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James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
- Date
- [ca 1840-1990]
- By
- James Smith's (Firm)
- Reference
- PA-Group-00039
- Description
Contains material relating to James Smith Department Store dating from the 1840s until the early 1990s. Comprises:
1. Shop buildings. The various buildings occupied by James Smith from the 1840s until the 1990s. Also the construction of a new store in the Hutt Valley in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Shops in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America from the late 1970s to the late 1980s-early 1990s.
2. Shop window displays. These date from ca 1936 until the late 1980s. From the late 1970s many of the views of shop window displays depict places in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America.
3. Shop interiors. These date from the late 1960s and most are from the late 1970s. They include many views of shop interiors in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America.
4. James Smith Christmas and other parades from 1959 until the early 1990s. There are also colour photos of parades in Hawaii taken about ca 1984.
5. James Smith staff sports teams from the period ca 1929-1954
6. General material including some staff social occasions, presentations, and portraits.
7. Photographs relating to the sinking of the Wahine, 1968.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/4-067405
Quantity: 966 b&w original photographic print(s). 835 colour original photographic print(s). 1158 b&w original negative(s). 20 colour original transparency/ies. 1 album(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 14 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 93-215 : James Smith Ltd : Records. See also plans and cup in Drawings & Prints..
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- 966 b&w original photographic print(s), 835 colour original photographic print(s), 1158 b&w original negative(s), 20 colour original transparency/ies, 1 album(s), 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera, 14 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted, Photographs
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Parades in Hawaii, shops, and shop interiors
Date: 1980-1985
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-3332-14
Description: Shops, shop interiors, merchandise. In particular a series on "Skallywags", a children's discount department store. James Smith parade 1981 and a parade in Honolulu in 1980. There are also views of a beach resort in either Hawaii, Australia, or California Quantity: 103 colour original photographic print(s).
Bullock team in Cuba Street, Wellington - Taken by an unidentified photographer
Date: 1890
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-D-0529
Description: Bullock team and cart loaded with sacks of grain in Cuba Street outside the premises of John Nicol, plumber. The driver is standing alongside, a whip in his hands. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 500 x 755 mm on card
Interior of tram barns Wellington - Photograph taken by George Adkin
Date: [ca 1942]
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964
Reference: PAColl-D-0525
Description: View of trams inside the tram barn. Photograph taken by G L Adkin, early 1940s Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 335 x 490 mm mounted
Christmas parade 1985 and shops
Date: 1974 - 1985
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-3332-06
Description: Christmas parade 1985, shops and shop interiors in New Zealand and Australia, shops under construction Quantity: 82 colour original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s).
South Wellington Fire Station
Date: [ca 1900]
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-D-0524
Description: Firemen on horse drawn fire engine emerging from entrance of South Wellington Fire Station Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Fire! - About 1900 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 430 x 385 mm mounted on card
Aerial photograph showing planned extensions to James Smith building - Taken by K E Niv...
Date: 23 Oct 1963
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
By: Niven, Kenneth Edmeades, 1911-2004
Reference: PAColl-D-0259
Description: Aerial view over James Smith building showing sites on lower Cuba Street where the shop was going to be extended, taken 23 October 1963. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 760 x 975 mm
Willis Street from Featherston Street, Wellington - Photograph taken by George Moodie
Date: [ca 1908]
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
By: Moodie, George, active 1896-1916
Reference: PAColl-D-0527
Description: View looking up Willis Street from near the intersection of Willis and Featherston streets with Lambton Quay. The Bank of New Zealand is on the far right with horse-drawn carriages for hire lined up outside in Featherston Street.Trams can be seen in Willis Street. Photograph taken by George Moodie in 1908. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - PhotoForum. Photograph by George Moodie: Willis Street from Customhouse Quay, Wellington c. 1908. Courtesy National Museum, Wellington, NZ. Poster published by PhotoForum (Wgtn) Inc, PO Box 9603 Wellington, New Zealand. Laser sanning and platemaking by Lithographic Laboraties Ltd and printed on Zanders Ikonolux by Service Printers Ltd Wellington 1983 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 375 x 500 mm
Wellington Tramway Company's steam trams - Photograph taken by James Bragge
Date: 1879
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-D-0523
Description: The Hibernia and Florence steam trams being prepared for service outside the sheds at Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Typed caption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 280 x 390 mm mounted on card
Personnel, activities and shops
Date: [ca 1980-1990]
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-3332-13
Description: Shops, shop interiors, and shop window displays in New Zealand and possibly California and Hawaii. Good views of merchandise. A series of photos showing the treatment meted out to a man who is to be married Quantity: 73 colour original photographic print(s). 6 b&w original photographic print(s).
Bullock team, Cuba Street, Wellington
Date: 1890
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
Reference: PAColl-D-0528
Description: Bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of grain standing in Cuba Street, Wellington outside the premises of S Rowe and Sons, grain merchants. The bullock driver is standing at the front of the team of eight bullocks holding a long whip. Men and boys are standing on the pavement looking on. photograph taken by an unidentified photographer in 1890. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 505 x 755 mm on card