Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

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Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

[1907-1988]

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22874066

Photographs taken by Leo White and Whites Aviation Ltd, circa 1907-1988. The collection covers the following areas: Extensive general coverage of New Zealand from air and ground Extensive coverage of Auckland region Antarctica Pacific: Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands (including WW2), Bougainville, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Island. Mostly RNZAF 1940s, and airline publicity 1940s-1950s Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand (airline publicity 1940s-1950s, possibly taken for Qantas) Aviation history and portraits. Pioneers, NZPAF & RNZAF, airlines, personalities Transport: scows, Pamir in Auckland 1948, shipping, railways Sport: fishing, rugby, cricket, motor sport Factories and industrial activities Farms and rural activities. Descriptive and dating information obtained from Whites Aviation negative registers, spreadsheet catalogue, original negative enclosures, and file prints.

34 container(s) negatives, transparencies and prints, 12 megabyte(s) (2 spreadsheets, 1 database), 10 volume(s) of negative registers, Aerial photographs, Photographs

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