The Turnbull Library Pictures collection contains
about 200,000 photographic copies of images from the Alexander Turnbull Library
collections. It includes pictures of New Zealand and the Pacific from earliest
European contact to the present.
Topics covered include:
- exploration
- towns and cities
- portraits
- shipping and other forms of transport
- rural life
- important events
- New Zealanders at war.
You can also see copies of images from the Evening Post (Wellington) newspaper in Turnbull Library Pictures.
More about the Alexander Turnbull Library collections
Access items in this collection
You can
browse the images in Turnbull Library Pictures on the ground floor of the
Library.
More than 50,000 images are online on Timeframes and many items are described on TAPUHI.
It is also possible to arrange an appointment to see original pictorial items from the Turnbull Library collections at the Turnbull Library Pictures research desk.
Get copies from items in this collection
Copies of most items in Turnbull
Library Pictures can be ordered. Place orders at the research desk, or we can
send you an order pack. You can also order copies of images on Timeframes online.
More about copyright and usage
Get help
We can answer your enquiries about images in person, by letter, phone or email. We can also send you an order pack if you are interested in ordering copies of items.
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