Peter Alsop - Whites Aviation

Wellington Harbour 1951, 270×355mm Te Papa Tongarewa, O.033072 Negative WA-28361-G

Ohau Road 1953, 560×1010mm Collection of Peter Alsop Negative WA-32638-F

Rangitoto Island from Bastion Pt 1954, 500×750mm Cropped for display Collection of Peter Alsop Negative WA-34549-F

Lake Matheson 1958, 560×1010 Collection of Peter Alsop Negative WA-47611-F *

An autumn scene photographed at One Tree Hill in Auckland (New Zealand Autumn, 1958, 660×500mm (cropped for display). ATL, PAColl-D-1370, Negative WA-46164

Arrowtown 1959, 700×1150mm Cropped for display Collection of Leah Seifert Negative WA-50627

Cape Kidnappers 1965, 380×685mm Collection of Peter Alsop Negative WA-64618-F

Left: Grace Rawson, Lorraine Sutton and Nola Mann work on colouring a large photographic mural for H & J Smith's store in Gore in 1955. ATL, WA-39940 Grace Rawson collection

Lenore Gibson handcolouring a scene of Auckland, ATL, WA-16082, 1948.

The photo was taken in December 1955 showing Lorna (surname unknown), Grace Rawson, Jackie McBride, Lorraine Sutton, Nolene Hellriegel and Nola Mann taking a short break in the colouring studio. The scenes showing are Lake Matheson, Arrowtown Road and Shotover River. ATL, WA-40462-F

One of White's favourite photographs - and, at the time, most famous photographs - was this cloud formation taken in May 1951. ATL, WA-28295-F

Clyde Stewart returned from the war in late 1945 and quickly reacquainted with Leo White in the newly opened head office of Whites Aviation. ATL, WA-00742-G, 1945

George Bourne (left, holding a camera) with the Walsh brothers and one of their early seaplanes. c.1918, Auckland Museum, PH-1976-6-9b

Mr Aviation, Leo White ATL, WA-25130-G.

One of White's obituaries referred to him as 'the happy pilot' ATL, WA-68203b-G, 1930

Clyde Stewart and Leo White ATL, WA-23917-F, 1950

The Whites Aviation showroom in 1963, including the popular rectangular works that were unglazed with the option of a clear spray for some level of protection. ATL, WA-61300-F

A large version of Queenstown hangs in Vudu Cafe in Queenstown, while Replete in Taupo has made an extensive collection of Whites images an inherent part of its café culture image courtesy of Paul Green

Ski Plane, 500×600mm (cropped for display), Collection of Hugh Scofield

A major contemporary outing for Whites Aviation started in December 2014 with the exhibition of Air New Zealand 75 Years: Our nation.