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Massey's Cossack's turning into Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington, during the 1913 Wat...
Date: 1913
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048778-G
Description: Shows a large crowd, some on horseback, at Massey's Cossacks' turning into Adelaide Road, Newtown Wellington, during the 1913 Waterfront Strike. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Construction of the Berhampore flats, Wellington
Date: 24 May 1939
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-048882-G
Description: View of the start of construction work on the Berhampore (or Centennial) Flats on Adelaide Road in Wellington, for the State Housing Department. Shows the building site, and the structure and scaffolding of the apartment block. In the distance is the premises of the Berhampore Tennis Club, and other houses in Berhampore and surrounding hill suburbs. Photograph taken in May 1939, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Caption from Evening Post 26/5/1939, p7, reads: "A start has been made by the contractors with the erection of the multiple dwelling block at Berhampore for the State Housing Department. When completed it will be the largest building of its kind in New Zealand, containing 50 separate flats and eleven garages. In the background is the Berhampore Tennis Club's premises". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Aerial view of Newtown, Wellington, with Wellington Public Hospital buildings in the ce...
Date: [ca 12 Aug 1980]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1980/2567-F
Description: Aerial view of Newtown, Wellington, with Wellington Public Hospital buildings in the centre. Mein Street runs vertically from the lower left corner, intersecting with Riddiford Street and Hall Street. John Street is at upper right and streets alongside, in Mount Cook, are visible. Photograph taken circa 12 August 1980, by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Other - Published in the Evening Post newspaper, 12 August 1980 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 9, drawer 1 at NZ Health-Wellington Public Hospital.
Part 4 of a 4 part panorama of Newtown, Wellington
Date: 1922
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-046099-G
Description: Part 4 of a 4 part panorama of Newtown, Wellington, in 1922, Looks south east from the vicinity of Vogeltown over Adelaide Road and Athletic Park, and towards Newtown Park. Shows Wunderlich's Metal Ceiling Works, middle ground, left. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Part 3 of a 4 part panorama of Newtown, Wellington
Date: 1922
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-046098-G
Description: Part 3 of a 4 part panorama of Newtown suburb, Wellington in 1922. Looks east from the vicinity of Vogeltown, over Adelaide Road (running from left to right in the foreground), Stoke Street (running up from the foreground and crossing Adelaide Road) and Constable Street (running upwards, middle ground, left). Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Wyles & Buck :Survey of N.R. Newtown [ms map]. Jany, 1881
Date: 1881
By: Wyles & Buck (Firm)
Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ne/1881/Acc.23009
Description: Consists of two maps, one on each side of the sheet, both surveying a Native (Maori) Reserve between Russell Terrace and Adelaide Road, Newtown (near Berhampore), Wellington. Map one, 'Survey of N[ative] R[eserve] Newtown' shows survey measurements and markings across area named Newtown and survey compass measurements in a 360 degree circle. Includes the names Matene and Ihaka. Map two, '[Native (Maori) Reserve sections bounded by Adelaide Road, South Road, Russell Terrace and Wharepori Road, Newtown, Wellington, showing Maori owners]'. Shows one acre sections, part surveyed, numbered 972 - 989 and 994 - 1007. Also marks Reserve no. 215 alongside Section 971. Sections show names of Maori owners: Nakora Te Manukarioe; Waaka, Taura; Mita Metiria; Ihaka Te Row (Rou), Ehara; Akauihi; Taniati Te Wera; Huikana Ngapaui; Teira Te Watakore; Rapaua Te Owhiro; Harata, Maria; Paora Teretu; Tiare Te Hua; Kuraheke; Ihikiera, Apikaira (some spelling difficult to decipher, so may not be correct). Written in several places on map 'N.R.' (Native (Maori) Reserve). Includes several survey calculations in pencil. Other Titles - Survey of Native Reserve Newtown Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink and pencil on both sides of sheet, part coloured, 68.6 x 101.6 cm
New Zealand Communist Party. Wellington South Branch :Shall Newtown be a slum? You can ...
Date: 1946
From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards]
By: Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington South Branch; Smith, Ronald Joseph, 1921-1995
Reference: Eph-A-HOUSING-1946-01-cover
Description: Shows a dilapidated house by a sign for Adelaide Road. Movers are shifting furniture out of it, while a Plunket nurse cheerfully weighs a baby in the foreground. Boys play beneath a washing line, and a tram in the background carries a sign to "Use D.D.T. today". In the distance factory chimneys pour smoke into the sky. Dated from text which mentions 1937 as "nine years ago". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of brochure.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, on cover 209 x 134 mm.
Newtown, Wellington
Date: ca 1910-1920
From: Thorley, W H :Photographs
Reference: 1/2-070153-F
Description: Overlooking the suburb of Newtown, Wellington, circa 1910-1920. Shows Adelaide Road running diagonally from right to left. Constable Street is also visible on the right. Photograph taken by W H Thorley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Photographs of Wellington buildings
Date: Jan - Jul 2009
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000355
Description: Photographs of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast buildings, January-July 2009 Quantity: 42 digital photograph(s).
Landscapes - Street views
Date: Jan-May 2013
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000872
Description: Comprises street views taken between January and May 2013 by Dylan Owen. Shows Courtenay Place, Jack's Bakery building and traffic on Adelaide Road, Wellington, old dairy Jackson Street, Petone, Red Cross shop and flowers on Commerce Street, Frankton, girl with leg tattoos and parked bicycles on Dominion Road, Auckland, children with scooter on footpath, state highway 45, Opunake, dairy on Maniapoto Road, Otorohanga. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Jan to June Images 2013/Landscapes/Street Views#2C55" Quantity: 10 digital photograph(s).
Wellington College, Government House and Wellington City Hospital
Date: 12 Dec 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-11333-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Weellington, from Berhampore to Lambton Harbour
Date: 14 Oct 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-65194-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate