Hotel Waterloo (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1938

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1930-1939]

By: Hotel Waterloo (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1938-01

Description: Menu cover shows a boy chef wearing only an apron and a chef's hat, carrying a roast turkey on a plate. Behind him is the shape of a Christmas tree. His hat shows the date 1939, and behind him is the date 1938. A musical stave shows a treble clef, some notes and the words "Happy times". The inside menu shows a large selection of courses, and a note advertises that the Cameo Three will be playing in the lounge after dinner. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded menu.. Physical Description: Four-page booklet consisting of a folded card cover, 225 x 145 mm, and separate folded sheet held inside with a shiny gold ribbon

Date: [ca 1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6736

Description: 4 views of businesses in the Wellington region: the Hotel Waterloo on the corner of Bunny Street and Waterloo Quay; Levin & Co, who had premises on Featherston Street and Customhouse Quay; Royal Tiger Hotel, on the corner of Abel Smith Street and Taranaki Street; and the Provincial Hotel in Upper Hutt. At the time the photographs were taken Thomas Fisher was the proprietor of the Provincial Hotel and E Dunn was the proprietor of the Royal Tiger. Photographer unidentified but it may be Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028655 to 028658 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [ca 1960-1979]

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-40

Description: Buildings by Stephenson and Turner include - Photographs from an album showing buildings designed in New Zealand and Australia in the 1960s. These include - Royal Exchange building, Wellington. BOAC booking office, Hamilton Chambers, Wellington. General Motors New Zealand LTD, Trentham, Lower Hutt. The Pavillion Restaurant, Kirkaldie & Stains, Wellington. ANZ Bank, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Office for Fibremakers, Wiri, Auckland. Auckland Methodist Central Mission buildings, Civic Square, Auckland. ANZ House, Auckland. Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. South Pacific Hotel, Auckland. Acute block, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland. Main acute block, Auckland Hospital. Unilever House, Sydney. CML Assurance head office, Melbourne. St Hilda's College of Residence, Melbourne Universty. Pearl Assurance House, Adelaide. Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, Adelaide. Marion Shopping Centre, South Australia. Floor plans for the BNZ Centre, Wellington. Exterior view of the Bank of New Zealand building, Christchurch. Wellington office interiors designed in the 1970s. Buildings include - DFC building, Grey Street, Wellington. Norwich Union House, Wellington. Westpac Bank, Wellington. Singapore Air Lines, Wellington. Other photographs include - BNZ Centre display in Shell House, 1972. Group of exterior and Interior views of Sprott House, Karori, Wellington, 1971. Exterior views of the Grand Hotel, Wellington, November 1971. Exterior view of the Waterloo Hotel, Wellington, November 1971. View of Featherston Street from Willis Street, November 1971. View of Willis Street looking south, November 1971. Exterior and interior views of BP House, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 1971. Exterior and interior views of the IBM building, 155-161 the Terrace, Wellington, October 1971, Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Hotel Waterloo (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-01

Description: Front cover shows Father Christmas flying through the starry sky on his sleigh. The inside spread has a seasonal message from proprietors Mr & Mrs I [or J?] H Roberts and the Christmas dinner menu on the right. Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on folded card, 252 x 150 mm.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1984-1990

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-163

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6943

Description: Views of a military parade through Wellington, probably for Anzac Day. Included are the sailors from a ship moored in the harbour which may be the Theseus. A number of the views show these sailors and their officers being inspected on their ship. One image shows four sailors wearing piupiu and a kakahu over their uniforms playing up for the camera outside a meeting house with a lot of Maori gathered round them. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057691 to 057705 Quantity: 15 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1942

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-067-124/126

Description: Includes floor plans of the ground floor and basement as altered to make an air raid shelter. The capacity of the ground floor shelter was 250 persons and the capacity of the basement shelter was 85 persons. The building was on the corner of Bunny Street and Customhouse Quay. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 560 x 750 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Neely, Paddianne Wallace, active 1988-2015; Yaldwyn, John Cameron, 1929-2005; Williamson, Peter, active 2006

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1930/1939

Description: Includes menus for: Rendezvous Luncheon & Tea Rooms. Purity ice cream sundaes & iced fountain drink specialists. Menu. [1930s?] 1930: Luncheon to the Hon Sir Thomas Sidey, Attorney-General and Leader of the Legisltive Council, by the Legislative Council of New Zealand, prior to his departure to attend the Imperial Conference, 1930. 21 August 1930. 1932: British Empire banquet at the Hove Town Hall on 20th May 1932, to inaugurate the Empire Shopping Week from 20th to 28th May, under the auspices of the Brighton and Hove Traders Association. 1933: New Zealand Society annual dinner, celebrating the inauguration of New Zealand Day, 8th February 1933. Savoy Hotel, London. Menu & programme, and index to tables. In the chair: Sir Thomas Wilford. Hotel St George. Dinner [menu]. 19th December 1933. (Donated by Mrs P W Neely in 2000). 1934: Hotel St George, Wellington. [Dinner menu. 6/12/[19]34. (2 copies with autographs, previously owned by John B Yaldwyn)) 1935: New Zealand Shipping Company. RMS "Rangitane". Fancy dress ball supper, May 4, 1935. [Menu]. Dinner given by the Ministers of State for the Commonwealth in honour of the Right Honourable G W Forbes, MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Mrs Forbes. Hotel Australia, Sydney, 9th August 1935. 1936: Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the visit of the Honourable Sir Archdale Parkhill, KCMG, Minister of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia, and Lady Parkhill. Parliament House, Wellington, 30th September 1936. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the visit of delegates to the fourteenth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire. Town Hall, Wellington, 2nd October, 1936. 1937: Devonshire House, Rotorua, N.Z. [Menu]. Christmas Day 1937. A Merry Christmas to all my guests / C Morgan. 1938: Harker's Tea Rooms Limited. G R Harker, Manager, Greymouth. [1938]. Hotel Waterloo Wellington New Zealand. "Happy times". Christmas souvenir menu 1938. Hotel Milford, Milford Sound. Menu. 26 December 1938 (on letterhead sheet, with accompanying photograph) Quantity: 15 menus. Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.

Date: [Between 1933 and 1938]

By: Watt, Philip Chetwoode, 1876-1940

Reference: PA1-o-515

Description: Detailed photographs of the deign and construction of the Wellington Railway Station, from the foundations with special earthquake strengthening to the completed building, both external and interior. There are a few photographs at the end of the album showing one each of the Auckland Railway Station, the foundations of the Hotel Waterloo in Wellington, and the 2YA building; the 710' high mast for 2YA Radio Station; and erection of the Ford Building. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with two sheets of cardboard tied with green tape; 20.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1930 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Wellington-1930/1959

Description: Partial contents include material on the following accommodation: Grand Hotel Hotel St George Hotel Waterloo Windsor Hotel Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1941

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to hotels and motels in Wellington or its environs. 1900-2000s]

By: Hotel Waterloo (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-HOTEL-Wellington-1941-01

Description: Front cover shows at lower left the logo of the hotel with a lion with its foot placed on a sphere. At top left is the burned-down candle of the year 1941 and at right the shining new candle of 1942. Inside the menu page is autographed by various people including Alan Bain, Peter Field, W H Field, Dorothy Field, _ Belfield, Francis King-Lewis, Spencer Triggs, Arthur King-Lewis Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on menu. Physical Description: Relief print on red cover, containing folded menu sheet, cover size 280 x 210 mm tied with gilt cord

Date: [1970-1976]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-6/06

Description: Typescript copy of Lawlor's `Old Wellington hotels' and corrected script, `The Wets and the drys', reminiscences of the liquor laws and how they operated, which was taped 26 Mar 1973 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 23 Oct 1942-25 Apr 1953

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

By: Hotel Waterloo (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-11191-26

Description: Contains World War II ration books belong to Helen Mason and her daughter Julia, the dinner menu from the Waterloo Hotel (Wellington) dated 28 Oct 1944, and the programme for the 1953 Anzac Memorial Service at Carterton's Regent Theatre. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1950/1959

