Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Name transcribed from stamp on back of file print of neg 1/2-C-09151. Stamp reads:" P F Nash Photographer 2nd Floor Mahony's Buildings Shortland St Phone 44-026". Information on back of file print of 1/2-147323 reads (G M McGavin's (NB G M McGavin lent photos in PAColl-5575) mother's only brother. Later a photographer with the Weekly News. Wife from Chch. Had a son Jack who lived in Palmerston North (1983). Died in 1952 aged 67 years [Source: Online historical BDM]

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The New Zealand `K Force' and Malaysian and Russian police

Date: 1950 - 1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Paul Popper Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-013

Description: Photographs of military aircraft, troopships and soldiers at Burnham and Waiouru military bases training for K Force operations, taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Also photographs of Malaysian police guarding Chinese-owned tin mines from Communist bandits in 1951 and one photograph of Russian police at the Brandenburg Gate in 1953. Photographers include George Weigel and Paul Popper. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Sheep and sheep runs

Date: [1930s-1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-190

Description: Photographs taken for publication in New Free Lance, ca 1930s-1940s (many undated). Names of identified photographers and places added to Name and Place fields; also one undated photograph by H Neville Ross, Masterton. Includes scenes on sheep stations throughout New Zealand showing mustering, shearing, stock yards, musterers, Merino rams, etc. Photographs of H M Campbell's station, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay; sheep on reclaimed land Ahuriri Lagoon, Hawke's Bay; sheep mustered on land beside the Wellington motorway, ca 1940s; Hautu detention farm, Tokaanu; girl with her pet lamb, Makarora, Lake Wanaka (photographer Thelma Kent). Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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French, Australian, and New Zealand Tours, and provincial rugby photographs

Date: [ca 1920-1970]

From: McLean, Terence Power (Sir), 1913-2004: Photographs

By: Auckland star (Newspaper); Buckley, Edgar Hugh, 1913-2012; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Green & Hahn (Firm); A R Kingsford & Son (Firm); Frommherz, Max, active 1954-1958; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; New Zealand herald (Newspaper); New Zealand weekly news (Newspaper); Sydney morning herald (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-10107-3

Description: Prints collected by Terence Power McLean. Many images relate to All Blacks rugby games against France and Australia, but also unidentified All Blacks games, matches between provincial teams in New Zealand, training images, Eden Park crowds, and group and individual portraits of players and teams. The bulk of images were taken circa 1930s to 1960s, but some earlier content is included. Mainly taken by commercial and press photographers. Contains images of the 1968 French Tour of Australasia, including tests against All Blacks (Athletic Park, Wellington, 27 Jul and Eden Park, Auckland, 10 Aug), Waikato (Rugby Park, Hamilton, 6 Aug), Marlborough (Landsdowne Park, Blenheim, 3 Jul), and Australia. Also single prints of two games at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colmbes, Paris, against France during separate All Black tours (8 Feb 1964 and 25 Nov 1967). Identified players include Colin Meads, Kel Tremain, B Dauga, Bruce McLeod, A Plantefol, Kenneth Gray, Brian Lochore, Samuel Strahan, J Iracabal, Sidney Going, J L Berot, Alister Hopkinson, E Cester, J C Noble, M Billiere, Grahame Thorne, Jean Trillo, Jean-Pierre Lux, J M Bonal, Chris Laidlaw, M Crauste, Jean-Pierre Salut, Richard May, Ray Neal, and D Dauga. There is also one training image of the 1968 French team. One print is signed 'To Fred, with grateful thanks - Graeme Thorne'. Further international games include All Blacks verses Australia (New Zealand, 1962) and New South Wales (Australia, ca 1960s). Contains prints of the All Blacks playing unidentified opponents, including a team in Redwood, California, United States of America. Identified players include C P Crittle, G A Chapman, P G Johnson, J E Thornett, J E Freedman, R N Thornett and Stanley Meads, Colin Meads, Mr McPhillips, Mr Barry, Laurie Haig, Vincent Bevan, Patrick Crowley, and Peter Johnstone. A series of seven prints show the large crowd at an unidentified Eden Park test match, with spectators in trees and rubbish after the match. International and provincial teams are also depicted training, with one early image taken on board a ship. Also contains one image identified as a Rugby League match between England and Australia [ca 1930s?]. Provincial games show [Auckland?] University verses Ponsonby, Manawatu verses Southland, Rugby Park, Invercargill (1939), North versus South [Islands?], Auckland versus Wellington, Waikato versus Canterbury, and an unidentified team with a pirate crest. Team portraits show Canterbury team (identified on the back of the print) and two unidentified teams. Individual portraits include John Lorraine Sullivan, various [Auckland?] players, and All Black [D Max?] of Nelson. More casual images feature Tony Novis, Roger Strong, Tommy Davis, and Harold Jones [of Australia?] in the Southern Alps, as well as Brian Lahore on the field and T P McLean and [Fred Allen?] with a group of unidentified men. Photographers, publishers, and press agencies listed are Weekly News, Herald, Auckland Star, Associated Press, Sydney Morning Herald, Reginald McGovern (Redwood City Tribune), Green & Hahn, John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (Sydney), The Evening Post, P F Nash, E H Buckley, Marine Photos, Max Frommherz, The Dominion and Sunday Times, The Sun Newspapers Ltd, Lex Grieves, A R Kingsford, Ginders, and Sports & General Arrangement: Material came into library in disordered state. Library arranged into loose chronology. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

