Racetracks (Horse racing) - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1947-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-156

Description: Photographs of race horses and racing personalities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, between 1947 and 1958. Includes Free Lance files (arranged alphabetically by name of horse): Gallops - Names of horses I-Im, In-Iz, Ja-Je. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1911

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

Reference: 1/2-045488-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1947-1956

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-152

Description: Photographs of race horses and racing personalities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, between 1947 and 1956. Includes Free Lance files (arranged alphabetically by name of horse): Gallops - Names of horses Hu, Hy, Lu-Ly, Ma, Me, & Mi. Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1931

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

Reference: EP-0319-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0314 to 0335 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1926 - 1939 - 1953

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

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm); Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm); Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-028-004/014

Description: Shows the layout of the racecourse (drawn from a Seaton Sladden & Pavitt plan of November 1926); also shows floor plans, sections and elevations of the grandstand 1939, proposed additions and alterations to the stewards' stand in 1953. Photographs taken at the time these plans were made are at PAColl-7666. Quantity: 11 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, and diazo print, sizes varying around 570 x 800 mm.

Date: 1931

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

Reference: EP-0314-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0314 to 0335 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Reference: 1/2-055136-F

Description: Grandstand

Date: 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-087-3

Description: A programme for horse-races with a list of horses racing and expected prizes. The list includes horses owned and ridden by Maori Quantity: 1 letterpress. Physical Description: Letterpress on newsprint, 269 x 137 mm

Date: ca 1920

Reference: 1/2-003788-F

Description: The grandstand at Trentham Race Course on Cup Day ca 1920 seen from the seating side with people sitting on the steps and milling around in front. It is still under construction and the front of the grandstand has scaffolding on it. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039490-G

Description: Horse race finish at Trentham Racecourse. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1851

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-010-2

Description: Two sheds, one possibly a toilet, and two tents on the shores of Burnham Water, Miramar with hills in the background. The occasion is a horse-racing meeting. One of the sheds is a tall building with a small door, lower left On the reverse (C-103-010-4) is an unfinished pencil drawing titled Burnham Water races, 1851 [i.e. a Miramar, Wellington scene] with the same tall shed with a low door to the left as appears in C-103-010-2, as well as the tent to the left and the outline of the tent to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink sketch, 110 x 225 mm

Date: 1929-1948

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7666-1

Description: Photographs of the stands and other buildings at Tauherenikau Race Course taken by Photo News Wellington on the 24th of February 1948. Portions of the facade of Briscoe's Building which was located in Victoria and Harris streets, Wellington, photographed about 1930. Designs and plans for the Dominion Museum, National Art Gallery, and Carillon, Wellington, for the 1929 competition for these buildings. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1126: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd: Records. See also Drawings and Prints collection Plans-2002-058: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd : [Architectural plans.1906-1995]. Note: Photographs at PAColl-7666-1 are associated with Plans-2002-058-08 (for Tauherenikau Race Course buildings). Plans-2002-058-Folder 033 (for Briscoe's Building). Plans-2002-058-Folder-080 (for Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery)..

Date: 1948-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-150

Description: Photographs of race meetings, race horses and racing personalities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, between 1950 and 1958. Includes: Series of photos re NZ Racing Conference testing for `doping', 1953 (and notes on testing); Melbourne Cup, 1952, 1953 & 1958; Trentham Racecourse doubles indicator (1950) & racecourse engineer L L Saggers; Trentham grandstand (1934); interior of totalisator at Trentham; Ellerslie Racecourse; race meeting at Riccarton; 101st NZ Derby Stakes winner (Sol d'Or); New Zealand Cup (W D Skelton & owners Mr & Mrs F C Pratt of Levin); Wellington Cup held at Trentham, Jan 1956; Grand National Steeplechase, 1958; Australian racing personalities. Quantity: 88 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 20 October 1951]

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

Reference: 114/374/03-G

Description: Race finish of the Heretaunga Hack Handicap on the second day of the meeting at Trentham Racecourse photographed circa 20 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Processing information: Now G26693-1/1

Date: 1931

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

Reference: EP-0320-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0314 to 0335 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931

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

Reference: EP-0317-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0314 to 0335 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1913

By: Hunter, A G, active 1913

Reference: Plans-79-0522

Description: Shows plan of foundations of the official stand at Tauherenikau. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour

Date: 9 May 1978

By: Jowitt, Glenn, 1955-2014

Reference: PA7-16-05

Description: Photographs from the book 'Race Day' by Glenn Jowitt Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 14 January 1954

By: Rule, Nancy, 1923?-2016

Reference: PAColl-9156

Description: Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II at Trentham Racecourse, taken 14 January 1954 by Nancy Rule. Also shows Mr H R Chalmers, president of the Racing Conference, and his wife. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 24.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted on paper Provenance: Donated by Nancy Rule, Lower Hutt, 2006

Date: 1931

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

Reference: EP-0318-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0314 to 0335 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).