Places

Date: 1887

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-433-005

Description: Nine scenes in one engraving showing: 1. "Shooting" a native; an anxious moment [a European photographer photographs apprehensive Maori] 2. Terrified they take to their heels [photographed subjects take fright] 3. Reciprocity [a Maori girl looks back through the lens at the photographer] 4. Our mode of progression over rocks and shallows [A waka is steered through rocks by punters on board and guides in the water] 5. Taitua our helmsman in full dress [Maori man wears European hat and jacket and grass skirt] 6. The largest whare in the settlement [A Maori indicates a small hut to two European travellers] 7. Tangarakau, a hundred miles up the Wanganui River [Scenic view of the river in a narrow area] 8. Mouton [Moutoa] Island, the scene of battle between friendly and hostile natives 9. Ngatai, chief of the Ngatiawa Tribe, our host at Taumarunui [Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a bearded Maori] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 397 x 297 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: [ca 28 December 1951]

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

Reference: 114/403/16-F

Description: A building out of focus photgraphed as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [between 1889-1910]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020723-G

Description: Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua district, photographed by Henry Wright between 1889-1910. Includes two people standing by a camera tripod. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated from information at PAColl-5032. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 28 December 1951]

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

Reference: 114/403/14-F

Description: Woman photographed in the glare of the sun as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1870s]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: 1/1-000779-F

Description: Greytown looking south. Shows a hotel on the left, and other commercial buildings and houses. James Bragge's horse drawn cart (which also acted as a portable darkroom) is on the right. Photograph taken by James Bragge circa 1870s. Published in `Bragge's Wellington and the Wairarapa' by William Main, Millwood Press, 1974, page 52. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1908]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003105-G

Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Rangitupu Take Take sitting cross-legged on a mat in front of a scenic backdrop. He has tooth and ribbon ear drop in his right earlobe, is wearing a korowai and holding a patu. A tewhatewha is lying on the ground beside him. His facial tattooing (moko) is barely visible. A large tumour can be seen above his right elbow. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington ca 1908, probably at Wanganui. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 28 December 1951]

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

Reference: 114/403/13-F

Description: Oriental Bay photographed at an angle as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 28 December 1951]

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

Reference: 114/403/12-F

Description: Blurred photo of women at Oriental Bay as part of a series on how not to take photographs. Photograph taken circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: ca 1880s

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000017-G

Description: Scene in Bulls, with the business of J Riley, cabinet maker, on the right. Chairs, and prams, are on display outside the front window of the shop. The man in the doorway, and the woman leaning out of the upstairs window, are unidentified. They may be Mr and Mrs J Riley. The two men in the left background are bakers, possibly from the Edward Reed bakery listed in Wise's Post Office Directory of 1878. Photograph taken by William James Harding, circa 1880. Note Harding's darkroom cart, right of centre. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 7 January 1903]

By: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PA7-17-41

Description: Woman taking a photograph of thermal activity, probably in Rotorua, 1903. Photograph taken by James Ingram McDonald. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - New Zealand Government Tourist Department Protected No3277 7.1.03 [with coat of arms logo] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [190-?]

From: Lynch, Eileen (Miss), fl 1978 :Photographs relating to the Lynch family

Reference: 1/2-080314-F

Description: Members of St Patrick's College (Wellington) camera club, in the grounds of the Lynch family house 'Emerald Glen', in Paekakariki. Shows 10 boys in school uniform, standing by a camera. Photograph taken 190-? by an unidentified photographer. Back row, from left to right: Howard Buckley, Willie Lynch, Bernard Chapman, Courtenay O'Rourke, Oscar Avonmore Lynch (standing next to his camera). Front row: unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location identified by Curator of Photographic Archive, John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1919

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-012587-G

Description: Peace celebrations after World War I, on Broadway, Stratford, Taranaki, photographed in 1919 by James McAllister. Shows a fleet of red cross cars alongside James McAllister's business premises. M882 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1899]

From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: 1/2-106477-F

Description: Memorial photograph of Mary Ann Alice Burrell. An image of her is surrounded with flowers and text. Photograph taken by David James Aldersley, circa 1899. Inscriptions: [Below original photograph] - D J Aldersley 20 Moir Street, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1969

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

Reference: 1/4-016608-F

Description: Wellington City Councillor Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy, with a camera, on Somes Island, Wellington, in 1969. A group (of other Wellington city councillors?) is in the background. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Between 1925 and 1926

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0468-F

Description: Interior view of the Government Tourist Court at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1925-26, Dunedin) with framed photographs of views and mounted deer heads. Two doorways carved with Maori designs lead to other exhibition areas, with one leading to the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts Court. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Govt. Tourist Court 1 B & W Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 109.7 cm

Date: Betweeen 1878 and 1894

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-1016-G

Description: Group at the limestone formations known as `Devils Boots' at Collingwood, photographed by the Tyree Studio between 1878 and 1894. A photographer is shown, taking a picture of a horse and cart. Two women sit reading on the left. Similar to 1/2-137377-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Devils Boots Collingwood Tyree Photo 8051 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: between 1896-1901

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/2-032341-G

Description: Self portrait of the photographer Edward George Child (retouching photographs?) in his studio at Ohingaiti, between 1896-1901. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: between 1896-1901

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/2-032343-G

Description: Interior of Edward George Child's 'Pioneer' photographic studio in Ohingaiti, Rangitikei district. Shows a room with windows, a skylight, and a linoleum floor. Photographic and painted portraits are on display. Retouching equipment is visible. Negative holders lie the floor. On the right, a desk is piled with papers. A telephone hangs on the wall nearby. Photograph taken between 1896-1901 by Edward George Child. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Pioneer Studio Ohingaiti Child & Co Photographers & Enlargers Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1878-1894

By: Old, Janet Haldane, 1928-2003

Reference: 1/2-137377-F

Description: 'Devils Boots' rock formations at Rockville, five kilometres from Collingwood, taken between 1878 and 1894 by the Tyree Studios. Also shows a photographer taking a picture of a horse and cart. Dated with the flourishing dates of the Tyree Studio Similar to 1016 10 x 8 (Tyree Collection) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Devils Boots Collingwood Tyree Photo 8030 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: C-133-044

Description: A view from the Tasman Glacier looking straight up the Hochstetter Glacier with Haast Ridge on the right. The Hochstetter Icefall ends in a small lake. In the background are Mount Tasman on the right and Mount Cook on the left. In the middle ground are Green and his two companions Kaufmann and Boss. A camera tripod is to the right of the men. On the verso is a schematic outline of the watercolour, with features named and 'Line of ascent, March 1, 2 & 3 1882' marked in front of Mount Tasman and pointing up Mount Cook. Green also mentions that the outline [and therefore probably the watercolour] is taken from a photograph taken at the time. The inscriptions on the verso also include the phrase The great Tasman Glacier [from which the view is taken] Inscriptions: On associated label: title in ink; Verso - ink outline and annotations, artist's initials and the year Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 325 x 252 mm