The Navy Museum in Auckland is asking for help to identify a number of images that have just come to light after sitting in storage for over 40 years.
The museum is sorting through the collection of the late Auckland photographer Tudor Collins, who went on several Navy trips to the Pacific Islands during the 1940's and 1950s.
Up until recently, a large number of Mr Collins' glass plate negatives had sat in boxes in a garage for over 40 years.
Photo: NZ NAVY MUSEUM
Photo: NZ NAVY MUSEUM
Museum photographic archivist Paul Restall says the images are remarkable but were not well documented and help is needed to identify the locations and people in them.
The pictures may be recognisable by the topography, the lagoons, the mountains and the buildings in the background and the particular housing styles.
"I guess it's a long shot, but if people can recognise some of the people in the photographs it would be fantastic to reunite those images with the people that are there," Mr Restall said.
The images can be found at the Navy Museum blog site http://www.navymuseum.co.nz/blog/
