Lediard photographs

1900-1950

98 prints

14 photograph albums

131 whole plate glass negatives

Parent

14 albums; 7x16mm movie films; loose photos; 2 Boley 16mm movie cameras and 1 Devry 16mm Projector; 1/1 plate camera front with lens (latter 3 items in History)

1-1. to 1-3. Female nudes, 3 prints
2-1. to 2-2. [Powerboat - Miss Maport], 2 prints
2-3. to 2-4. [proof sheets, birds and scenic], 2 prints
3-1. Reginald Lediard with the bolex [camera], print
3-2. Reginald Lediard WWII Home Guard, Mt Eden, print
3-3. Reginald Lediard, 1930s, print
3-4. [Lediard group in fancy dress], print
3-5. Reginald Lediard and his wife Annie touring in morris, print
3-6. Whakatane Hotel (British Drama League), print
3-7. Whakatane Hotel (British Drama League), print
3-8. Whakatane Hotel, print
3-9. Reginald Lediard [on yacht], print
3-10. Annie and Reginald Lediard with Yvonne, print
3-11. Annie and Yvonne Lediard, print
3-12. to 3-15 [Lediard family photographs], 4 prints
4-1. [Cenotaph outside Auckland Museum], print
4-2. War Memorial & Cenotaph Auckland, postcard
4-3. Auckland War Memorial Museum, postcard
5-1. to 5-6. Auckland cine players (location possibly Nightclub, Riddell rd, more recently Glendowie Roman Catholic Church), 6 prints
6-1. to 6-11. [Dams under construction], 11 prints
7-1. to 7-19 [Animals - Auckland Zoo], 19 prints
8-1. to 8-14. [New Zealand birds], 14 prints
9-1. to 9-18. [various NZ scenes – Christchurch, Dunedin, yacht on river, sports – tennis, high jump], 18 prints
10-1. to 10-5. [assorted – sailing ship, botanical specimens, church interiors], 5 prints
Negatives: PH-NEG-A1707 to PH-NEG-A1838
Albums: PH-ALB-429-1 to PH-ALB-429-14

R.S. Lediard, born 20-Nov-1898 died 19-Feb-1973; lived at 2 Tuperiri Road, Epsom; was a commercial photographer at 39 Victoria Street West in 1920s and early 1930s, working from home late 1930s; commissioned to work for Auckland City Council - Parks Dept., Art Gallery and Zoo; commissioned to photograph Hall of Memories etc., Auckland Museum. Friend of Drs Falla & Powell, Gilbert Archey and G. T. Turbott, accompanying them on expeditions; member of Museum Institute, President of Auckland Botanical Society, doing botanical photography for them (35mm negs and prints bequeathed to Botany Dept, University of Auckland.)

Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level

Donated by Yvonne Marsh, 25 July 1991 (Deed of Gift 2531) 21-Nov-1991 (Deed of Gift 2597) and 22-Oct-1992 (Deed of Gift 2811). (Daughter of R.S. Lediard).

23 Oct 2024