Ships - Maintenance and repair - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Railways album 9
Date: [Between 1930 and 1934]
By: New Zealand Railways; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Mitchell, Lindsay, active 1930-1942
Reference: PA1-f-058
Description: Album of publicity photographs including designs for advertisements for use in the new Zealand Railway Magazine; designs for posters for use in Railways Ticket Offices and one for a large neon lighting sign "Suggested `Claude Neon' Display for New Zealand Railway Publicity Department, Wellington. `Travel by train'". One photograph is entitled "`Post' corner 1880. Now site of King's Chambers". A number of images show a [Labour Day?] parade of marching people, and floats some of which are advertising NZ Railways holiday destinations, with slogans reading `Come to Rotorua', `Come to Waitomo', `Come to The Chateau Tongariro'. There are designs of title pages for the New Zealand Railways Magazine; a view of a commemorative key with a sheaf of corn on the handle in a presentation box; and designs for a programme of events surround the laying of the foundation stone for the new Government Railway Station, Wellington, N.Z. by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, December 17th 1934. These are followed by photographs taken during the Duke's tour of New Zealand, including crowd scenes in Wellington, Maori celebrations of welcome at Ngaruawahia, and scenes in the Rotorua thermal area. There are a few individual and group portraits of the management and administrative staff of New Zealand Railways, most unidentified. Most of the images relate to the 1930s, but there are a few copies of earlier photographs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, maroon spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C4'; 42 x 59 cm
Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971 :[Evans Bay with the Patent Slip. 1893]
Date: 1893
From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]
By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971
Reference: B-190-077
Description: A view of the Patent Slipway at Evans Bay, Wellington. A road runs around the bay towards the front of the image (Evans Bay Parade). The hills surrounding the bay are framed by a sky of pink, yellow and blue Other Titles - Lyall Bay Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top left - EM Stowe / Lyall Bay 1893 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on artist's paper, 125 x 175 mm (sight)
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Aratere. 12 November 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0026704
Description: Cartoon shows the propeller from the Aratere ferry lying on the seabed. Two divers are investigating and say 'There ya go...superglue's come unstuck' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Christmas Cook Strait crossings?... 17 November 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0026708
Description: Cartoon shows people crossing the Cook Strait using a variety of methods. One person in a rowboat comments 'Still more reliable than the ferry service!' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Man alongside ship hauling machinery at the patent slip in Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1920s]
Reference: 1/2-C-003544-F
Description: Man alongside ship hauling machinery at the patent slip in Evans Bay, Wellington, circa 1920s. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
The ship Maunganui on a floating dock, Wellington Harbour
Date: 1946
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010362-F
Description: The ship Maunganui resting on the Wellington Harbour Board's floating dock in Wellington Harbour. Photograph taken in 1946 for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
The vessel Opawa, on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: 27 December 1922
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047916-G
Description: The vessel `Opawa' on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington in 1922. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith on the 27th of December. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - Firs[sic] boat on new slipway Opawa Dec 27 1922 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1827-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking north from the harbour, showing a ship's propellor in the foreground and a small steam vessel on the hard alongside the slip. Photograph taken, probably in the late 1870s, by an unknown photographer. The photograph was taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1823-G, and at a slightly earlier date than 10x8-1822-G. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches
Smith, Sydney Charles :Vessel on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1927]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5
By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972
Reference: PAColl-5800-05
Description: Vessel (probably the `Opawa') on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, circa 1927. A truck from the firm William Cable & Co Ltd is on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Embossed on bottom left - S C Smith Photo Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Schooner Julius Vogel and steamship Grafton on the patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1825-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking south towards the harbour, showing the schooner Julius Vogel and the steamship Grafton on the slip, and a small steam vessel on the hard alongside. Photograph taken ca 1880 by an unknown photographer. The photograph was taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1822-G, possibly in late 1880. The Grafton is recorded as stranding at the Buller river on 12 May 1880 and the Julius Vogel at Waitara on 31 July 1880, the only incident recorded for this vessel in New Zealand waters. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches
Vessel on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1927]
Reference: 1/2-049263-F
Description: Vessel, possibly the `Opawa', on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, circa 1927. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1823-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking north from the harbour, showing a small steam vessel on the hard alongside the slip. Photograph taken, probably in the late 1870s, by an unknown photographer. The photograph was taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1827-G, and at a slightly earlier date than 10x8-1822-G. The wharf buildings at the left of the image are at an earlier stage on development than in 10x8-1822-G, but the same steam vessel is on the hard. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches
Patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1824-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking north from the harbour, showing a wheelbarrow in the foreground. Photograph taken ca 1880 by an unknown photographer. Photograph taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1826-G. The same man appears in both views. They were probably taken at the same time as 10x8-1823-G. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches
N Z Government S S Matai, on patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1920s]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-049255-G
Description: The N Z Government vessel `S S Matai' on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith, circa 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - N.Z.GOV. S.S.MATAI ON PATENT SLIP WELLINGTON S.C.SMITH PHOTO; Marginal notes on negative - top right - 5. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
The ship Tamahine on the patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Oct 1929
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP-1286-1/2-G
Description: The ship 'Tamahine' on the patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington, photographed for the Evening Post by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1826-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking south towards the harbour, showing a small steam vessel on the hard alongside the slip. Photograph taken ca 1880 by an unknown photographer. Photograph taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1824-G. The same man appears in both views. They were probably taken at the same time as 10x8-1823-G. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches
Ship hauling machinery at the patent slip in Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1920s]
Reference: 1/2-C-003535-F
Description: Ship hauling machinery at the patent slip in Evans Bay, Wellington, circa 1920s. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Patent slip, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: Ca 1880
From: Maplesden, Peter Wilson :Negatives of Evans Bay slip
Reference: 10x8-1822-G
Description: View of the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, looking north from the harbour, showing the steamship Grafton and the schooner Julius Vogel (obscured) on the slip, and a small steam vessel on the hard alongside. Photograph taken ca 1880 by an unknown photographer. The photograph was taken on the same occasion as 10x8-1825-G, possibly in late 1880. The Grafton is recorded as stranding at the Buller river on 12 May 1880 and the Julius Vogel at Waitara on 31 July 1880, the only incident recorded for this vessel in New Zealand waters. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches