Gibbston Valley

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-11442

Description: Bottles of Gibbston Valley wines and photograph of Alan Brady who established the first vineyard in the area in 1983. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1960-1971, 1995-2009

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10567-14

Description: Photographs of buildings, people, industry, and landscapes taken by Les Cleveland 1960 to 1971 and 1995 to 2009 and printed 1960 to 1972 and 1995 to 2009. All prints have captions which include the title that Cleveland gave the photograph (often including the location it was taken) and the date it was taken and printed. Almost all images are stamped "Les Cleveland Photograph" and some are also stamped with Cleveland's home address. The majority are signed by Cleveland and all are stamped or otherwise identified by Cleveland as being a "Vintage Print". A small number of prints include reference numbers to Cleveland's index cards. Identified people are Mary Cleveland (in nudes taken on Mount Ruapehu, at Ketetahi Springs, and in the Te Naihi Gorge), John Angus "Opo" (at Mussel Point), Pussy Galore and Teddy Bare (in the window of Purple Onion Revue Bar), Prue Evans (in Kaikoura and on a [camping trip?] at Lake Tennyson), Annabel Porter and her child (in Martinborough), Lisa (employee photographed at Just Teasing Hairdressers in Wellington), Barry Hendricksen [also recorded as Barrie Henderickson] of the Helensville Railway Trust, and Cleveland's grandchildren Maxwell and Madeline who are being read to from a storybook. Photographs of unidentified people include a woman in a Queenstown cafe, a group walking by the waka in Pātea, a young child climbing on a carving in Porirua, a family group at Neil's Beach near Haast, a wedding party at St Patrick's Church (Greymouth), a bride at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, a belly dancer in Wellington, and a group around a motorcycle at a Turangi or Tokaanu event celebrating 100 years of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Other photographs include an early settler's grave at a Jackson's Bay cemetery, Rangitikei bush, patterns in mud at the Arawhata River, mudstone formations at Ocean Beach (Jackson's Head), a vineyard in Gibbston Valley, buildings and graffiti in Gore, Dunedin buildings, bar towels drying in Hokitika, a sculpted figure at a market in Santa Fe (Arizona), the Postal Centre at Garston, and views of the Te Naihi Valley including of Mount Tyndar. Photographs of the Wellington Region include buildings (on Riddiford Street, Tonks Avenue, and Lambton Quay), Pidgeon Park, shop front displays (including at Ziggurat on Cuba Street and an antiques store on Jackson Street). sculptures in Hikoikoi Park Petone, and a Nada Bakery van in Johnsonville. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints arrived at Library in no discernible order and were placed in a box labelled "Vintage Prints" by curatorial staff during appraisal. Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic prints Transfers: Box two of two from set of prints classified as "Vintage Prints" during Library appraisal. See PAColl-10567-13 for box one.. Processing information: During processing, Library staff arranged prints by date. The volume of prints required that they be housed in two separate boxes.