Connolly & Company

Date: [between 1880 and 1900]

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA7-40-29

Description: Panoramic view looking down onto houses on The Terrace, buildings in central Wellington and across the harbour to Oriental Bay. Photograph taken by Connolly & Co, ca 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Connolly, Wellington The obelisk was erected at the centre point of the Octagon in 1890 in memory of those who fought and died in the New Zealand Land Wars in Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 21.2 x 29 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Sewell, J C (Miss), active 1960; Connolly & Company

Reference: PAColl-9523

Description: Group portrait of the original Wellington Orchestral Society, taken ca 1880s by Connolly & Co of Wellington. Shows: Mr Kennedy (violin), Mr J C Butler (double bass), Mr T H Sewell (clarinet), Chas Hill (flute), and Mr Connelly (cornet). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, mounted on cardboard

Date: 1860s-1880s

By: Chambers, Lois, active 1986; Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017; Brown, Barnes and Bell (Firm); Connolly & Company; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Downey and Mendelssohn (Firm); Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Horsburgh, John, 1835-1924; Howie, (Junior), active 1860s-1870s; J G Tunny's (Firm); Lowden, active 1860s-1870s; Messrs Low (Firm); Messrs Prophet (Firm); Mitchell, C, active 1870s-1880s; Moffat, John, 1819-1894; Patrick, P F, active 1860s-1870s; Rodger, Thomas, active 1850s-1880s; Stewart, John A, active 1860s-1870s; Valentine, James, -1880; Wohlgemuth, B, active 1860s-1870s; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-5434

Description: Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: The album from which these photographs came was given to Lois Chambers, a friend of Sheila Natusch. The intention of the person (unknown) who gave it was that it should be thrown out. There is no documentation of the images.

Date: [Circa 1880s to 1890s]

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

By: Cheapside Photographic Company; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Connolly & Company; Southgate, G, active 1880s; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Scott, Augustus, 1856-1921; Sherlock, William, 1846-1910

Reference: PA1-o-437

Description: Many of photographs taken in Southampton. Other Titles - Robinson I Album Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 210 x 262mm brown leather cover, embossed with gold with remains of metal clasp. Coloured floral decorations on some pages.

Date: 1870 - 1959

From: Avann, Leonard :Photographs of the Benbow, Prince and Birch families

By: Herrmann, Louisa Marian, 1864-1955; Connolly & Company; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0024-1

Description: Quantity: 129 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PAColl-8236

Description: Group photograph of the original Wellington Orchestral Society, founded in 1879. Pictured with their musical instruments are: Mr J C Butler (double bass), Mr Cimino (cornet), Mr O Schwartz (conductor), Mr C Hill (flute), Mr Kennedy (violin), Mr T H Sewell (clarinet). Photograph taken circa 1880s, by Connolly & Company, photographers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.4 x 10.4 cm

Date: 1887-1888

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA2-0540

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

Date: 1887-1888

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA2-0539

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

Date: 1887 or 1888

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: 1/2-190496-F

Description: Cabinet card portrait of Catherine Augusta Francis (1836-1916), teacher and headmistress, taken 1887-1888 by Connolly & Company of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: ca 1883

From: Lowe, John Henry, 1841-1906 :Photographs of Wellington, Westland, New Plymouth and Ohakune

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: 1/2-048029-F

Description: Oriental Bay, Wellington, showing the rail track that was constructed from the Oriental Bay quarry to the Te Aro reclamation by Peter McGrath. Taken by Connolly & Co (Firm) ca 1883. The rail track ran out into Te Aro Harbour over a trestle railway. Peter McGrath undertook to reclaim 23 acres in 1882 and went bankrupt in 1884. (Information from 'Colonial capital: Wellington 1865-1910' by Terence Hodgson, Auckland, Random Century, 1990.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca1887]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA1-q-213-086

Description: View from bridge in native forest remnant, Botanic Garden, Wellington. In the centre of the view are two tree trunks covered with climbing fern. Tree ferns can be seen and undergrowth. Photograph taken by Connolly of Wellington in about 1887. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 15 cm, mounted on album page

Date: [187-?]

From: Lowe, John Henry, 1841-1906 :Photographs of Wellington, Westland, New Plymouth and Ohakune

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: 1/2-048033-F

Description: Ministerial House (later known as Premier House), Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, circa 1870s. Photograph taken by Connolly, looking down Hill Street. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1888-1892]

By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004

Reference: PA1-f-242

Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.

Date: 1887-1888

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA2-0541

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

Date: [ca 1890]

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: 1/2-029764-F

Description: Overlooking Wellington city and harbour, circa 1890. The back yards of houses on The Terrace are visible. Photograph taken by Connolly. Other Titles - Wellington from Terrace Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Connolly Wellington; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wellington from Terrace Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1885

From: Bock, F R :Photographs of the Victoria Street Bridge, Christchurch ; the Octagon, Dunedin ; D Battery, Thorndon, and a composite photograph

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PAColl-0788-1

Description: Photograph of an illuminated address presented to Lt Col (E?) Pearce by non-commissioned officers of the Wellington district in 1885. The address is comprised of a photomontage with portraits of 35 officers, including William Rose Bock (second row from the top, far right). Other portraits include those of Major Bell, and Major (Ryde?). Photograph taken by Connolly & Compy of Wellington. Photographer of portraits unknown (possibly Connolly & Compy?). Inscriptions: Recto - above image - "Backbone" 1885 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 218 x 330 mm, mounted on paper