Yachts - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6952

Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [Between 1909 and 1914]

From: Smith, Len W : Photographs of yachting

Reference: PAColl-D-0023

Description: Photograph of the Rawene under sail with a dinghy in tow. Taken at close range with houses in Oriental Bay visible in the distance. Grass Street steps and track up the hill can be seen to the left of the yacht. The Rawene was built in 1909 and converted to cutter rig in 1914. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Rawene Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 36.5 x 28 cm with mount

Date: 1962-1981

From: Fuller, James Ferris (Brigadier), 1913-2001 :Papers

Reference: 98-181-1

Description: A box-file containing files relating to yachting. Topics covered are marina developments at Evans Bay (Wellington), the development of a fleet of Flying Fifteen yachts in Wellington and New Zealand and the participation of the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergussson, in a Cook Strait yacht race aboard the `Mata-a-Tua' in Dec 1962 Fuller served as president of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: A detailed list compiled by the donor is available on request.

Date: [Between 1910 and 1914?]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-247

Description: Album of photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares, circa 1900 to 1914. Most of the views are in the Wellington region, including a large number of the Star Boating Club, ships in the harbour, the Wellington Botanic Gardens, and some of target practice and a military camp, probably in the Hutt Valley. Other areas are in an around Napier, and on the West Coast. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Views'; 15.5 x 21.5 cm

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-022

Description: Somes Island (Matiu) seen from the eastern bays area, possibly from Point Howard. Two yachts and a buoy in the foreground. The hills of Wellington in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 18 December 1887

From: Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/2-004064-G

Description: Yachts in the channel at Somes Island, including the yacht Rewa (on right), photographed on 18 December 1887 by Frederick James Halse of Wellington. Identified and dated from typescript index to negatives, housed at file TL 6/1/17. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches Processing information: Originally housed in Halse Collection box 2.

Date: [ca 4 January 1979]

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

Reference: EP/1979/0038-F

Description: Mr P E Lints working on his boat outside his home in Burma Road, Khandallah, Wellington. Photographed ca 4 January 1979 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [193-?]

By: Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986

Reference: PAColl-8468

Description: Photograph of Evans Bay waterfront in Wellington, showing boats in the water and a large ship in the background, taken circa 1930s? by Eileen Deste. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Photographer's stamp: Eileen Deste, / 101 Willis St / Tel. 47-811 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.8 x 14.8 cm

Date: 1899-1900, 1907

By: Platts, William Beauchamp, active 1897-1909

Reference: MS-1778-1779

Description: Account of holiday cruises to Queen Charlotte and Pelorous Sounds The Ngaira belonged to the Port Nicholson Yacht Club Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ½ red roan, green cloth; ¼ red roan, in red linen case)

Date: ca 1910s-1940s

By: Lindsay, Charles John, 1902-1966; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-4337

Description: Photographs of yachts and yachting in the Wellington area. They include: yachts under construction or repair, a dry dock between two rows of boatsheds, the boatshed of the Brighton Power Boat Club, a yacht called the Igdrasil in the fiords, the Muratai in 1946, the Banika at Akaroa in 1948, the Hex leaving Wellington for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, the Patari and Pacific at Purau, Lyttelton (taken by Allson Wright of Hereford Street, Christchurch), some men and women on the launch Tarepa ca 1940s, the Ludwig in 1925, and the Rawene in 1934. Also included are a photograph of a man working on an exhibit of a pa tuwatawata in the Dominion Museum with the maihi of a meeting house or pataka behind him and other carvings along the walls and a photograph of two men working in the taxidermy department with a variety of birds and bird skeletons on the table. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 19 May 1895

By: Speed, James B, active 1895

Reference: MS-Papers-2920

Description: Lists yachts and other boats associated with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [ca 1900s]

From: Smith, Len W : Photographs of yachting

Reference: PAColl-D-0026

Description: Photograph of the Wylo under sail in heavy seas off northern end of Oriental Parade. Taken at close range with the Oriental Bay Private Hotel & Tea Kiosk and houses in Roseneath visible in the background. Immediately behind the yacht is a breakwater. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 25.5 x 31 cm on card

Date: [1890s]

Reference: PA1-q-222

Description: Photographs relating to Herbert Spackman and his family and relatives, chiefly taken by him. Places include views of Wellington and bays, Eketahuna and the Wanganui district. Very few of the people shown are fully identified but are likely to be Harry Spackman’s: mother (Eliza Spackman, nee Hawkings), father (Henry Spackman), brother, mother-in-law (Mrs Coxall, mother of Harry’s first wife Amy), and father-in-law (Mr Parnell, father of Fanny Parnell, Harry's second wife). Several houses are shown, including: ‘Rangiuru’, located at 63 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington; House of Eketahuna farmer David S Lowe; House of David S Lowe’s brother Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wanganui, both interior and exterior, ‘Ben Venuto’ situated at 59 Rintoul Street and house of Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wellington, both interior and exterior views. Herbert Spackman's nephew Roy Spackman (Clement Roy) attended Wanganui Collegiate School, and there are several views of the chapel (interior and exterior) and the music room. There is one group portrait of Wanganui Collegiate School boys (p 41). Source of descriptive information - Information sourced from various places including the internet, and a family member. Two articles on Henry and Herbert Spackman both before they left England, and in New Zealand can be found at www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-1.pdf and www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-4.pdf Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark red cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 29 x 24 cm

Date: 1960 - 1978 - 1971

By: Pyne, Lionel Robert, 1910-2000; Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Macindoe, N W, active 1960s?

Reference: Plans-2003-049

Description: Includes two plans for the restoration and remodelling of the clubhouse of the Heretaunga Boating Club, drawn by Lionel R Pyne. Also includes plans dated 1971, by Seaton Sladden & Pavitt, and plans by N W Macindoe, 8 Witako Street, 1 October [19--?]. Also includes a diazo print of plans for the 'Heretaunga flyer', dated 1978. This sheet shows a plan view, an under side view, a side elevation and end elevation. Quantity: 5 plan(s) plus one duplicate. Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying up to 590 x 850 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Heretaunga Boating Club in 2003. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2003-173.

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6942

Description: Views of Fiji and a TEAL seaplane landing at Evans Bay, Wellington. They include a group of Fijian adults and children standing in front of a hut; four Fijian women wearing many necklaces standing on a Wellington wharf with a shed and a liner behind them; a steam locomotive going over a bridge in Fiji; women making pots in Fiji; passengers disembarking from the seaplane and crowds on the shore watching it land. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057599 to 057619 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 2005

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas]

By: Rona Preservation Trust

Reference: Eph-B-BOAT-2005-01

Description: Folder contains postcard and flier showing portraits of the gaff cutter Rona, first owned by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. so contains and application form, payment pledge, invitation to brunch from the Friends of the Turnbull Library; and a fridge magnet and key ring. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: White card folder, 297 x 210 mm, containing photolithographs, photocopies, fridge magnet and key ring. Provenance: Acquired under legal deposit in 2005.

Date: 1907

By: Scott, Valerie Jessie, 1928-

Reference: PAColl-7937

Description: View of Riddiford street, Newtown, at the intersection with Rintoul Street, showing a tram, and view of the yacht Whitewings on the hard at Evans Bay. Photographs taken 1907 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver prints on mounts 11 x 13.6 cm Provenance: Donated by Valerie Scott, Wellington, in January 2004

Date: 1895 - 2005 - 1896

By: Fowler, Edward Michael Coulson (Sir), 1929-2022

Reference: A-156-020

Description: A sketch showing the yacht Rona sailing in Oriental Bay with St Gerard's Monastery on the Hill behind it, and the transmission tower on Mt Victoria at top right. In the right foreground is superimposed a sketch taken from a photograph of Alexander Turnbull and his friends on board the boat (ATL ref: 1/2-036181-F) The original A3-sized artwork from which these copies were made, was produced by Sir Michael Fowler to be auctioned to raise funds for the preservation of the "Rona" in 2005. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Michael Fowler / 2005 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies). Physical Description: Colour photocopy, 197 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sir Michael Fowler, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1940 - 1959

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-034

Description: Shows a view of a harbour, probably Wellington Harbour from Days' Bay, with a road in a cutting on the coast at the left. There are yachts sailing off shore. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 358 mm.