Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Date: [ca 1930's]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1867

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1937, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views and views of the Club members on bush walks and skiing in Tongariro National Park, featuring Ruapehu, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and surrounding environs, the Pinnacles at Blue Bluffs, Ruapehu crater lake, Tama Lakes, The Chateau, Whakapapa glacier, Karioi Lakes, Mangawhero River and various tramping huts. Bruce Davis, an amateur photographer who lived in Raetihi is identified. Also includes views of Raetihi township and Horopito locality, Napier, Tauranga (rail bridge and The Strand), and Ngauruhoe erupting (possibly 1937 eruption). Also includes views of Tom Parker posing with the fountain he gifted to Napier in 1936 and scenes of a parade and bonfire in Raetihi to mark the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Also includes the wedding of Gwen Wise (circa 1930s) 5 loose prints have page numbers noted and are in an envelope at the front of the album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string and featuring an embossed image of mountains and a sun and the word 'Photographs' on the front cover, 21.5 x 27 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1868

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1940, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views related to Tongariro National Park and the Tongariro Tramping Club. Includes people skiing, swimming and tramping. Many are larger duplicates of views contained in PA1-o-1868. Features snowy Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tama Lakes, tramping club members, clouds, rivers and waterfalls (possibly Huka Falls), The Chateau, Whanganui River, the 'Wanganella' at Castlecliff and the view from Mangaiti hut. Also features views of Raetihi and the Mosen family and friends. Including Walter Verdun Mosen in uniform with his mother Dora Lilian, Mosen family (Neville, Jean, Hazel, Pearl, Walter, Rosie, and Esme) and Brian Mosen as child with his mother Vera Ward. Also includes views of the 1939-1940 Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, Tauranga, pig hunting on a local farm and Neville Mosen wrestling. 3 loose prints have page numbers noted and are place in envelope at the front of album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string, the word 'photographs' is embossed on the front cover, 25.5 x 33 cm

Date: [late 1940s-1950s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9924-2

Description: Photographs taken during trips to the Milford Track, Southland, and to Arthur's Pass, Canterbury, taken about 1940s-1950s by Neville Mosen. Comprises images of scenes and the groups on the trips. (Neville won the trip to Arthur's Pass on the strength of his photographs taken on the Milford Track trip). Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1925-[1930s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

By: Nicol, Ethel Vera, 1894-1953

Reference: PA1-o-1972

Description: A photograph album given to Vera Nicol at Christmas 1925 by "Dorrie", which contains commercial and amateur photographs taken by unknown photographers between 1925 and the 1930s. Some photographs are identified; many are not. Includes family photographs, possibly at home in Marton as well as on family trips to Rotorua and Castlecliff. Also includes many photographs of scenery at Marton, New Plymouth, Rotorua, Rotoma, Castlecliff, Dunedin, Oamaru, Taranaki, Auckland, Cambridge, Coromandel, and Tauranga. Includes scenes of the University of Auckland Clocktower Building, Auckland Zoo, and Oamaru Gardens. Includes three photographs taken in India, possibly sent to Vera by Grace and Alice Clemance, who are pictured in one photograph. There are also photographs of a Presbyterian Bible Class Conference in Oamaru in 1926-1927, the Dunedin Exhibition 1925-1926, a scene of several of Nicol family members and others wearing feather cloaks and standing at the front of a painted, carved whare (possibly near Rotorua or Rotoma), and scenes from the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927 (likely commercial photographs). Some photographs have been torn out. Two prints from the album are also in another group of Nicol family photographs. A group photograph at the Bible Class Conference is at PAColl-10552-2-9 and a print of a family picnic is at PAColl-10552-2-5. Manuscript material and photographs relating to Frank Nicol are held by Archives Central in Rangitikei District Council Collection. See RDC 00087:6/N/3; RDC 00087:11/N/8; RDC 00087:12/N7; A/2013/43:8 - 15. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 443 prints. Physical Description: Photograph album, 24.5 x 30, with soft suede cover tooled with a flower spray and the word "Snaps", and papers bound with a brown ribbon tie. One page has been stapled to the last bound page. Inscribed on the inside front cover "To Vera from Dorrie with lots of love Xmas 1925".

Date: [late 1940s-1950s], 1967

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9924-3

Description: A range of photographs taken in New Zealand, particularly scenes in the Ruapehu district. Most taken taken about 1940s-1950s. One taken circa 1967. Most photographs probably taken by by Neville Mosen. Some may have been collected by him. Also two images entered into photographic competitions by Mosen. Also a set of 10 handcoloured images, chiefly images taken in the Ruapehu district. Includes: one of Raetihi one of the Mahuia Rapids one of the bridge over the Ohakune Stream one of the Chateau Tongariro hotel at Whakapapa, Ruapehu one of a ship, possibly during a stranding at Wanganui one of a United States Air Force aeroplane on the tarmac two of top dressing at Raetihi one of a woman at Ketetahi Springs, Mount Tongariro one of marching girls, possibly at Ohakune one of a native clematis in flower one of a steam boat, possibly a paddle steamer one of the Huka Falls one of the power station for Raetihi one of a window display in a retailer's window (appears to be a stationery/book/recording/watch repair shop) showing games, books etc and a sign reading 'Remember the royal visit.' Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s) hand coloured. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1903-ca 1906], [ca 1940s-1960s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

