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Story: Coe, Herbert James Bowkett

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From page 1 - Biography

Man in white jersey sitting beside a architectural drawing board.

Drawing in pencil of head and chest of a young man in open-necked shirt.

Painting of two soldiers in uniform holding guns, surrounded by mangroves, sheltering behind a rock which also contains a large crab.

‘The patrol, Vella Lavella, 2nd November 1943’

A painting of an artist sketching on paper, sitting in the foreground, with a woman standing in the background, perhaps in a campsite.

James and Jemi Coe, 1949

School students jump onto mattress, surrounded by a group of seated students with papers and pencils.

Hutt Valley High School outdoor art class, 1946

Film of adult students in different classrooms, some scenes including teachers and a skeleton used for their studies

Wellington School of Design

Man stands inside a small room with a grid pattern on the walls and floors, also containing rods and spheres.

Kinetosphere, Wellington Polytechnic

Two measured drawings of a computer work station including ergonomic drawings of how a user would move while using it.

Air traffic control workstation