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Gardening and general subjects

Date: 1860, ca 1880s, ca 1930-1956

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-016

Description: Miscellaneous photographs on general subjects made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. They include photographs of the Portobello Marine Research Station, the Chinese Notables Conference of 1947, The Avenue, Wanganui in 1860, Charleston ca 1880s, the war cemetery in El Alamein and Maori digging for Toheroa on Ninety Mile Beach in 1934. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Yachting

Date: 1930-1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-049

Description: Photographs of yachts and yachting regattas, 1930 to 1950, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Also includes photographs of crew and interior of the Wanganui and the Amokura. Photographers include A W Powell and P F Nash. Group photograph taken at the Amokura Old Boys' Association conference held in Wellington in 1950. Includes J F Burrows of Hamilton (Dominion secretary); J Jenkins, Wellington secretary; S Hopper, Wellington (Dominion president, and former instructor); J Power, Wellington (Chief instructor of the Amokura). Published in NZ Free Lance, 19 Apr 1950, p 28. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Yachting personalities

Date: 1932 - 1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Pickard, D, active 1940s-1950s; Lackland, Edward Clark, 1898-1970; Ross, H N, active 1931; Green & Hahn (Firm); Anderson, Robert A, active 1941-1962; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; Crago, Eric William, 1904-1992

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-046

Description: Photographs of yachting personalities, 1932 to 1953, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Photographers include A W Powell, E C Lackland, Green and Hahn, R J Anderson, P F Nash, D Pickard, W G Weigel and S C Smith. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Creator unknown :Photograph of the ship Monterey taken by P F Nash

Date: [194-?]

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: PAColl-9605

Description: Photograph of the ship 'Monterey'.Location unidentified, possibly Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1940s by Percival Frederick Nash. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Nash, P F, fl 1934 (Photographer) : Campbell Street, Karori, Wellington, looking toward...

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Mrs Gwen McGavin per K M Wood :Photographs relating to the Kilmister family and Karori

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: 1/2-147323-F

Description: Campbell Street, Karori, Wellington, looking towards the main road, circa 1910. Photograph taken by P F Nash. Note on back of file print reads "Campbells farm on left. Donald's Tea Gardens site, on right." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Mohaka viaduct under construction

Date: [ca 16 December 1936]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: PAColl-5936-03

Description: Mohaka viaduct under construction, circa 16 December, 1936. Photograph taken by P F Nash. This photograph was published in the New Zealand Free Lance magazine on 16 December 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Sir Charles Bledisloe Bathurst being presented with a painting, Waitangi

Date: 1934

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: 1/2-C-09151-F

Description: Sir Charles Bledisloe Bathurst being presented with a painting at Waitangi. Taken by P F Nash in 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

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