By: Bell Brothers (Firm); Billens, Henry, 1846-1936

Reference: PAColl-9924-4

Description: Photographs collected and taken by Neville Mosen, including ones of Neville and his family. Comprises: Four photographs taken 1903-ca 1906. One of a wedding dated 1903. Three by Marton photographers (Neville's wife's family came from Marton. Her mother's maiden name was Nicol). One by Henry Billens that possibly shows a household dramatic group. Two by Bell Brothers: a portrait of young women, possibly a school group with their teacher. It is labelled "Etta Nuttall. Winter 5 Harry St Tauranga (Henderson)". The other Bell Brothers image (damaged) shows the opening of the Marton Bowling Club Season, October 10, 1906. 15 images taken circa 1940s-1960s relating to Neville Mosen, his wife, their families and friends, including ones at the Mangawhero River and the Mangaturuturu Falls and one of Neville and wife Vera on the front step of their first home in Raetihi. One of a group outside 'Norian' the beehive house in New Plymouth taken circa early 1960s. Seven of a trip made by Neville to Western Australia in the 1960s. Includes images of a car packed for a journey trip and exteriors of hotels he stayed in. Other - Information in square brackets on back of some images was provided by Neville's son Brian. Manuscript material and photographs relating to Frank Nicol are held by Archives Central in Rangitikei District Council Collection. See RDC 00087:6/N/3; RDC 00087:11/N/8; RDC 00087:12/N7; A/2013/43:8 - 15. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [late 1940s-1950s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9924-1

Description: Chiefly photographs of Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro and the areas surrounding them. Also three images of Mount Taranaki and one that is possibly the Southern Alps. All taken about 1940s-1950s. Most photographs are likely to have been taken by Neville Mosen. Some may have been collected by him. Includes some taken during eruptions at Mount Ngauruhoe between 1949 and 1954. Also includes one of tussock near the Desert Road; one of Rangataua Lakes; a view including Ohakune Cemetery; a view from Waipuna Ridge; a group on lava flow at Mount Ngauruhoe; Boy Scouts with steam from Mount (Ngauruhoe?) behind them; Red Crater on Mount Tongariro; Blue and Green Lakes (Lake Rotokakahi and Lake Tikitapu) on Mount Tongariro; a lake on Mount Ruapehu, possibly the crater lake. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1906?-1954

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-0670

Description: Photographs taken by Neville Mosen of Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe between 1945 and 1954, and Nicol family photographs and other photographs taken in Marton by unknown photographers in the early 1900s, possibly collected by Neville's wife Vera, whose mother was born Florence Nicol in Marton. PAColl-0670-1-1 shows several men standing inside a partially constructed house. "Marton" is inscribed on the back. PAColl-0670-1-2 shows several men and boys, one girl, and a dog standing outside John Murray Nicol's Marton Bakery. Several of the men are wearing aprons; one is holding a sack of flour and another is holding a large woven basket. The girl and one boy hold shopping baskets. A bicycle stands propped against a hitching post in the foreground. It was likely taken between 1906 and 1910. PAColl-0670-1-3 is a photograph of a group of men standing on the doorstep of what appears to be an official building of some kind. All the men are wearing suits except two men at the front of the group in working aprons, one of whom is holding a plasterer's hawk and finishing trowel, suggesting that the photograph may have been taken after a stone or plaque laying ceremony. It is inscribed on the back "Marton". PAColl-0670-1-4 is a photograph of a group of young women, possibly including Florence Ward (nee Nicol). It is inscribed on the back "Mrs Ward Tauranga" and "We think that this photo was taken sometime about -[illegible] 1907 - or 1908 Will be thinking of you all Gratis as always Nell Niell". PAColl-0670-2-01 to -2-10 are photographs taken by Neville Mosen; most are inscribed on the back, and one is stamped "N. H. Mosen Photographer Raetihi". There are two of Mount Ngauruhoe erupting in 1954 and four of Mount Ruapehu erupting in 1945, taken from Raetihi, Makaranui and National Park; one is hand-coloured. Other photographs show a view from a boat on the Whanganui River and various views of Mount Ruapehu from Makaranui and Raetihi, one entitled "The Long White Cloud" showing lenticular cloud over Mount Ruapehu. John Murray Nicol appears in the Wise's Directory as a baker in Broadway, Marton in 1906 and 1908. John Murray Nicol was Florence Nicol's father. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s) 1 handcoloured. Physical Description: Black and white prints of various sizes, some mounted, and one hand-coloured.

