Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Date: [ca 1955]

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976; Barriball, Martin Sydney, 1929-; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-0811-13-02

Description: Drawing and model of the Air Terminal at Christchurch International Airport (architect: Paul Pascoe), photographed in the mid 1950s by V C Browne, Martin Barriball and an unknown photographer., Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939 - 1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-047

Description: Photographs of yachts and yachting personalities, 1939 to 1948, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of various races and regattas, and associated crews and officials. Races and regattas include the Trans-Tasman race, Easter regatta at Plimmerton, Sanders Cup and Cornwell Cup. People photographed include Alf Harvey, Margaret Hart, Jack Logan, Ray Bailey, Brian Hartley, Peter Mander, Jack Cropp, Geoff Small, Jimmy Gilpin, Frank Dona, T. McKnight, Fred Empson, Tom McKay, John Woolacott, Sam Ford. Craft include Tarua, Peer Gynt, Pagan, Drifter, Wayfarer, Te Hongi, Frangipani, Ariel, Te Aroa, Ilex, Muritai. Also included are photographs of the wreck of the `Waikoaiti' near the Dog Island Light, Bluff, in 1939, and the Sopwiths sailing America's Cup challenger Endeavour. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed.

Date: [ca 1955-1959]

From: Cobeldick, Trevor Murray, 1946-: Collected papers and photographs

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-9784

Description: Aerial views of Christchurch, taken ca late 1950s by V C Browne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [Circa 1940s?]

From: Luke, David M fl 1950- :Photographic albums, negatives, colour slides and prints

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PA1-o-277

Description: Photographs of a group of children in fancy dress, two young girls carrying spaniel puppies, and an adult spaniel in begging pose. None of these are identified. The photographs are followed by a sequence of postcards of Wellington, including one aerial view of Wellington & Harbour, taken by V C Browne. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with black cover, entitled `The Cambrian album'; 11.0 x 13.5 cm

Date: 1940-ca1958

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Le Cren, John, active 1977

Reference: PAColl-0152

Description: Devil's Punchbowl, Bealey Gorge taken by V C Browne and various aircraft ca 1950s, Dunedin, Napier, Akaroa, Christchurch, Mount Egmont. Negatives taken by John Le Cren. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029626 to 029657 and 1/4-068969 to 068978; 1/2-076210 to 076225, 076321 to 076322, 154513, and 175360 to 175362 Quantity: 59 b&w original negative(s). 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931 - 1932, 1939 - 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Moore & Thompson (Firm); Male, John Gifford, 1913-2003; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Crago, Eric William, 1904-1992; Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-037

Description: Photographs of yachting and scenic views, 1931, 1932, 1939 and 1940, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of yachting, fishing, sheep droving, birdlife, lakes and rivers. Photographers include George Weigel, Thelma Kent, T W Collins, H Banfield, V C Browne, J G Male, L P Crago and A W Powell. Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1959]

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Lawry & Sellars (Firm); Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-0811-01-12

Description: Architectural plan and photographic exterior view of the house for A S Bell, St Andrews Hill Road, Christchurch (architect: Lawrey and Sellars) constructed circa 1959. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 architectural plan.

Date: 1940

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Grant, Matt, active 1942; Dudgeon, Ellis, 1905-1979; Green & Hahn (Firm); Hazledine, Percival Charles, 1892-1954; Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944; South Islands Travel Association of N.Z.; Wallace, L, active 1940; Wright, Albion William, 1910-1982

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1940-01

Description: Calendar, with month of January missing, shows a photograph of a South Island scene for each month. Photographs are by named photographers: Albion Wright, Matt Grant, Captain J C Mercer, Ellis Dudgeon, L Wallace, V C Browne, P C Hazledine, Green & Hahn, H Matheson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on glossy paper, 11 sheets remaining, 194 x 115 mm, stapled at upper edge

Date: [ca 1948-1949]

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-10176

Description: Black and white print of an aerial view of Acland House (boarding house for Christchurch Girls' High School) 85 Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch, and surrounding area, taken circa 1948-1949 by V C Browne. Acland House is in the centre, with the circular driveway, heart shaped garden, and tennis court out the back. Above Acland House is St Margaret's College, with two tennis courts. At the time this photograph was taken, the school was at Cranmer Square and the girls living in Acland House to school there each day. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Possible date of photograph, and historical note from donor. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.7 x 21.5 cm Provenance: The donor found it amongst her late mother's collection - Nancy Jenkins was a boarder at Acland House in 1948-1949.

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-31/60

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, Tudor Collins. Includes posters numbered: 31. Wool. Preparing bales of wool for export (National Publicity Studios) 32. Port Chalmers. This is the main port of Otago. Notice the dry dock on the right (V C Browne) 33. Wool. "Dumped" wool being stored for export. "Dumped" bales have been tightly pressed to save shipping space (National Publicity Studios) 34. Making butter. The cream from the receiving vat at the bottom is pumped through a heater. It is then cooled quickly on the cooler behind the man. This heating and cooling is called "pasteurising" (National Publicity Studios) 35. Buying wool. At this auction sale in the Town Hall at Wellington, buyers from many countries are bidding for New Zealand wool (National Publicity Studios) 36. Raglan. This little port is a holiday place for Waikato people (V C Browne) 37. Making cheese. The milk arrives at the factory where it is weighed and a sample taken for testing (National Publicity Studios) 38. Wellington. The business centre of the capital city. Can you find the railway station? (V C Browne) 39. Making cheese. The milk pours into a receiving vat (National Publicity Studios) 40. Mangaweka. This country town is on the Main Trunk railway south of Taihape. Notice the main highway north, and the white-cliffed gorge of the Rangitikei River (V C Browne) 41. Making cheese. After being heated and cooled to kill germs, the milk is set with rennet. Then the curds are cut with knives into cubes (National Publicity Studios) 42. Nelson. Harvesting a crop on the Waimea plain near Nelson (National Publicity Studios) 43. Making cheese. After cooking, the whey is drained off and the curds are left in piles along the vat (National Publicity Studios) 44. A fishing port. Kaikoura, eans "crayfish food". It lies at the north side of the isthmus of the Kaikoura Peninsula (V C Browne) 45. Making cheese. After being cut into cubes, turned, and salted, the curd is poured into "hoops" lined with cheese cloth (National Publicity Studios) 46. Tolaga Bay. Notice the jetty at the top right. Few vessels call at this coastal port (V C Browne) 47. Making cheese. The "hoops" full of cheese have been in the pess al night (National Publicity Studios) 48. Tarakohe. This port has one factory and was built to ship one product - cement (V C Browne) 49. Making cheese. These cheeses are being weighed and crated ready for export (National Publicity Studios) 50. Sheep country. This photo shows what parts of North Auckland look like. It was taken on the Takatu Peninsula near Matakana (Tudor Collins) 51. New Plymouth Harbour. The breakwater protects ships at the wharf. Notice the oil derricks (V C Browne) 52. Auckland. This photo shows the main road and rail outlet to the south. What kind of trees grown close to the shore here? (V C Browne) 53. Making butter. After one night in a storage vat the cream goes to the churn. Here half a ton of butter is being removed from a churn (National Publicity Studios) 54. Lime Hills, Southland. What takes place in these buildings? Why are they built in steps? What do you call the workings on the hill top? (V C Browne) 55. Butter. Weighing and packing bulk butter for export (National Publicity Studios) 56. Timber. How can you tell which of these forests are native and which are exotic? This is part of Karioi State Forest (V C Browne) 57. Butter. Each box contains a 56 pound block of butter. What is happening to it here? (National Publicity Studios) 58. Irrigation. The Rangitata Diversion Race runs north along the Canterbury Plains (V C Browne) 59. Maori fortifications. Turu-turu Mokai Pa, near Hawera - the best preserved Maori fortifications in New Zealand (V C Browne) 60. Irrigation. The Highbank Power Station, at the end of the Rangitata Diversion Race, can be seen near the centre of the picture. Mt Hutt is in the background, the Rakaia River is in the foreground (V C Browne) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Chapman-Taylor, James Walter, 1878-1958; New Zealand. Ministry of Works; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-01/30

