Official VE (Victory in Europe) celebrations at Government Buildings, Wellington, May 1945

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Official VE (Victory in Europe) celebrations at Government Buildings, Wellington, May 1945

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). When John Pascoe’s work as illustrations editor for the 1940 centennial publication Making New Zealand came to an end in 1941, his employment with the Department of Internal Affairs was simply rolled over into that of photographer, without any apparent job description. Four years later, Pascoe proudly reported to the Prime Minister’s Department that his effort in ‘publicity work was yet more considerable than...

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Date created

1956

Creator

John Pascoe / Athol McCredie

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/169226

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Boys / Climbing / Railings / Fences / Flags / Crowds / Political parades & rallies / Trees / Government facilities / Buildings / War rallies / Wellington (New Zealand) / photographic gelatin / silver / photographic paper / black-and-white photographs / gelatin silver prints / documentary photographs / later prints / works of art / black-and-white photography / War / Wellington

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