Lantern slides primarily of gardens and holidays in New Zealand and the United Kingdom

Lantern slides of gardens, flowers, houses and buildings, farming, and vacations in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, circa 1930s-1950s. Photographer(s) are unidentified. Some images are labelled with captions naming the subject.

Slides include:

- Photographs relating to gardening, including a variety of flower gardens and vegetable gardens. These include an unidentified woman in her vegetable garden on a farm with a spaniel watching on, a man with a plough in a vegetable garden on the same farm, and a group of unidentified women with a wheelbarrow full of produce. Two studio images show plants formally arranged in pots [possibly copies?].

- Image of houses and buildings in New Zealand, including unidentified villas, Auckland University Clock Tower, 'Otahuna' (the residence of Sir Heaton Rhodes in Tai Tapu) with field of blooming daffodils in the foreground, [railway?] sheds at the Port of Tauranga with Mount Manganui in the background, the T&G Building and adjacent earthquake memorial colonnade in Napier, and the Cawthron Institute building and garden in Nelson. Set also includes images buildings in England including a country cottage, Tudor houses [in Chester?], the chapter house of an unidentified cathedral, and Georgian terrace houses. The English images also include unidentified people.

- Holiday photographs include Milford Sound, Farewell Spit (with lighthouse and dunes), and coastal and lake scenes (with boats, including the launch 'Ratahi'). Unidentified people appear in a number of these photographs. Also includes a single photograph of the Pan American Airways (Pan Am) seaplane 'Honolulu' on the water and two photographs of the parade at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London, with one showing Queen Elizabeth in her carriage.

- Images relating to farming and industry include a ewe and a lamb in a paddock, a flock of sheep being corralled by farm dogs, hay making, wool being loaded onto a barge, and [flax?] drying in a field.

Arrangement: Set contains slides from box 6

Quantity: 26 b&w lantern slide(s). 14 colour lantern slide(s).

Physical Description: Lantern slides