New Plymouth's Puke Ariki staff are six years into a decade long project to clean, catalogue and digitise more than 100-thousand historical negatives from two substantial photographic studios.
Arthur, Trevor, Dulcie and Nita Rumbal (1932-1936), Swainson’s Studios, collection of Puke Ariki (SW1931-1940.10368)
Palma Joy Hopkins, (1 April 1955),Swainson's Studios (SW1955.0888)
Farmers Co-Op Ltd, Exterior (12 February 1965), Bernard Woods Studio (WD.004399)
New Plymouth City Band, Group (21 November 1971),Bernard Woods Studio (WD.022419)
Taranaki Hospital Board, Catherine & Matilda Hickey, (14 February 1978),Bernard Woods Studio (WD.026308)
Bernard Woods & Kelly (29 June 1978), Bernard Woods Studio, collection of Puke Ariki (WD.022365)
Curator Ruth Harvey in front of Neil Dawson’s Going for broke 1986 , Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Collection. Photo credit Pip Guthrie
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.