Photographs relating to New Zealand Rugby League and Wellington Show Association

Contains 39 photographs, mostly black and white and captioned on the reverse. Included are 21 black and white photographs taken during English's rugby league playing career, in particular of the 1951 playing tour of England and France, These photos show games in progress and the team visiting various places in France and the North of England. Also included are formal team photographs, including the 1951 touring team, The Wellington Police Team, Wellington representative team, Test selection teams (Probables and Possibles), some unidentified teams, and Rugby League officials. Also included are two photographs relating to the tour of the New South Wales Police cricket team: one formal, showing the New South Wales Police and Wellington Police teams, the other showing players walking on to the field. There is a team photo of Philips Electrical Cricket Club, 1966/67 season,

Also 12 black and white and three colour photographs, captioned on the reverse, relating to Trade Shows between 1971 and 1978. Events include 1971 International Trade Fair, 1973 New Zealand Trade fair, 1975 World Trade Fair, and the 1978 New Zealand Trade Fair. Subjects include Kenneth English, delegates from Korea, Austria, and Israel, and entertainers and politicians including Keith Holyoake, Ernest Toop, Howard Morrison, and Liza Pope, There is one formal group coloured photograph entitled Executives and Guests, Wellington Show Association 50th Golden jubilee Annual General Meeting.

Prints are products of a variety of studios, From New Zealand (National Publicity Studios, Wellington, Photo News Ltd, Wellington, K E Niven Ltd, Wellington, Aunt Maud's Photography, Auckland, Klix Studio, Wellington), England (John Murray, Liverpool, YE News photo, Leeds, Sport and General Press Agency Ltd, London), and France (Photo Montagre, J Lacan, Limoges)

Quantity: 36 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: 39 photographic prints of various sizes, mostly black and white, and captioned on the reverse

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