Wigram Aerodrome

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

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: 1936

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-AVH-03-08-2-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation or predecessor. Shows part two of a two part panorama of Wigram, Christchurch with United Airways DH86 aircraft. Shows aircraft 'Karoro' and other small aircraft. Title taken from original enclosure. Arrangement: Original box labelled " Union Airways DH Express 86 South Island 1936-1939" and "Union Blenheim Dec 1937". Original negative envelope read: "Care: two plates| U A| Pano Wigram| Chch| DH86| 1936". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 1/4 plate. Processing information: Description created from original item housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 1936

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-AVH-03-08-1-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation or predecessor. Shows part one of a two part panorama of Wigram, Christchurch with United Airways DH86 aircraft. Shows aircraft 'Karoro' and other small aircraft. Title taken from original enclosure. Arrangement: Original box labelled " Union Airways DH Express 86 South Island 1936-1939" and "Union Blenheim Dec 1937". Original negative envelope read: "Care: two plates| U A| Pano Wigram| Chch| DH86| 1936". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 1/4 plate. Processing information: Description created from original item housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

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: 1928

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

Reference: 1/2-084043-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: 1/2-084044-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: 1/2-084045-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: 1/2-084051-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: 1/2-084052-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: 1/2-084053-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: 1/2-084050-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: Aug 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21355-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Aug 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21350-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13904-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1933

Reference: 1/1-022288-G

Description: Photograph of a group including Charles Kingsford Smith (striped tie) and John Stannage (to right of Smith), 1933, at Wigram Aerodrome, Christchurch. Occasion unidentified. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Aug 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21357-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Aug 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21349-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Aug 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21356-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 15 March 1927

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

Reference: Pan-0064-F

Description: HRH Duke of York inspecting Sockburn Aerodrome, taken 15 March 1927 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "H.R.H. Duke of York inspecting Sockburn Aerodrome Ch.Ch. New Zealand. 15.3.27" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 125.2 cm