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A Platform for the Future: Auckland Rapid Transit
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The plan for Auckland’s electric metro rail that included an underground CBD loop from 50 years ago.
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Railroad engineering
Railroads |
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Open access: Glass plate & lantern slide collection
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As we are all adjusting to increasingly ‘virtual’ means of learning, exploring and engaging with the world’s heritage, we’d like to highlight a collection recently digitised by the Walsh Memorial Library’s Assistant Librarian for Digitisation, Andrew Pettengell.
This recent project is part of MOTAT’s continuous process to improve the access information available on Collections Online. We’ve recently uploaded copyright terms for over 7,000 photographic records now in the public domain. Over 3,000 of these have images attached, including ones from the rich glass plate and lantern slide collections cared for by the Walsh Memorial Library.
Read on to uncover the process to catalogue, digitise & preserve this rich collection and showcase some of the various subject highlights.
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Photography
Photographic processes Topographical surveying Nature photography New Zealand Photographers |
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MOTAT's Barclay 1270
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Barclay 1270 is an industrial steam locomotive built by the firm of Andrew Barclay and Sons (now Brodie Engineering) in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The company manufactured steam locomotives from 1870 before moving on to produce fireless and, later, diesel locomotives. Many examples of Barclay locomotives have been preserved at museums and heritage railways in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, including Barclay 1270. MOTAT’s Barclay had an interesting history with New Zealand’s forestry, energy and mining industries in the 20th century - read on for more.
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North Island
Great Britain Railroads Locomotives |
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Short Sunderland NZ4115
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MOTAT's Short Sunderland NZ4115 was officially presented to MOTAT in September 1966 and arrived the summer of 1967. Read on for more about its history and delivery to MOTAT.
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New Zealand
Airplanes, Military New Zealand New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force Seaplanes Short S.25 Sunderland Mk.III Short Sunderland |
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Short Solent Mk 4, ZK-AMO "Aranui"
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The Short S45A Solent Mk 4 Flying Boat ZK-AMO "Aranui" has been a feature in MOTAT's collection since 1964. Read more to learn about how "Aranui" came to be at MOTAT.
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Coral Route
Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short Solent |
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The Human Story of an Adana Press
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<p>Researching the MOTAT collection often uncovers the story behind the object. A small printing press currently on display in MOTAT’s Print Shop, has an interesting gem of a narrative connected to it via its donor. The press was used during the donor’s notable career, which happened in the context of events in national and world history.</p>
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Printing presses
Printing industry Printing Tangiwai |
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A Polarising Sauce: The Essence of Anchovies
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In 2017, MOTAT received the donation of an unopened bottle of sauce carrying the title “Essence of Anchovies”. At first it may seem an unusual object for MOTAT's Collection, so let’s take a closer look at the unique history of this object.
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To the South Pole in a farm tractor
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Lime e-scooters: Shared Micromobility Hits Auckland's Streets.
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Lime played a pivotal role in the introduction of shared-use scooters to New Zealand in 2018.
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Urban transportation
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First Contact: Eugene Hirst and New Zealand’s Innovative History of Contact Lens Production
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Located at number 9 High Street in Auckland is the flagship store of Mortimer Hirst, an eyewear company associated with a rich history of contact lens innovation in New Zealand. The company is result of a partnership set up between optometrist Douglas Mortimer (1918–2005) and dental technician Eugene Hirst (1911–1989) in 1949, joint directors of both Mortimer Hirst and Hirst Contact Lens Limited.
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Contact lenses
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