Fort Nassau
Journey from New Zealand via Curacao, and commercial slides of New Zealand
Date: 1958 to June 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969
Reference: PA12-8800
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand between 1958 and 1959, and his return voyage to England aboard the Corinthic. This sheet of slides has two sections. The first 6 images relate to his voyage home with views of Fort Nassau and Willemstad in Curacao, and distant views of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The second section shows purchased slides of New Zealand. These include some from a set of Maori images and New Zealand plants produced by "Kiwi Colour Slides" and one of pohutukawa flowers taken by N. Hatwell. Subjects listed above. Slides on this sheet are numbered 699-722 with gaps for nos. 705, 707-709 which were removed for lectures on New Zealand when he returned home to England. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 705, 707-709), purchased slides showing a Maori poi dance, plaiting flax, Maori cloaks and a Maori carver for his representative collection on New Zealand used in a lecture series when he returned to England. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Travel from New Zealand on the Corinthic via the Panama Canal
Date: June 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA12-8799
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') return voyage from New Zealand to England on the Corinthic. The first 14 images show aspects of the Panama Canal including the Mireflores Locks, Pedro Miguel Docks, the Culebra (or Gaillard) Cut, Gamboa and the Gatun Locks. The last 10 slides show arrival in Curacao, and views of Willemstad. These show the wharves, Dutch facades on houses along the waterfront and in a small square, a market, the inner harbour, and views of huge oil tanks and an oil installation. Slides on this sheet are numbered 675-698. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm