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Faithfull Photography Collection

DescriptionFaithfull Photography Collection

Faithfull Photography Ltd. was in Whangarei from the mid-1960's until the end of 1969, when it was taken over by Northern Advocate photographer Nick Randall.

It was established and operated by Wally and Barbara Faithfull, first from their home at 16 King Street Kengsington, but from October 1967 in their upstairs studio in McKay Electrical Ltd's new building in Water Street.

Their work covered weddings, portraits, social functions, in-home studies of children and families, sports and cultural groups, as well as aerial photography.

At that time, photography was mainly black and white; colour was in it's infancy. Where colour work was required, this was mainly done by applying oil colouring to sepia-toned (browned) prints by a skilled colourist. However, the studio was also beginning to do a limited amount of work with colour film, which then had to be processed at an Auckland photo laboratory.

When handing over the studio to Nick Randall, a quantity of sample images was retained and transported with the Faithfull family to Auckland, where they remained for 43 years, undisturbed, until Barbara Faithfull returned with them to Whangarei in January 2013, and discovered that the entire collection was still in excellent condition.

By 2015 she is considering donating the collection to the Whangarei Library for it to be digitised; copies of prints would then be made available to the general public for a nominal amount.

The prints are sorted into the following categories:-
1. Weddings
2. Babies, children and families
3. Ballet and tap dancers
4. Portraits
5. Youth, sports, cultural, choirs
6. Miscellaneous
6(a) McKay Electrical Ltd.

2nd March 2015

Photo

Photographer Barbara Faithfull

McKay Electrical staff mid 1960s

Tap dancer 1960s

Ballet dancer 1960s

Tap dancer 1960s

Ballet dancers 1967-69

Ballet dancer late 1960s

Ballet dancer 1960s

Whangarei Primary Schools choirs at Whangarei Town Hall mid-late 1960s

Wedding (bride is Margaret Teesdale) 1960s

Wedding (bride is Donna Mayo) 1960s

Whangarei Girls High School "A" basketball team 1969

Whangarei Girls High School Athletics Team 1969

Whangarei Girls High School Prefects 1969

Whangarei Boys High School Carruth House boarders 1969

Wedding (bride is Gwenda Brown) 1960s

Lyn Tindall and Ray Yendall wedding 1960s

Wayne Harris and Margaret Sterling wedding 1960s

Whangarei Homemakers' Choir 1966-67

Whangarei Homemakers' Choir mid 1960s

Whangarei Homemakers' Choir entertaining Prime Minister Keith Holyoake and Mrs Holyoake mid 1960s

Document

Faithfull Photography business history

Faithfull Photography Ltd. letterhead 1967-69

Faithfull Photography marketing to sports clubs

Wally Faithfull Specialist Photographer letterhead 1963

Faithfull Photography price list 1967

McKay's letterhead 1957-58

Faithfull Photography price list 1967

Faithfull Photography business card price list

Faithfull Photography business card

Faithfull Photography marketing to sports clubs 1967-69

Faithfull Photography Ltd. letterhead 1967

Wally Faithfull Specialist Photographer letterhead 1963

Faithfull Photography business card price list

Faithfull Photography business card

Kimroy Photography business card

On his own now (Nick Randall) Northern Advocate Clipping

Faithfull Photography business history

Faithfull Photography note

Portraits of a lady (Barbara Marshall) Northern Advocate clipping 3/8/13

Faithfull Photography catalogue: miscellaneous

Faithfull Photography catalogue: youth, sports, cultural inc. choirs

Faithfull Photography catalogue portraits

Person

Nick Randall

Barbara Faithfull

Wally Faithfull

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Whangārei Libraries

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CollectionsNorthland RoomOrganisationsFaithfull Photography LtdPeopleWally FaithfullBarbara FaithfullNick Randall

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