Biplanes

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-5948-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-5949-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-5958-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Between 1924 and 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2107-F

Description: Panoramic view of two lines of military biplanes lined up on the ground at Sockburn Aerodrome. They include Bristol F2B Fighters, Avro 504K, De Havilland DH.9 and DH.4 airplanes. An unidentified woman wearing a coat and cloche hat in standing in front of the plane on the left. Hangars in the middle distance on the right, and groups of people near the hangars. Possibly relates to the establishment of a permanent NZ Air Force at Sockburn after Henry Wigram signed over the assets of the Canterbury Aviation Company to the government. See article on internet: www.teara.govt.nz/en/aviation/page-3). Photograph taken in between 1924 and 1927 by Robert Percy Moore. Or possibly taken during the visit of H.R.H the Duke of York in 1927. Similar image (Pan-1424) was taken in 1924, but Pan-2107 has a later number given by Moore which relates to others taken around the time the Duke of York was in New Zealand in 1927. Refer also Pan-1464 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Sockburn Aerodrome, Christchurch, New Zealand. No. 692 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 132.0 cm

Date: 1931 - 1935

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-033

Description: Drawing shows a bi-plane on an airfield. A uniformed man carries a sack of mail from a van on the far right, to be loaded on to the plane. The centre back ground has the word "Airmail" written above sun rays emanating from cumulus clouds, with Mount Cook in the left distance, and a steaming Mount Ngauruhoe in the right distance. This stamp design was a competition entry. It may have been for the 1931 stamp issue, a competition won by Leonard Cornwall Mitchell. Other Titles - Threepence; number one Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Artist's name and address] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 185 x 290 mm.

Date: 1931 - 1935

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-034

Description: Drawing shows a bi-plane seen in left profile, on an airfield. The centre background shows the word "Airmail" written above another biplane which flies from city skyscrapers at the left to a snowy mountain, Mount Taranaki, at the right. This stamp design was a competition entry. Other Titles - One shilling; number two Inscriptions: Recto - top right - [Rubber stamp]: 23; Verso - centre - [Artist's name and address] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 185 x 290 mm.

Date: [Circa 1914-1919]

By: Stevenson, Audrey, active 1976

Reference: PA1-o-480

Description: Photographs relating to New Zealand soldiers during the first World War. The first section shows men embarking on the troopship Willochra, horses being transported on the troopship Tahiti; and shipboard life. The next scenes are in Colombo, with barges bringing coal to the ship; and arrival in Bombay with workmen hauling the ship into dock and unloading horses. Three images show German biplanes abandoned, and some scrapped in the area of Mauberge [i.e. Maubeuge]; then AA guns abandoned by the Germans at Keumiee. Several views of bridges over the Rhine, including a group of three New Zealand soldiers on horseback crossing one of the bridges; also several scenes of bridges in Bonn, some showing two NZ soldiers. Other places include snapshots of Cologne and Refrath. Several photographs at the end of the album show NZ soldiers including "a party of visitors"; four men identified as Thornton, George, Rae, and Angus; and a group of 8 men outside a buidling "Christmas in Germany". The final two images show the Prince of Wales, "Visits, shooting match". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled "From my camera" in gold lettering; 15 x 11 cm

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1424-F

Description: Eleven military biplanes lined up on the ground at Sockburn Aerodrome. They include Bristol F2B Fighters, Avro 504K, De Havilland DH.9 and DH.4 airplanes. Plane identifications (where visible) include G-NZAE, G-NZAH (Firefly) and J, in row nearest camera; and E 3137, H.1966, in second row. Row of military officers and officials standing in front of the machines. Possibly relates to the establishment of a permanent NZ Air Force at Sockburn after Henry Wigram signed over the assets of the Canterbury Aviation Company to the government. See article on internet: www.teara.govt.nz/en/aviation/page-3). Photograph taken in 1924 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2107 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No. 531 Sockburn Aerodrome Christchurch N.Z. 1924; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Sockburn [Aerodrome]. Christchurch Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative

Date: [Between 1915 and 1918]

By: Davis, L P, active 1915

Reference: PA1-o-514

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by L P Davis. (Possibly I P Davis). They all relate to the First World War, first in Egypt and Palestine, with a break in England, before then being posted to Belgium and France. Many of the desert photographs are associated with medical arrangements, with the transportation of wounded soldiers on "cacelot camels", and on sledges or sandcarts; the Imperial Camel Corps; the 27th General Hospital in Cairo; care of wounded Turkish soldiers; and the New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance. Other desert images show a group of Scottish soldiers; Bedouin prisoners; camel convoys; transportation of soldiers across the desert on long open trains; the transportation of water tanks by camel; biplanes; and British and German tanks. The English photographs are taken in London and Cambridge. The Belgian and French photographs show bomb damage, particularly at Ypres, including damage to the Cathedral; the village of Bapaume after capture by New Zealand troops in 1918; Boulogne, Bertincourt, Messines and Armentieres; with one photograph of a horse laden with ammunition bogged down in a sink hole. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan pigskin cover, entitled "Photographs" with name in lower right-hand corner "L.P. Davis" (?); 16.5 x 21.0 cm Provenance: Donated by Ruth Watson, Auckland, 1985

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-5959-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1914-1919]

From: Smith, Olive Margaret, active 2015: Collection of photographs of New Zealand scenes

By: Jenkin, Cecilia, 1849-1935; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PA1-o-1952

Description: Small photograph album containing commercial and original photographs of New Zealand scenes taken by unidentified photographers circa 1914-1919, probably originally belonging to Cecilia Jenkin (McColl). Includes several photographs of World War One victory celebrations in Oamaru, including a parade, the Waitaki County Council Chambers with bunting wrapped around the front columns, and a Waitaki County Council truck decorated in greenery with costumed people on the back. Also includes photographs of people in fancy dress (one group has a sign saying "Ancient Order of Tricky Troubadours"), Oamaru Chief Post Office, a boys' fife band, streetscapes and country scenes. The commercial photographs include "H.M.S. New Zealand", two of biplanes inscribed "J. Griffiths photo" and "protected 10.11.14", and Timaru Gardens. Photographs of "Burke's Pass Hotel", the interior of the Hermitage and Mueller's Hut, Mount Cook are inscribed with the location and with "Tanner Bros Ld. photo". The album has the number 145 on a small sticker on the front cover. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 24 photographic prints. Physical Description: Maroon cloth-covered photograph album, 13 x 16 cm, with embossed gold "ALBUM" on the front, containing 24 silver gelatin photographic prints. Provenance: Celia Jenkin (McColl) was the donor's grandmother.

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [Posters of around A2 and A1 size related to radio programmes, radio stations. 1960-1989]

By: Radio Hauraki (Radio station)

Reference: Eph-D-RADIO-1970s-01

Description: Poster shows a yellow kite with a face, and with a long "tail" tied with seventeen bows. A biplane files in the distance at the right. Beyond the kite is a cloud, superimposed with the words "The Fifth Annual Radio Hauraki Kite Day" as if written in rope. Below and around are coloured musical notes, and three smiling "notes" with legs walk in a line at the lower edge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 550 x 373 mm.

Date: February 1995

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PAColl-10788-02

Description: Photographic prints of press photography by Damer Farrell from February 1995. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Processing information: Photographic prints originally enclosed in brown paper bag annotated "February 1995" were rehoused in archival enclosures.

Date: 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084040-G

Description: Photograph taken in 1928 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084041-G

Description: Photograph taken in 1928 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084085-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1930s by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084083-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1930s by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084086-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1930s by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084087-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1930s by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative