Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Date: Dec 1957-25 May 1959

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1798

Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, 1958-1959, with the majority of images taken in 1958. Featured events include: the flooding of the Otira River (Dec 1957) with damaged infrastructure; the visit of a United States Air Force jet as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebrations (Mar 1958); Main Trunk Line 50th anniversary celebrations (1958), including Ohakune lunch, Taumarunui dinner, and a Rangataua scene (6 Nov 1948) as well as a parade in Taumarunui (8 Nov 1958); the opening of the Greymouth Automatic Telephone Exchange (14 Nov 1958); the first of the Railway Road Services new fleet of omnicoaches and the opening of a Railway Road Services garage in Rotorua (Dec, 1958); the visit of a United States Air Force jet for the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebration (Mar 1958); a pre-Christmas function at Moohan's office (Dec 1958); and the Milson Railway Deviation in Palmerston North (22 May 1959). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Transferred to PAColl-10065: One print of woman working at [telegraph machine?] while the minister and others look on and two newspaper clippings. The first clipping concerns the government's budget and the other is a photograph of Labour Party members of parliament looking at Fur Dressers and Dyers (New Zealand) products while on a tour of Dunedin and Otago industrial concerns..

Date: 16-17 Feb 1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1797

Description: Photograph album detailing the journey of The Minister's Special Daylight Express train from Wellington to Auckland on the 16 Feb 1960 and the return journey the next day. Features Minister Michael Moohan and other invited guests riding on the train, those working on the train, and members of the press as well as the train interior and passing vistas (scenery, school children, bowling club members and railway infrastructure). Stops at railway stations en route and different locomotives are also documented. The photographer, and compiler of albums, is unidentified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 14 Jul 1959-1 Mar 1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1799

Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, 1959-1960. Featured events include: the opening of the Milson Railway deviation with Prime Minister Walter Nash (27 Jul 1959); turning of the first sod on the Nelson to Blenheim section of the South Island Main Trunk Line (1 Mar 1960); visit to the Anthony Squires factory, Frankton Junction (26 Nov 1959); group of politicians at Wanganui Memorial Centre (Feb 1960), Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Warsaw (Aug 1959); Trentham Racecourse during the visit of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia; opening of the new commercial branch of the Auckland Post Office (Feb 1960), joining of the final section of the coaxial cable between Wellington and Palmerston North at Te Horo (18 Dec 1959); the Christchurch mail room; the opening of the New Plymouth Chief Post Office (14 May 1959); Moohan's visit to London (1959); Hamilton by-election organisers with a Labour Party car; and Prime Minister's Social opening Parliament (22 Jun 1960). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: Jan 1960-22 Jun 1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1800

Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, Jan-Jun 1960. Events covered include: Prime Minister's Social, opening of Parliament (22 Jun 1960); Ministry of Works presentation of model for Wainuiomata Road; presentation of Palmerston North railway station and goods sheds models to Palmerston North City Council; Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) Golden Jubilee, Addington Branch (28 May 1960); opening of the Railway Road Services Terminal, Greymouth (19 May 1960); opening the Penrose Post Office, Auckland (May 1960); laying of foundation stones at telephone exchanges in Te Awamutu and Tauranga; Philips Conference Train (May 1960), featuring the welcome and return of the train; the handover of locomotive Wa68 "Dido" at Napier (7 Apr 1960) with numerous school children; drinks at the Bay of Plenty Racing Club in Tauranga (16 Mar 1960); opening of the Cambridge Telephone Exchange (May 1960); visit of Tunku Abul Rahman to Wellington Races (Jan 1960); ceremony laying the foundation stone of Masterton Post Office (April 1960); travelling in the Ministerial carriage Invercargill (May 1960); cutover to automatic at Port Chalmers Telephone Exchange (May 1960); visit to Egypt with Mrs Moohan and Mr and Mrs Ray Kemp; and the opening of the "Rail-Air" terminal buildings at Wellington Airport (21 Apr 1960). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Other - 13 photographic prints and two newspaper clippings transferred to PACol.

Date: 18 Oct-18 Nov 1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1801

Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, Oct-Nov 1960. Events covered are mainly openings of buildings relating to railways and post offices. These feature speeches, dignitaries, and the facilities, including: Porirua-Mana railway deviation and duplication (7 Nov); Titahi Bay Post Office (18 Nov); Railways Travel Centre in Rotorua (15 Nov); Christchurch Railway Station (also covered is the first meeting held in its conference facility) (1 Nov); East Linwood Post Office, Christchurch (1 Nov); Lake Road Post Office, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland (26 Oct); railway tranship shed, Frankton, Hamilton (25 Oct); and the Longburn railway bridge (18 Oct). Album also contains photographs of the minister signing contract documents for a rail-road ferry [Aramoana?] and the laying of the foundation stone at Morrinsville Post Office (25 Oct). The photographer, and compiler of the album, is unidentifided. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1956-1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PAColl-10065

Description: Contains loose prints and clippings from albums detailing Moohan's work as a government minister, 1956-1960. Photographic prints feature international travel, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Warsaw, Poland (Aug 1959), Moohan's trip to the United States of America (1956 - see prints no 9, 10, 15), and a dam construction site [Middle East or North Africa?]. New Zealand images include ministerial visits to post offices, unidentified factories, and offices. Also contains a number of formal portraits of Moohan and a picture of a Road Services bus. Identified figures are listed in the names field. Newspaper clippings concern the government's budget, Labour Party MPs tour of Otago industrial concerns (Fur Dressers and Dyers, New Zealand), Moohan's visit with Governor James F Byrnes of the United States (in South Carolina's The State newspaper, 1956), and leader of the opposition Arnold Henry Nordmeyer's visit to New Plymouth. Identified photographers include The Dominion, The Evening Post, Sports and General Press Agency (London), Photocraft (Petone), and Taranaki Daily News. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints and newspaper clippings Transfers: Other - Loose prints transferred from albums, including PA1-o-1798 and PA1-o-1800..