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, J W Chapman-Taylor, Ministry of Works. Includes posters numbered: 1. The coast of New Zealand. The mouth of the Tongaporutu River, North Taranaki (J W Chapman-Taylor) 2. Running water. An Otago prospector washes gold in a cradle (National Publicity Studios) 3. Russell. The oldest port in New Zealand (National Publicity Studios) 4. Lyttelton. A port in the crater of an old volcano (National Publicity Studios) 5. Dusky Sound. A port where no one lives (National Publicity Studios) 6. Wellington. Loading cheese at a busy modern port (National Publicity Studios) 7. Nature changes New Zealand. A cap of hard material has saved this earth pillar at Putangirua, Palliser Bay, from being washed down by heavy rain (J W Chapman-Taylor) 8. Running water. When men destroyed the forest cover, water began to wash the land down to the sea (Ministry of Works) 9. Kapiti Island. This stronghold of Te Rauparaha is now a bird sanctuary (J W Chapman-Taylor) 10. Our coastline. A hundred years ago these black iron sands were the only road from Auckland to New Plymouth (J W Chapman-Taylor) 11. River control. Stone groyne and green willows turn the fierce current away from the soft earth (Ministry of Works) 12. Jackson's Bay. A port built to ship timber (Ministry of Works) 13. Sheep. The shepherds tie their dogs while meat is being killed for them (National Publicity Studios) 14. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Line fishing is combined with crayfishing. Here the hooks are being baited ready for an expedition (National Publicity Studios) 15. Sheep. Early in the morning the sheep are mustered in from the slopes above Lake Wanaka (National Publicity Studios) 16. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Out through the rocks. The fisherman will collect his crayfish, bait the pots again, and perhaps do some line fishing (National Publicity Studios) 17. Sheep. Good men shear two hundred sheep a day (National Publicity Studios) 18. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Hauling a crayfish pot on board (National Publicity Studios) 19. The catch. Many other kinds of fish are caught by crayfishers. This hapuku will be crated for the Christchurch market (National Publicity Studios) 20. Yarding. Driving sheep from one yard to another is hot and dusty work. These sheep are merinos; notice their horns. Merinos are high country sheep (National Publicity Studios) 21. Packing crayfish. These will be sent either to the Christchurch market or to Picton for canning or export (National Publicity Studios) 22. Droving. Shorn sheep hold up a truck-load of wool on its way to the rail-head at Gisborne. These are crossbred sheep (National Publicity Studios) 23. At the factory. These girls are wrapping crayfish tails in cellophane fro freezing and shipment overseas (National Publicity Studios) 24. Culling. The shepherd, by swinging the gate, is separating sheep he wants to keep from others he doesn't want to keep. This is called culling (National Publicity Studios) 25. An airport. Loading luggage on to a mail plane at Harewood (National Publicity Studios) 26. Dipping. After, shearing, the sheep are dipped in a poison bath to kill ticks which live in their wool and suck their blood (National Publicity Studios) 27. Roads. This road crosses the Southern Alps at Arthur's Pass. Beneath it is the Otira Tunnel (V C Browne) 28. Branding. After shearing, the sheep are branded before being sent back to the hills. If sheep from two sheep runs become mixed they can be recognised by their brands (National Publicity Studios) 29. A river port. Coal ships going in and out of Westport, at the mouth of the Buller River (V C Browne) 30. Wool-classing. Wool has to be separated into various grades which are sold at different prices and used for different purposes. Here some ex-soldiers are learning how to do this work. They will be called wool-classers (National Publicity Studios) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: ca 1965

From: Cobeldick, Mary, 1948- : Photographs of New Zealand

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-3355

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 205 x 252mm

Date: 1940-1948

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-298

Description: Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Lawry & Sellars (Firm); Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-0811-01-13

Description: 4 exterior views and 1 architectural plan of Mr and Mrs G Sellars' house, Webb Street, Christchurch (architects: Lawry & Sellars) which was constructed in the 1950s. Photographs taken by V C Browne. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 architectural plan. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and ink drawing on tracing paper

Date: 1870, ca 1900s, 1931 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Fitzgerald, F G, active 1945

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-032

Description: Photographs of Wellington Region, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Kapiti Island and ships moored in Wellington Harbour. Also includes photographs of Queen Street, Masterton, in 1870, Johnny Martin's fountain in Lambton Quay circa 1900, and the Pongoroa to Paihiatua mail coach crossing the Makuri Stream circa 1910. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-5469-044

Description: Exterior view of Seacliff psychiatric hospital, Dunedin, in 1942. Photograph taken by V C Browne. Inscriptions: Verso - Copyright by V C Browne 15 Domain Terrace Spredon, Christchurch, S W 1 NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society : Photographs

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: 1/2-096828-F

Description: Aerial view of Greymouth and the Grey River, circa 1930s. Photograph taken by V C Browne. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [193-?]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: MNZ-1567-1/2-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from V C Browne for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication 'Making New Zealand' (1939-1940).

Date: [ca Apr 1940]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-8602-65

Description: Aerial view of Christchurch city taken circa April 1940 by V C Browne. Publication note - Possibly published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 5 April 1940 Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Inscriptions: Verso - The Ch-ch Centennial celebrations take place during the coming week 5/4/40 File if not used in gallery; Verso - stamped in ink: The airview photograph is copyright By V C Browne 15 Domain Terrace, Spreydon Christchurch, S W I New Zealand Reproduction is strictly forbidden Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.8 x 21.7 cm

Date: 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: 1/2-C-022708-F

Description: Aerial view of central Christchurch City. In the centre is Christchurch Cathedral. Taken by V C Browne in 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).