1969 - Gifford-Cross Photographic Series

Date1969DescriptionPhotographs taken by local photographers began appearing in the Bay of Plenty Times from about 1960/61. These negatives were kept by the paper, including negatives that were never published. In 1976 the paper suffered a major fire, resulting in water damage to a lot of the archives. In the late 1980s the paper's owners, the Gifford and Cross families, donated the negatives to the Tauranga City Libraries. There are about 160,000 frames, mostly 120-format popular in the early 1960s, and 35mm film which gradually replaced these from the late 1960s onward. There are a small number of large format negatives as well.

In 2019 the library Heritage and Research team began re-housing and digitising this valuable collection. Over time you'll see this Gifford-Cross online collection grow. Keep coming back!

These photographs were taken in 1969.Photographer/CreatorBay of Plenty Times

Photographs

Rehearsals of Holy Trinity Christmas pageant

Children singing carols for pageant

Angels wait in wings during rehearsals at Holy Trinity pageant

Holy Trinity junior choir members

Mrs Marshall package to children during rehearsal of Holy Trinity pageant

Mrs S. J. Jones with Donna Isgrove, runner-up to dux

Fairhaven Primary School, Mr P.J. White with dux Tony Brouwers

Mr Lucas starting Mount summit carved archway project

Sonny Lee and Harold Razema awarded

Seagull leaving perch, a pile top

Boats on water

Section of road up Mount Maunganui

Driving up Mount Maunganui

Photo gca-17856

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1969 - Gifford-Cross Photographic Series