Date: 1932-1970s

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10552-1

Description: Photographs, mainly of Tongariro Tramping Club and Mosen family tramping trips, either taken or collected by Neville Mosen, from 1932 to the 1970s. Also includes some photographs of scenery in the Ruapehu District, including a mounted photograph of Rangataua Lakes and Mount Ruapehu. Includes images from a Tramping Club trip to Rotorua; views of several tramping huts, including Parawai Tramping Club about to repair Mangaiti Hut; Brian Mosen with "his first and last deer shot". Some photographs have been hand-coloured. People pictured in the images include Tom Shout, Tongariro Tramping Club president and mayor of Raetihi; Alan Bowater; Sue Mains; Jessie Seaman; Bud Seaman; Jack Timo; the Te Wano family; Peter Luke; Jack Williams; Bill Mead; Bruce Davis; Thelma Thornton; Colin Pritchard; Gordon Hunt; Brian Haitana; and Neville, Vera, Brian, Delma, Graham, John, and Colleen Mosen. Several photographs show Neville Mosen and others smoking. Locations include the Mangawhero pools, Mangaturuturu Valley, Tama Lake, Girdlestone Peak, Waipakihi River, Blyth Hut, Mountain Road, the Crater Lake on Mount Ruapehu, and Dawson Falls. The earliest photograph is of a Tongariro Tramping Club group at the Crater Lake in 1932, and the latest are photographs of the Mosen family at Mangaiti Hut in the 1970s. The donor provided descriptions and possible dates for 36 of the prints. These notes are in a separate envelope in the box holding the prints. Title supplied by Library. The Library also holds a photograph album from the Tongariro Tramping Club of the club trip to Rotorua. See PA1-o-496. Arrangement: 36 of the prints were each wrapped in a piece of notepaper, on which the donor had noted the people, locations, and activities shown, and possible dates. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s) 3 handcoloured. Physical Description: 39 black and white prints of various sizes, some hand-coloured, and one mounted on board.

Date: [1910?-1920s?]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

By: Clarke, William John, 1873?-1942; Spicer, Alan, 1863?-1923; Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PAColl-10552-2

Description: Mounted family photographs, taken by E A Philipps, Alan Spicer, William John Clarke, and unknown photographers, from possibly 1910 to the 1920s. Most of the photographs are of the Nicol family (Vera Mosen's mother's family) as well as two from the Mosen family. PAColl-10552-2-1 is by E. A Philllips and shows Edwin Herbert Mosen on the left and Robert John Mosen on the right of a large tree they are cutting down. As well as the photographer's name on the left front, the mount is printed on the right front with "late of Dunedin and Invercargill". PAColl-10552-2-2 is a wedding group, showing, from left to right, Ivy Rose, Dora Lillian Rose (the bride), Edwin Herbert Mosen (the groom), and Robert John Mosen. PAColl-10552-2-3 is a photograph of Elizabeth (Bessie) Ward and Vera Florence Ward as children. PAColl-10552-2-4 is a studio portrait of six Nicol siblings, including Florence (left), Frank (seated), Vera, Rose Nicol (seated right), and two others. In it Florence Nicol is younger than in her 1913 wedding photograph; the photograph was possibly taken about 1910. PAColl-10552-2-5 is a Nicol family group seated outdoors. Names are inscribed in pencil at the bottom of the print. From left to right " Uncle Jack [Nicol], grandma, Frank [Nicol] , Hope (Jack's wife) [Nicol], Nellie, Aunty Rose [Nicol]". The photograph is inscribed on the back "The Mosen family Raetihi" (which has been crossed out) and "The Nichol family Marton"; the 'h' in 'Nichol' has been crossed out. PAColl-10552-2-6 is a photograph of Norman, Florence (nee Nicol) and Elizabeth Ward. It is inscribed on the front left "taken October 1914". It is inscribed on the back "Xmas 1914 To Nell with love from Norman & Florrie wishing you a Merry Xmas & a happy New Year". PAColl-10552-2-7 is a photograph of Elizabeth (Bessie), Vera and Hugh Ward as children. It is inscribed on the back "Love to Auntie Mary Wishing you many happy returns of the day Aug 1923", in ink. There is also a faint pencilled inscription that says "Gate Pa". PAColl-10552-2-8 is a wedding photograph of Florence Nicol and Norman Ward, taken by Alan Spicer, Wellington. It is inscribed on the back "To Rose from Norman and Florrie Feb 1913". PAColl-10552-2-9 is a group photograph taken by William John Clarke of the Palmerston North District attendees at a Presbyterian Bible Class Conference in Oamaru over late December 1926 to January 1927 that includes Vera Nicol and Jack Nicol. It is inscribed on the back in ink "PN District Palmerston North Marton Feilding Taihape". Two other hands have written in pencil " Timaru [crossed out] Oamaru Conference 1915-1916 [crossed out] not 1916". There are other prints of PAColl-10552-2-5 and PAColl-10552-2-9 in Vera Nicol's photograph album (PA1-o-1972). The donor provided notes with names of subjects for some of the prints, which were later annotated by an ATL curator in discussion with the donor. These notes are in a separate envelope in the box holding the prints. Manuscript material and photographs relating to Frank Nicol are held by Archives Central in the Rangitikei District Council Collection. See RDC 00087:6/N/3; RDC 00087:11/N/8; RDC 00087:12/N7; A/2013/43:8 - 15. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Physical Description: Black and white mounted photographic prints.