luxford
Date: [ca 1930-1960]
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-3009
Description: Publicity photographs of Nola Luxford the actress & other people, but most of the collection relates to her ANZAC Club and work for New Zealand troops during World War 1939-1945 Quantity: 103 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Prints housed at PAColl-D-1016 and 1017.
ANZAC Garden, New York, and portraits
Date: [ca 1920]-1966
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9548-11
Description: There are some ANZAC Club photographs, but most relate to the ANZAC Garden. There are also portraits, some of them signed. The photographs of the ANZAC Garden include a group of snapshots recording the ceremony attended by Eleanor Roosevelt, 19 June 1943. The ANZAC Garden was established on the initiative of Nola Luxford. It occupies part of the roof of the British Empire Building, Rockefeller Centre, New York. It was dedicated by New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser, 27 August 1941. Annual ANZAC commemorations have been held there ever since. Quantity: 73 b&w original photographic print(s).
Landscapes, United States of America
Date: 1946
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
By: Dolberg, Glenn Russell, -1977
Reference: PA12-7628
Description: Views of forests, mountains, a waterfall, and a woman in a garden. Photographed by Glenn Dolberg in 1946. These transparencies have been retained as examples of early modern colour film. The package that they came in was from the ANSCO Colour Laboratory, Binghampton, New York. The date on the ANSCO seal was 12 August 1946. Glenn Dolberg was Nola Luxford's third husband, and they married in 1959. Glenn had been married prior to this, so the woman in four of the photographs is probably his first wife. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies comprising 8 images.
The Hotel Pierre, New York
Date: 1949-1959
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9548-15
Description: Photographs of the Hotel Pierre, New York. These include fashion shows and other events organised by Nola Luxford in her capacity as Director of Special Functions, and Commentator for Fashion Shows, at the hotel. There are also many photographs of the people who passed through the Hotel Pierre during the 10 years that Nola worked there. Quantity: 69 b&w original photographic print(s).
Glenn Dolberg, the Queen Mary, and gardens in Los Angeles
Date: 1961-1984
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-7684
Description: Glen Dolberg beside a large model of a swordfish, 1961. The Queen Mary, Longbeach, California, 1972. Mark photographed in a cactus garden, 1972. Youth Garden, La Canada, Los Angeles, 1968. Memorial tree planting, Glenola Park, La Canada, Los Angeles, 8 April 1984. The youth garden was a "Keep America Beautiful" project in which Nola Luxford was involved. It was established in 1965. Glenola Park was a small park developed on land originally owned by Nola Luxford and Glenn Dolberg in La Canada, Los Angeles. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Fashion shows at the Hotel Pierre, New York
Date: 1949-1958
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-1080
Description: Nola Luxford's record of her nine years (1949-1958) at the Hotel Pierre, New York. As well as photographs of the fashion shows organised by Nola, the album has a wealth of press clippings, flyers, programmes, invitations, and other ephemera relating to these events. Much of the documentation identifies the fashion houses and accessory businesses involved in the shows. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Souvenir photographs of Napier
Date: [ca 1950]-1956
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1600
Description: Souvenir photographs of Napier by AB Hunt and Son. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
National Publicity Studios photographs of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1946]
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios
Reference: PAColl-9548-26
Description: Photographs of New Zealand schools and school children. Schools included are - Miramar North School, Wellington. Fielding Agricultural College. Tapawera District High School. Wellington Technical College. Correspondence School, Wellington. Waterloo School, Lower Hutt. Whakarewarewa Native School. State housing in Auckland and Wellington. Polish refugees in the transit camp at Pahiatua. Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s).
Nola Luxford's New York apartment
Date: 1960
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1598
Description: Interior views of Nola Luxford's New York apartment. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
New Zealand and World War One postcards
Date: 1914-1918
From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9548-23
Description: Postcards of the First World War and New Zealand. One group are of the Gallipoli campaign dated 1915. Views of New Zealand include Napier, Woodford House School, and Manawatu Gorge. Foreign postcards, mostly of Egypt, are included for the messages from New Zealand soldiers. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s).