Five flying boats on the water

Object detail

Accession number

09-0673

Maker

Whites Aviation Limited

Description

Five flying boats on the water, all facing left, at Mission Bay. The three in the back line are grey Sunderlands with roundels on their sides, probably Navy aircraft. The closer two are white. The one to the left is the ZK-AMC "Awarua". The one to the right is the ZK-AMA "Aotearoa". In the centre of the foreground is a flag pole with a red, white and blue ensign on a lighter blue background. Part of a signpost with eight named labels is partly hidden behind the end of the flag. All the labels are pointed to the left. To the left of the flagpole is part of a dock and a launch at the dock. The Devonport Navy base is in the background with the headland extending to the left.

Marks

S 30 Empire Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic
Processed Material/Paper/Cardboard
Organic/Vegetal/Wood

Physical description

1 photograph (mounted) : hand coloured ; 25.5 x 46 cm

Credit Line

Whites Aviation Limited. 1930-1940s. Five flying boats on the water, 09-0673. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Mission Bay
Auckland City
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand

Current rights

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Pictorial works Seaplanes Short Sunderland Short Empire Aotearoa (Seaplane) Awarua (Seaplane)

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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