Indian motorcycle

Date: 1902 - 1918

From: Caldwell, Richard Pringle, active 1980 :Negatives and prints of Caldwell and Pringle families, Wellington and Makara

Reference: PAColl-3123-2

Description: Groups and individuals, World War one soldiers, Kelburn under construction, motorcycles Arrangement: Previously NegColl-31/1. Ten 35mm copy negatives in registers at 16298-16299. Seven 1/2 plate negatives in registers at (nos still to be allocated, register mislaid 30-nov-1994)

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905-1920

By: Caldwell, Richard Pringle, active 1954-1981

Reference: PAColl-3123

Description: Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/4-39818 to 39819, 1/2-105804 to 105817, 105895 to 105938, 105970 to 106144, 106153 to 106295. 10 35mm copy negatives in 35mm registers at 16298-16299. The following file prints are available at PAColl-3123 in the Photographic Archive: F105804-1/2, G105809-1/2, G105986-1/2, G105909-1/2, G105918-1/2, F105922-23-1/2, G105937-1/2, G105975-1/2, G105978-1/2, G105983-1/2, G105996-1/2, G105997-99-1/2, G106003-06-1/2, G106012-13-1/2, G106015-1/2, G106022-1/2, G106024-1/2, G106031-32-1/2, G106034-35-1/2, G106038-1/2, G106042-1/2, G106044-1/2, F106048-1/2, F106050-1/2, F106056-1/2, G106065-1/2, F106068-69-1/2, F106070-1/2, G106076-1/2, G106078-1/2, F106082-83-1/2F106086-87-1/2, G106089-1/2, F106095-1/2, F106097-1/2, G106098-1/2, F106100-1/2, F106104-1/2, F106108-1/2, F106117-1/2, G106123-1/2, G106125-1/2, G106127-1/2. Quantity: 409 b&w original negative(s). 171 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: ¼ and 1/2 plate film and (mainly) glass negatives Processing information: Note that these 1/2-plate negaives may actually be found with the 1/2-plate sequence to be recatalogued as 1/4 plate. The negative register is not clear about this. Note also that there may be other file prints from this collection amongst file prints to be processed in PA and file prints to be captioned in PRS (Pictorial Reference Service). Those that are not to go into the PRS files should be added to this collection. File prints already in the PAColl have been counted as original b/w prints

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: PAColl-4287

Description: Photographs of the Chapman family: Olive Chapman (nee Anstis) with a horse next to a car; three men with shovels next to a W Chapman & Sons truck at a quarry, R D Chapman on the right; two of R D Chapman with his Indian motorcycle (registration F745) near Martinborough; two W Chapman & Sons trucks loaded with wool bales in Martinborough; R D Chapman in a car next to a barn with an old traction engine in it; three men with shovels in a quarry in front of a W Chapman & Sons truck; R D Chapman leaning against a W Chapman & Sons Leyland truck loaded with wool bales; and five baches at Whangaimoana in 1932. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1238-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Rotorua Co-operative Dairy Company. One building shows the date 1910 and another the date 1923. A railway line is on the left of the buildings, linking with a main line further left. There are cars and other vehicles outside the factory including an "Indian" motorbike. The are houses and a shop(?) on a rise to the right of the factory, and fields with lines of washing. Vehicle number plates include MM1046 and IA-1. Water tanks on the factory on the left. Flags and bunting indicate the image may have been taken on a celebratory occasion by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1239 and Pan-1240 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.6 cm

Date: [ca 1930-1975]

By: Munro, Herbert James, 1899-1978

Reference: MS-Group-2180

Description: Includes short autobiography by Munro and scrapbooks and cuttings relating to his speed records and to the motion picture, `The World's fastest Indian' Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Although most of the papers were created by Munro there are some later photographs and other material about him, collected after his death and added to the papers. Munro, from Invercargill, was a renowned New Zealand motorcycle racer, best known for his world speed record for under 1000cc bikes, set at Bournville, USA on 26 August 1967. As at April 2013 the record still stands. He was 68 at the time, and achieved the record with his modified 1920 Indian motorcycle. His feats are celebrated in the popular Hollywood film, `The World's fastest Indian' (2005). Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Webbs auction house, 2013 Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs: One framed print, 43 loose photographs. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Five motorcycle pistons, one conrod, one valve, one New Zealand Indian owner's badge and two Indian head brooches (for Curios collection) - To Published Sound Collection - DVD: The World's fastest Indian (2 disc collector's edition) - To Ephemera Collection - Two pomotional booklets advertising the film, `The world's fastest Indian'.

Date: 1984

From: Fogle, Phil, fl 1981-2003: Photographs of Centrepoint Community, Albany

Reference: PA12-6803

Description: Photographs of Norman and his Indian Scout motorcycle at Centrepoint Community, Albany, taken 1984 by Phil Fogle Quantity: 3 colour original transparency/ies strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 120

From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs

Reference: 1/1-013091-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1914?]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040938-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Possibly a photograph taken at a speed contest between W B Scott in a Vauxhall automobile and Ernie Hinds on an Indian motorcycle at New Brighton Beach, Christchurch on Saturday 21 November 1914. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/2 plate Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 2002-2003

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

Reference: PADL-000423

Description: Photographs relating to vintage cars and motorcycles, and hot rods, in West Coast Region. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Sport (Automotive (vintage))" Quantity: 41 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1915

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012816-G

Description: Indian motorcycles outside the premises of P C Price, cycle importers, Stratford. Both of the motorcycles are being ridden by women, and the one nearest to the footpath has a sidecar attached. A sign advertising Ah Ping, fruiterer, is next to the cycle shop. Photograph taken by James McAlister in 1915. M1994 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [192-?]

From: Horn, Pauline (donor) :Unidentified photographs, negatives and cabinet cards

Reference: 1/4-057198-F

Description: Man on an Indian motorcycle, circa 1920s. Location, and photographer, unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1914?]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040937-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Possibly a photograph taken at a speed contest between W B Scott in a Vauxhall automobile and Ernie Hinds on an Indian motorcycle at New Brighton Beach, Christchurch on Saturday 21 November 1914. Rigid frame racing model. Single speed. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1916

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040810-G

Description: Ernie Hinds on a 1916 1000cc Indian motorcycle. Photograph taken in Christchurch in 1916 by a photographer for The Press newspaper. Other - An article by Chris Parker about Ernie Hinds and his restored 1916 Indian 1000cc motorcycle is in "New Zealand Memories", issue 45, Dec 2003/Jan 2004, page 34 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [192-?]

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

Reference: EP-0852-1/2-G

Description: Boy on an Indian motorcycle, photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in the 1920s, at Otaki, Kapiti Coast, Wellington region. Other Titles - Other - From box containing EP-0846 to 0854 Other Titles - Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1924

From: Berry, William, fl 1877-1925 : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-038009-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1914]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-019924-G

Description: A 1914 Indian 1000 cc motorcycle with rider, sidecar, and a passenger. Photograph taken circa 1914 by Sydney Charles Smith, probably in Wellington. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location estimated by cataloguer (Smith was a Wellington based photographer). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1928

Reference: PICT-000074

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 11 May 1939]

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

Reference: PICT-000078

Description: Photograph probably taken by a staff photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print