Description: Includes a booklet "Blow hot, blow cold", a booklet written and illustrated by David Kennedy for the Gourmet Restaurant Auckland, telling the story of the installation of an air-conditioning plant by Fisher & Paykel. [late 1950s?] Includes: Christmas card reproducing a recipe for Pate chaud de caneton [1950s?] Includes: Quaint New Zealand habits ... under-the-table drinking / Kennedy [Card. 1950s] Includes 1955 calendar card issued by Beaths Restaurant (part of Beaths department store Christchurch)Includes business car from Henry Berry Limited, Wellington, providers of caterers' equipment. 1950s/ Includes menus for: 1940-1960s: French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with Yellow and grey design on cover. [1940-60s]. (donor A D Singleton 1975). French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with pink design on cover. [1940-1960s]. (Donor Mr A D Singleton 1975) Majestic Lounge. Supper menu. [1950s?] 1953: Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor-General Lieut-General Sir Willoughby Norrie. 19 June 1953. Cowles Private Hotel (Waiheke). Greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from Mr and Mrs J Lees Faulkner, jnr. Christmas 1953; New Zealand 1954. Christmas and New Year season of the Royal visit. Menu [1953] 1954: Wanganui Officers' Club. Mess dinner. Saturday 25th September 1954. Grand Hotel Wanganui. Menu 1957: Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor General Lord Norrie. 21 June 1957. Hotel Waterloo (Wellington). Dinner menu for 3 September 1957. 1958: In honour of Sir Vivian Fuchs and members of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand. Parliament House, 17 March 1958. Hotel St George. Supper reception tendered by the Michael Todd Organisation to mark the New Zealand premiere of "Around the World in Eighty Days". 25 June 1958. Montmartre Coffee House Montmartre, 44 Molesworth Street, Wellington. [3 weeks'menus] No 1 [1958-1959] Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. October 1958, no. 2. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White. (2 copies) Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. November 1958, no. 3. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White (2 copies) Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. December 1958, no. 4. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef Madame Louise (Normandie) (2 copies) 1959: Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. January 1959, no. 5 (2 copies). Hotel Waterloo (Wellington) Xmas 1959; New Year 1960. [Christmas dinner menu] Cafe Montmartre Ltd (Wellington) Invoice sheet [ca 1959] (2 copies) and small envelope: "Montmartre, New Zealand's first coffee house, opposite the main gates of the House of Parliament, Wellington" Quantity: 1 booklet. 15 menus. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.

Date: [1939-1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-062

Description: Album of publicity photographs produced for New Zealand Railways by unidentified photographers. Many of the images are related to a series of articles produced in the new Zealand Railways Magazine between January 1939 and June 1940, written by O N Gillespie, with the overall title "Buy New Zealand goods and build new Zealand. New Zealand Industries series". In this album topics covered are glass manufacture and toys, novelties and woodworking. Many photographs show the beginning of work related to World War II, with a large number of views of New Zealand military parades in Wellington; views at Wellington wharves of the troopship the Empress of Canada; and scenes at the Wellington Railway station. Other views show various training activities of the Home Guard, including fire-fighting and medical training. Two pages of nine images show different views of the Oerlikon automatic gun (p 46-47), and there is one of a range finder (p 51). On Page 5, there is a three-part panorama of the Hutt Valley from Wainuiomata Road. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 8'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: 1960 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Wellington-1960/1979

Description: Partial contents include material on the following accommodation: Abby's Hotel Burma Motor Lodge (Johnsonville) Hotel St George Hotel Waterloo James Cook Hotel Mutual Motor Lodge Railton Motel Royal Oak Hotel Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1972

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-63265-F

Description: Leaving party for Mr Cleland at Hotel Waterloo, Wellington, taken for Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd in 1972 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 182/72. Mobil shots at Hotel Waterloo, Farewell for Mr Cleland. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with three images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [between ca 1962 and 1965]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1402-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative