Amusement rides - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1939

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Exhibition-1939-01

Description: An arrangement of text. Playland was a sideshow and amusement park, at the Centennial Exhibition. Rides included the flagship ride, the Cyclone rollercoaster ride, Crazy House, Dodgems and Scoota boats. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on ticket. Physical Description: Letterpress, black on blue card, 70 x 102 mm.

Date: 21 January 2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Holl, Maarten, active 2000

Reference: EP/2000/0223-F

Description: German Ambassador Eberhard Nöldeke photographed on the adventure ride Fly By Wire at Paekakariki on 21 January 2000 by Evening Post staff photographer Maarten Holl. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1940

From: New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (1939-1940 : Wellington, N.Z.): [Ephemera. 1939-1940]

By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1940-01

Description: Postcard shows a montage of photographs of Playland, the sideshow area of the Centennial Exhibition. In the centre is a ceramic laughing clown in a sailor suit. Other photographs show Scoota Boats, the roller coaster, a train with a kiwi on the side, the facade of the Chinese Theatre, the Mexican Rose stand, and the entrance to the Crazy House. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on card, 88 x 139 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sue Duncan, 2012

Date: 1940

From: Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986 :Collection of prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-036214-F

Description: Fun park rides & stalls at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington. Clusters of people are chatting and looking on. Photograph taken circa 1940, probably by Eileen Deste. Other - This is a copy negative of a print. The copy negative was made by Deste. The copied print was probably made by Eileen Deste. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Johnson, I F H, active 20th century

Reference: 1/2-075377-F

Description: Water chute at Williams Park, Day's Bay, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Summer 1959-1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0004-F

Description: Scenes at Carterton A&P show, photographed in the summer of 1959-1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Date: ca 1910

From: Photographer unknown: Wellington harbour ferries

Reference: 1/4-018460-F

Description: Overlooking the water chute at Williams Park, Day's Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - At Day's Bay. 1161 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1912

From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Wellington

Reference: PAColl-7081-53

Description: Water chute at Williams Park, Day's Bay, 1912. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.1 x 16 cm

Date: Summer 1959-1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0008-F

Description: Scenes at Carterton A&P show, photographed in the summer of 1959-1960 by Ans Westra. Also first two frames show a group performing a Maori action song, possibly at a wedding in Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: 1904 - 1914

Reference: Eph-POSTCARDS-Wellington-05

Description: Shows a frontal view of a carriage hitting the water after sliding down the chute, while crowds watch, and a row of flags flaps in the breeze. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Collotype on postcard 89 x 138 mm.

Date: 1985

By: Glendining, Danna Mary, 1944-

Reference: Eph-D-FAIR-1985-01

Description: Shows a montage of fair objects: a carousel, a girl riding a horse on the carousel, a hot dog, sweets, balloons, a toffee apple, a smiling girl, and a smiling sun. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 594 x 389 mm. Provenance: Donated by Danna Glendining in 1997.

Date: 17 February 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-5482-011

Description: Photograph of three sideshow mechanics testing equipment at Solway, Masterton. Photograph taken on 17 February 1956. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [191-?]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-022709-G

Description: Looking down onto the Pavilion and water chute at Williams Park, Days Bay, Lower Hutt, Wellington, with the beachfront at the top right of the image. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1939

From: Wellington City Council :Negatives of Wellington taken for the Wellington City Council, chiefly by Frank Giles Barker

Reference: 1/2-137673-G

Description: New Zealand Centennial Exhibition grounds under construction, Wellington, including roller coaster tracks. Photograph taken in 1939 for the Wellington City Council, by Frank Giles Barker. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1219

Description: All scenes were taken in the fairground outside the World Trade Fair at the Winter Show Building in Wellington in 1975. Families with children outside sideshows; and, people on a fairground ride, two strapped on each seat with large umbrellas above each one (frames 5 to 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1220

Description: All scenes were taken in the fairground outside the World Trade Fair at the Winter Show Building in Wellington in 1975. All frames are close-up views of young people at the sideshows in the fairground. Frames 1 and 2 show just the view of clasped hands behind a young couple. All the other views show young people watching amusement rides and queueing for various sideshows. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1221

Description: All scenes were taken in the fairground outside the World Trade Fair at the Winter Show Building in Wellington in 1975. Views show sideshows, a girl eating candyfloss, a couple on an amusement ride, and a number of Black Power gang members (including members of the Wellington and Bay of Plenty chapters.) Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1417

Description: All frames were taken at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt, in the fairground area, possibly at Trentham memorial Park. [Location from an advertisement for Tom Croft Motors (of Fergusson Drive, in Ans Westra images in sheet AW-1419.)] Young and older people, many of them Māori, with advertisements and ticket boxes for various amusements seen in the background. A woman is standing in the shade of a tree wearing singlasses and a wide white straw hat (frame 6); two young men are watching proceedings in frames 3 to 5; a large group of men, women and children are sitting on top of oil drums piled on the back of a truck, giving height to view the activities (frame 7). A young woman wearing a head scarf, is bending over her child who is holding a can of "Lemon and Paeroa" (frames 10 & 11). The mother is drinking from the can in frame 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1415

Description: All frames were taken at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt, in the fairground area, possibly at Trentham memorial Park. [Location from an advertisement for Tom Croft Motors (of Fergusson Drive, in Ans Westra images in sheet AW-1419.)] A young Māori boy wearing a straw hat, is seated on the steps leading up to a fairground ride. Families, many of them Māori, some with babies in prams, are seen, with amusement rides visible in the background. The rides include a ferris wheel and an "Octopus" ride. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1414

Description: Frames one to three showing a young couple, were taken in a train. All following frames were taken at a fair, probably an A&P show in Upper Hutt, possibly at Trentham Memorial Park, in the fairground area. [Location from an advertisement for Tom Croft Motors (of Fergusson Drive, in Ans Westra images in sheet AW-1419.)]Views of people picnicking; a "Chippies. Potato Chips" truck on a road into the fair; a toddler perched on the shoulders of their older brother; young men riding on the "dodgems;" and a young Māori boy wearing a straw hat, who is seated on the steps leading up to a fairground ride. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film