Clock towers - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region
Ronald James McMillan (architect): Hopwood clock tower, Palmerston North
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
By: McMillan, Ronald James, 1915-2000
Reference: PAColl-0811-06-06
Description: Hopwood clock tower, Palmerston North, constructed circa 1950s. Image taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1950s. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Occidental Hotel, Palmerston North, on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and Church Street
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001419-G
Description: View of the Occidental & Commercial Family Hotel on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and Church Street, in The Square, Palmerston North. There is a clock tower on the corner of the hotel. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Square. Palmerston N. 423 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
W Carthew (Firm, Feilding) :Post Office, Feilding. W Carthew, Feilding, N.Z. Printed in...
Date: 1910 - 1912
From: Various artists :[Postcards and greeting cards collected by McCarthy. 1880s-1940s?]
By: William Carthew (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-McCarthy-007
Description: Postcard shows a photograph of Feilding Post Office, with its central domed clocktower. In the left background is a building housing W Carthew, booksellers, the London & Berlin Piano Company, and the Union Tea Rooms. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Part of the McCarthy Collection of greeting cards.
The Square, Feilding NZ. Carthew's Series no 1694.
Date: Between 1910 and 1913
Reference: PA5-0142
Description: The Square, Feilding NZ taken ca 1910-1913 as part of the Carthew series. Shows Wm Carthew, booksellers and stationers, The London & Berlin Piano Co the shop of W B Watson, the clock tower and some horse-drawn vehicles. Verso contains page of message from Perc. Morphy? to Mr P Spirosen C/- The Press Christchurch thanking him for the Jubilee Daily. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 137 mm
W Carthew (Firm, Feilding) :The Square, Feilding. W Carthew, Feilding, N.Z. Printed in ...
Date: 1910 - 1912
From: Various artists :[Postcards and greeting cards collected by McCarthy. 1880s-1940s?]
By: William Carthew (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-McCarthy-008
Description: Postcard shows a photograph of the central square in Feilding, with the post office at the right with its central domed clocktower. At the left is a building housing W Carthew, booksellers, the London & Berlin Piano Company, and the Union Tea Rooms. To the right of that building is one housing a billiard parlour and a silver dealer R J Walden[?] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Part of the McCarthy Collection of greeting cards.
Colour slides 74-97
Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958
From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand
Reference: PA12-7762
Description: Phase 4 continued - 74. Distant view of Wellington from air; 75. Approaching Paraparaumu Airport. Phase 5; Wellington - 76. Wellington - looking across bay to Miramar and ocean; 77. Wellington - looking at new Rongotai Airport; 78. Lower Hutt, Southwood's fine, melted steel tube; 79. Port Nicholson, Somes Island, looking to Wellington from Gracefield; 80. Port Nicholson, Hutt River, reclamation work; 81. View up Hutt Valley; 82. View from Kelburn Park towards Government House and Hospital; 83. View from Kelburn Park across Lambton Harbour to Mt Victoria, Wellington's highest; 84. View from Kelburn Park across wharves to Petone, Lower Hutt; 85. Ohira Bay; 86. Siren's Rocks; 87. Tetrapods and beakwater in Lyall Bay, Rongotai airport; 88. From Mt Victoria across Evans Bay to Rongotai; 89. From Mt Victoria down to City proper; 90. Small craft in Lambton Harbour; 91. Near Evans Bay; 92. En route to Greytown (Wind); 93. En route to Greytown, eastern side of range. Phase 6 - Palmerston North; 94-96. Central Square gardens, All Saints church; 97. Tower and shell containing clock and chimes from P.O. damaged in earthquake of 1942. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, looking east, including the second Post Office and clock to...
Date: [188-?]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025890-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View along Mancester Square towards the post office at Feilding, with shops lining the ...
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001426-G
Description: View of the Feilding Post Office with clock tower, looking along one side of The Square which is lined with shops and businesses on the right, including the premises of Albert H Chamberlain (dentist), Egbert Fitzherbert (land agent), C Harrington (pork butcher), and Windelburn Bros (Carbine livery and bait stables). Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Square. Feilding. 419 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Post Office, Masterton
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001559-G
Description: View of the Masterton Post Office, with clock tower. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office. Masterton. 481 Relationship complexity - Note on back of file print reads "Also F100451 1/2, from Ben Iorns Coll." William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Victoria Avenue, Wanganui
Date: ca 1920s
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048797-G
Description: Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, circa 1920s, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows buildings on both sides of the street, a clock tower; cars, a tram, a horse drawn cart etc. Signs advertise: The Kash, importers of mercery; Coopers; Colliers; Brinsmead Pianos; Bristol Meats Ltd (obscured) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
View of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui
Date: [Between 1902 and 1906]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000601-G
Description: View of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui from City Bridge. The post office clock tower is visible centre left, the street is lined with shops, and there are several horse-drawn carts coming towards the camera. In the centre of the image Watt Fountain is visible. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, probably between 1902 and 1906. Information for date of photography is taken from the fact that the fountain was moved to make way for a new tram line which was opened in December 1908, and information from local historian. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Victoria Avenue. Wanganui. [No.] 111 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Processing information: Record was updated on 11 January 2022 to change the date range from 1905 to1908 to a date between 1902 and 1906.
View of the post office at Feilding, looking across gardens in the centre of The Square
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001425-G
Description: View of the Feilding Post Office with clock tower, looking across lawns and garden in the centre of the square. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Square. Feilding. 420 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui
Date: [Between 1905 and 1908]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000653-G
Description: View of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, looking towards the post office, with the light at the top of the Watt Fountain at the intersection with Victoria Avenue in the centre distance. The post office clock tower is visible centre right, the street is lined with shops, and there are several horse-drawn vehicles in the street. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, before December 1908, when the Watt Fountain was moved to another site to make room for the new tramway, which was officially opened in December 1908. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Vic. Avenue. Wanganui. [No.] 457 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View of Ridgway Street, Wanganui
Date: [Between 1905 and 1908]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000652-G
Description: Includes view of Watt Fountain. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ridgway St. Wanganui. [No.] 485 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1910s
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047602-G
Description: View of the shops and businesses on the Square, Palmerston North, ca 1910s. The Post Office clock tower is visible. Signs advertise The Kosy Soda Fountain, W. Hop & Co. Fruiterer, Gilchrist's, The Premier Drapery Co. Ltd. and others. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Clock tower, Palmerston North
Date: 11 Oct 1957
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1957/4004-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
The Square, Palmerston North - Photograph taken by A A Pratt
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
By: Pratt, A A, active 1900s
Reference: 1/2-001421-G
Description: View of The General Post Office, Palmerston North. Photograph taken by A A Pratt (stationer and bookseller) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A.A.Pratt Series. G.P.O. Palmerston North. [No.] 539 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View of Ridgway Street, Wanganui
Date: [Between 1905 and 1908]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000651-G
Description: View of Ridgway Street, Wanganui, looking towards the post office on the right, with the Watt Fountain at the intersection with Victoria Avenue in the centre distance. The post office clock tower is prominent centre right, the street is lined with shops, and there are several horse-drawn carts in the street. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, before December 1908, when the fountain was moved to another site to make room for the new tramway, which was officially opened in December 1908. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ridgway St. Wanganui. [No.] 482[?] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Post Office, Palmerston North
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001422-G
Description: View of the Post Office in Palmerston North, with the business premises of G H Bennett (booksellers, stationers & newsagents) behind a hedge centre left. There are a number of people, and horses & carriages outside the post office. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office. Palmerston North. No. 1937 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Post office, Wanganui
Date: [Between 1905 and 1908]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000655-G
Description: View of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, with the Post Office, surmounted by a clock tower, centre left, at the intersection with Ridgway Street. Centre right the Watt Fountain is visible in the middle of the intersection. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, before December 1908, when the fountain was moved to another site to make room for the new tramway, which was officially opened in December 1908. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office. Wanganui. [No.] 466 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative