Warships - Camouflage

Date: [Circa 1914-1919]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-115

Description: Album includes a large section of British naval ships, some travelling in convoy, some camouflaged, with closeup views of armaments and naval personnel, taken by unidentified photographers during World War I. It appears that the creator of the album was serving on the SS Parattah. A section in the album covers a port-of-call by the Parattah to Nauru and the Loyalty Islands, showing scenes and aspects of life on the islands, including several related to the phosphate industry on Nauru. There are a number of images of a group on camels near the Spinx and pyramids in Egypt, dated 1919, followed by a section on the Yosemite area, California, with scenic views of mountains and valleys, and several showing the "largest tree in the world". The last section in the album covers the royal tour of HRH The Prince of Wales in 1920, in Sydney. Views of decorations in the city, crowd scenes, and night scenes of decorative lighting and fireworks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon album, 23 x 34 cm

Date: 1917 - 1921

By: Edwin, Irene Atherton, 1875-1952; Gorton, Millicent, 1877-1966

Reference: E-276-q

Description: Ships, outlined in pencil, mostly named and dated, as viewed from the Edwin home at 179 The Terrace. The majority are dated 1918. On separate sheets of paper, unbound. Several of the sheets of paper are Union Steam Ship Company letterhead Irene Atherton Edwin was a daughter of Robert Atherton Edwin, ex-Royal Navy and first director of the Meteorological Service in Wellington. She was the first Secretary of the Wellington branch of the Navy League. Quantity: 23 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on paper, 265 x 204 mm Provenance: Mrs Gorton was Irene Edwin's sister