New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 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: 1946 - 1950

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

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-61/90

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, Ministry of Works. Includes posters numbered: 61. Fishing. Fishing is hard on nets, which constantly need mending. The ball in the net is a float (National Publicity Studios) 62. Roads. This road runs through the Waipu State Forest in the Urewera country between Rotorua and Lake Waikaremoana (National Publicity Studios) 63. Methven. This photo shows in the foreground a linen flax factory with stacks of linen flax (V C Browne) 64. The Canterbury Coast. The photo shows Banks Peninsula, the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour, the edge of the Canterbury Plains, and the Southern Alps in the distance (V C Browne) 65. Our coasts. The mouth of the Waiotahi River, Bay of Plenty (V C Browne) 66. Roads. This road was cut through pumicw country on the Central Plateu of the North Island (Ministry of Works) 67. Our coasts. The coast of Southern Hawkes Bay. Notice the cliff layers and the erosion scars (V C Browne) 68. Our coasts. This coast north of Karamea is as wild as when Captain Cook sailed past (V C Browne) 69. Our coasts. This photo shows the steamer "Futurist" on a reef near Cape Campbell (V C Browne) 70. Our coasts. This coast, north of Karamea, has been cleared for farming. Not a living tree can be seen. Is this wise? (V C Browne) 71. Our coasts. One of the lighthouse keepers whose work it is to keep our coasts safe for ships (National Publicity Studios) 72. Fishing. The trawler hauls in the net (National Publicity Studios) 73. Potatoes. A mechanical digger at work, Marshlands, Canterbury (National Publicity Studios) 74. Drilling for blasting. A small charge of special blasting powder is used to loosen the coal. The naked flame of the miner's light shows that there is no explosive gas in this mine (National Publicity Studios) 75. Potatoes. This is the old method of digging potatoes (National Publicity Studios) 76. Coal mining. A firer closes his eyes as he fires a shot (National Publicity Studios) 77. Harvesting potatoes. Marshlands, Canterbury (National Publicity Studios) 78. Coal mining. Hewing coal at the face (National Publicity Studios) 79. Pitting potatoes for winter storage. The potatoes are covered first with straw, then with a light layer of soil (National Publicity Studios) 80. Coal mining. A trucker brings a load of coal from the face (National Publicity Studios) 81. Irrigation. Chatto Creek Stairway, Central Otago. The steps prent the water from flowing too quickly (National Publicity Studios) 82. Coal mining. Lunchtime in the mine (National Publicity Studios) 83. Irrigation. Near Alexandra, Central Otago. The land on the far side of the road was once like the land in the foreground (National Publicity Studios) 84. Pit props. These men are putting up wooden props to prevent the walls and roof of the mine from falling in (National Publicity Studios) 85. Irrigation. The Rangitata Diversion Race near Geraldine. Mt Peel is under Snow (National Publicity Studios) 86. A coal mine. Denniston - the mine on top of a mountain (National Publicity Studios) 87. Silage. Stacking lucerne for silage in South Canterbury (National Publicity Studios) 88. A coal mine. An opencast mine at Stockton (National Publicity Studios) 89. Silage. Making silage in concrete its near Palmerston North (National Publicity Studios) 90. Central Otago. A gold-miner's cottage near Queenstown, now used by shearers and campers (National Publicity Studios) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets