Searching for:
Refine Results
Refine results
Images attached
Subject category
Subject place
Classification
- Nomenclature 20
- 07 Tools & Equipment for Transportation 11
- Rail Transportation Equipment 8
- Rail Vehicles 7
- 08 Communication Artifacts 4
- Streetcar 4
- Vehicle, Transit Railway 4
- 04 Tools & Equipment for Materials 3
- Documentary Artefacts 3
- Trolley 3
- 05 Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology 2
- Aerospace Transportation T&E 2
View
20 results. Displaying results 1 - 20.
Name | Summary/Abstract | Subject category | |
---|---|---|---|
Tram No. 135 and its century of travelling the tracks
|
Built in 1921, Tram No. 135's history of service in Wellington and journey to MOTAT is outlined.
|
New Zealand
Wellington City Corporation Tramways Conservation and restoration |
|
A Polarising Sauce: The Essence of Anchovies
|
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.
|
||
‘A Long Day in a Tin Can’
|
New Zealand Railways hostesses recall working the main trunk line in the 1970’s and 80's.
|
New Zealand Railways
North Island Main Trunk Railway |
|
Short Solent Mk 4, ZK-AMO "Aranui"
|
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.
|
Coral Route
Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short Solent |
|
Choysa Tea Trolley Bus
|
During the 1960s and 1970s, Auckland had New Zealand’s largest trolley bus system, with 133 vehicles operating over 14 routes. The trolley bus, for the uninitiated, was the next step in the evolution of electric trams, a virtually trackless tram. This is a tall tale but true, of Auckland’s “Teetotal” Trolley bus...Trolleybus #115.
|
||
MOTAT’s Queen of the Rails
|
How one of Auckland’s Last Trams contributed to the beginings of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
|
'Streamliner' class (Tram)
Trams Tramways |
|
Redressing the Balance – A Brief History of Letter Balances and the Penny Post
|
During my recent research of MOTAT’s Weights and Measures Collection, the letter balances, or postal scales, stood out – when did they first become popular and how are they relevant to New Zealand’s history?
|
Postal service
Postage stamps Scales (Weighing instruments) |
|
Harold Piper — What’s in an Aviator’s Logs?
|
The Walsh Memorial Library hold eight logbooks of Banks Peninsula-born pilot Harold Lord Piper (1899–1965). Log books are an invaluable record for any pilot — tracing the different aircraft types flown, distances and conditions they flew in.
|
Aviators
Log books |
|
Open Wide: A Short History of the Murder House in New Zealand
|
Many businesses such as dentists and hairdressers have been overwhelmed with bookings after the return to ‘normal’ life post Covid-19 lockdown here in New Zealand. It makes you wonder: a rush to the dentist is usually unheard of because, for many, the idea of the dentist conjures up images of pain and cold, clinical sights and smells.
But where did this anxiety come from? This article aims to delve into the history of the School Dental Service (SDS), the school dental clinics also known by my parent’s generation as the ‘murder house’, and bring our worst fears into the light. Did it succeed in improving children’s oral health? Was the ‘murder house’ really a place of trauma and pain?
|
Dentistry
New Zealand |
|
MOTAT's Barclay 1270
|
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.
|
North Island
Great Britain Railroads Locomotives |
|
Open access: Glass plate & lantern slide collection
|
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.
|
Photography
Photographic processes Topographical surveying Nature photography New Zealand Photographers |
|
In Stitches: A Selection of Sewing Machines
|
In use since the late 1700s, sewing machines have been a key component in both domestic and industrial technology. Contributing to the industrial revolution, providing uniforms for war, and altering domestic duties; sewing machines have evolved with social change throughout history. Often associated with the popular Singer name, sewing machines have become a symbol of women’s work, clothing production and factory jobs. It is interesting to note sewing machines were not manufactured in New Zealand but imported and sold under license by New Zealand retailers. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) Collection has a variety of sewing machines, which represent New Zealanders links with these, once essential, domestic appliance and reveal a unique side business for vehicle manufacturers.
|
Sewing
Sewing-machines Manufacturers |
|
The Arrival of a MOTAT Icon
|
As part of the Registry team's Collection Review we delve into researching the MOTAT Collection. Here is some research I have been undertaking.
|
K (Locomotive)
New Zealand Railways Locomotives |
|
A New Topdressing Aircraft
|
The Walsh Memorial Library hold eight logbooks of Banks Peninsula-born pilot Harold Lord Piper (1899–1965). Log books are an invaluable record for any pilot — tracing the different aircraft types flown, distances and conditions they flew in.
|
Aerial fertilization
New Zealand |
|
Preserving Time
|
During the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend that re-emerged was the appreciation of a more slow-paced life. This resulted from having more time at home due to people’s movements being restricted to their neighbourhoods. People had more time to spend in the garden and exercise through, walks, running, biking and/or scooter rides within their bubbles. With the lack of takeaway options, home cooked meals and baking became more common;, this also included the act of preserving food.
|
Canning and preserving
Glass Glass manufacture |
|
‘You’ve kicked me’: Tram Conductresses
|
Auckland’s tramway was initially a public/private venture by the British Electric Traction Company in London and the Auckland Borough Councils but was taken over by the Auckland City Corporation in 1919. It flourished for 40 years but street tramways fell out of favour and were replaced by diesel and trolleybuses in a modernisation programme after the Second World War. Auckland’s last trams ran on 30 December 1956 (although they run regularly at MOTAT).
|
Women transport workers
New Zealand Auckland |
|
The Human Story of an Adana Press
|
<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>
|
Printing presses
Printing industry Printing Tangiwai |
|
The Life & Times of a well-travelled Steam tram Engine - No.100 - celebrating 130 years of age
|
Built in 1891 by the well-known engine manufacturers Baldwin Locomotive Works, read about the history of MOTAT's Tram 100.
|
Australia
New Zealand Conservation and restoration Wanganui Corporation Tramways |
|
Morris’s Marquetry Masterpiece — The Story of MOTAT’s Half-Tester Bed
|
One of the Registry team’s major projects for the year has been Collection Review. This is an ongoing process which assesses MOTAT’s Collection for its significance and relevance to the Mission and Strategy.
My research focus was on the Furniture and Fittings Department. A stand out object from my research was James Morris’ Half Tester Bed (1967.437). The bed was donated to MOTAT in 1967 by a descendant of Morris.
|
Carpentry
Wood Woodwork Art, colonial <C> Art, New Zealand Cabinetwork Kauri |
|
A Platform for the Future: Auckland Rapid Transit
|
The plan for Auckland’s electric metro rail that included an underground CBD loop from 50 years ago.
|
Railroad engineering
Railroads |
Loading...