Stace, Nita Rubina, 1896-1940, Taylor, Olive, active 1910, Horses, New Zealand, Northland Region, Letter carriers, Uniform, Letters, Postal service, Employees, Rural women, Women, and Employment

Paranui to Mangonui postal service, circa 1910. Shows Nita Lomba on horseback, with a sack of mail, delivering/uplifting? a letter from Mrs Olive Taylor. Photograph likely to have been taken by Arthur James Northwood. Source of descriptive information - Women identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Postal service, Employees, Telegraph, Telephone operators, Women, and Employment

Shows head and shoulders portrait of female post office telephonist, and sketches of other post office employees arranged around her: linesman, postman, mail sorter, message sender, desk worker, and machine-worker. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of brochure.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 204 x 108 mm.
Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room

Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.), Post offices, Women, Children, Postal service, Letters, and Kaitāia

Post Office at Kaitaia, with Postmistress Sophie Matthews in the doorway with another woman and two children, circa 1910, photographed by Northwood Brothers. Identical image at 1/1-026524. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Benton, Kath, active 1988, Street, Joyce, active 1988, Frankleigh Park Post Office, Post office buildings, New Zealand, Taranaki Region, Postal service, Employees, Women, Clothing and dress, and Frankleigh Park

Post Mistress Joyce Street, and Kath Benton, at Frankleigh Park Post Office on the day it closed down. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 5th of February, 1988. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

Postal service, New Zealand, Waikato Region, Employees, Carriages and carts, Women, Employment, Horse-drawn vehicles, Horses, Clothing and dress, and Te Rauamoa

Delivering mail, Te Rauamoa, circa 1908, photographed by William Archer Price. Shows a horse drawn carriage on a road and a group of men and women. One of the women holds a mail bag. A dog lies under the carriage. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Delivering mail Te Rauamoa NZ 2033 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Wade, Pat, active 1988, Waimihia Post Office, Post office buildings, New Zealand, Waikato Region, Postal service, Employees, Smoking, Women, and Waimihia

Pat Wade Post Mistress at Waimihia Post Office. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 29th of January, 1988 Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

New Zealand. Post and Telegraph Department, Women in war, World War, 1939-1945, Women, Postal service, Employees, and Employment

Women from the Post and Telegraph Department lifting mail bags. Location unidentified. Photograph taken between 1939-1945 for the Government Film Studios by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Busby, Margaret, active 1988, Lawrence, Jane, active 1988, Martin, Mary, active 1988, Normanby Post Office, Post office buildings, New Zealand, Taranaki Region, Postal service, Employees, Women, Clothing and dress, Wallpaper, and Normanby

Margaret Busby, Post Mistress Jane Lawrence, and Mary Martin in Normanby Post Office. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 25th of January, 1988. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

Karl, Margaret, active 1988, Steele, Linnete, active 1988, Ohaupo Post Office, Post office buildings, New Zealand, Waikato Region, Postal service, Employees, Women, Clothing and dress, and Ohaupo

Margaret Karl and Linnete Steele at Ohaupo Post office, two days before its closure, photographed by Fiona Clark on 3 February 1988. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye destruction print 20.2 x 25.3 cm

postal service, communications, and women

Female telephone exchange operators in Christchurch, 1914

Lobb, Reina, active 1988, Oparau General Store, Postal service, New Zealand, Waikato Region, Employees, Women, Clothing and dress, and Oparau

Reina Lobb, former Post Mistress and General Store keeper, Oparau. Behind Reina Lobb can be seen the general store building which was her home in 1988. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 2nd of February, 1988 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

Takiari, Atiria, active 1988, Mahoenui Post Office, Post office buildings, New Zealand, Waikato Region, Postal service, Employees, Women, Clothing and dress, and Mahoenui

Post Mistress Atiria Takiari standing on the porch of the Mahoenui Post Office. Photographed by Fiona Clark on the 3rd of February, 1988 Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print