Places

Date: 1867

By: C & J T Bray

Reference: C-069-001

Description: Time-table with pictures of a horse-drawn tram, with male passengers seated on the roof, female passengers seated inside, and a series of circular vignettes of public and commercial buildings, wharves, etc. in and around Nelson. The fares are given and the information is signed C & J. T. Bray, Lessees. Businesses featured include C. Balme, Engineer and Millwright; Australian Royal Mail Company, T. Cawthron, Agent; Commercial Hotel, Trafalgar and Hardy Streets, J. Jervis Proprietor; Moore and Conway, Builders, Hardy Street; E. F. Jones, Dining and Refreshment; Custom House Hotel; G. Fleming, Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer, Hardy Street; A. Fletcher, Photographer, Hardy Street; H. Balme, Coach Builder, Hardy Street; W. Jones, Taylor and Draper, Hardy Street; Moore and Conway, Builders, Hardy Street; H. Hounsell, General Furnishers; Rob Hounsell, Brightwater Mill; I. P. Cooke, Plumber, Glazier, Painter; J. Levick, Albion Wharf; Albion Hotel, The Port, J. N. Wilkinson, Proprietor; Miners' Arms, corner Hardy and Collingwood Streets; J. A. Packer, Turner in General; Pringle & Co, General Grocers, Waimea Street; Hodgson and Friend, Engravers and Lithographers; The Colonist, Newspaper and Advertising Office, Waimea Street; R. G. Gibbons, Government Wharf; Pier Hotel, The Port, H. Jasper, Proprietor; R. Simpson, Cooper; Hargreaves, Butcher; S. Wakeford, Iron and Brass Founder, Bridge Street; B. Franzen, Sailmaker, Tent Depot, The Port; Steamboat Tavern, Haven Road; T. B. Louisson, House and Ship Painter, Bridge Street; A. Simpson, Cooper; J. N. Toonkey [?], Steam Sawing and Planing, Hardy Street; Burnett and Miles, Monumental Yard; T. Snow, Victoria House; F. B. Josephs, Hairdressing; Victoria Hotel, Haven Road; S. Wakeford, Engineer and Millwright; W. M. Stanton, Importer of Books, Stationery, Music and Instruments; W. C. Wilkins, Ironmonger; W. Akersten, Ship Chandler; Ship Hotel, The Port; W. Brown, Photographer; Wairoa Valley Steam Saw Mill; W. Harvey, Cabinetmaker; Mrs W. V. Salter, Milliner, Dress and Mantel Maker, Hardy Street For conjectured date see letter at TL 3/1/1/2, 11 Nov. 1986 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 575 x 450 mm

Date: 1858

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Forrest, Isabel K, active 1969; Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-065

Description: View along Invercargill's main street showing a number of houses and businesses. The earliest known view of Invercargill Between 1969, the time of acquisition by the Library, and 2010, attributed to W B D Mantell, based on handwriting, style of drawing and the fact that Mantell worked with Douglas, and was involved in the early settlement of Invercargill. However Mantell was in England in 1858, the date of this drawing. The drawing was earlier owned by Gerhard Mueller, who arrived in New Zealand in 1859, the year after this drawing was made. The `Pearson' whose house is drawn is W H Pearson, Commissioner of Lands, 1857-1884. `Grief' the butcher was J M Grieve. The Albion Hotel was also known as Linds Accommodation House. Other Titles - Douglas, Charles Edward Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title in pen and ink. Along top, identifications of buildings include Whites store, Collins store, Collins Goods, Grief Butcher, Pearsons House, Butchershop, Royal Hotel. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) loose in group of works by Charles Edward Douglas. Physical Description: Ink on brown paper, 150 x 210 mm.

Date: ca 1914

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands

Reference: 1/2-038461-G

Description: Travellers Rest Hotel, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, with an unidentified group of men outside. Photograph taken circa 1914, by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1910

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands

Reference: 1/2-077398-F

Description: Group of men on the Chatham Islands photographed about 1910 by an unknown photographer. Youth with back against window, M T McGregor; man with beard in front of him, Gabriel Timolius Heinrich Odman (licensee of the Mangoutu Hotel); Third from left seated with white hat, Rangitapua Horomona Rehe (father of Tommy Solomon); centre middle, Mr Stone; right standing, Mr Te Paki; seated right, Reuben Cannon; centre back, Charlie Murphy. 1/2-077259, 1/2-077262, 1/2-077384, 1/2-077387 to 077394, 1/2-077396 to 077400, 1/2-076196 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1920s

Reference: 1/2-110690-F

Description: Crowd clustered around the Commercial Hotel in Murchison. There are cars parked in a line behind the crowd. Taken by an unidentified photographer from across the road opposite during the 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: McKellow, Robert :Photographs of towns in the Rangitikei district

Reference: PAColl-6500-01

Description: Railway Hotel, Taumarunui, circa 1910. Shops on the ground floor include [Dorizac?] stationary and fancy goods; W Dudley, hairdresser and tobacconist; M J [Belgrave?] for drapery, millinery, shoes etc; and A J Langmuir, boot shop. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 142 x 97 mm

Date: 1842

By: O'Mealy, John Bonfield, 1810?-1876

Reference: MapColl-832.1291gbbd/1842/Acc.22934

Description: Map depicting early settlement of Auckland's Commercial Bay, Official Bay, Point Britomart, detailing buildings on Victoria and Lower Queen Streets, Shortland Cres, and Emily Place. A reference key indicates building types, such as the position of military barracks,the Surveyor General and the Colonial Secretary's office, five hotels, an inn, a post office, jail, court house, bank and a church, Includes undated pencil annotations of streets after reclaiming of land in Commercial Bay, such as Custom House St and Commerce St, as well as the streets Albert and Hobson. Bottom right corner is written '936a'. (Pencilled: 8B9.14). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on card, linen backed, 56 x 67 cm.

Date: 1974

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

Reference: 1/4-022569-F

Description: Quinn's Post Hotel, Upper Hutt. Shows a two storied building with signs advertising the bottle store, the proprietor J F McCarthy, and Lion Brown beer. A digger can be seen to one side. Probably taken shortly before its demolition in August 1974. Taken by an unidentified Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Nov 1931

From: McNeish, James :Photographs and negatives of hotels in New Zealand

By: King, Marie Menary, 1911-1996

Reference: 1/2-135136-F

Description: The Gables boarding house and the Duke of Marlborough Hotel on fire in Russell, in November 1931. Photograph taken by Marie King. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1909-1913]

From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands

Reference: 1/1-013314-G

Description: Travellers Rest Hotel and general store, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, photographed between 1909-1913 by E M C Guest. Shows the proprietor behind the bar. Includes metal buckets, boots, and waders, hanging from the ceiling. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1860

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-011

Description: Shows Marion Sim, wife of John Sim, feeding horses. The public house, or hotel was run by brothers John and Andrew Sim. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. According to N.Z. Historic Places, no. 46, Dec 1993, p. 17 "There has been a public house at Mohaka since 1859 or before. The first was established by John and Marion Sim on the south side of the mouth of the Mohaka river, opposite the large Maori community centred round the Te Huke and Hiruharama Pa. In 1859, when the postal service was established between Napier and Wairoa, the pub was already there. The Sims were running a ferry and operated the post office from the pub. They appear to have been recently married and to have emigrated from Scotland." Other Titles - Waiparuparu Inscriptions: Mount recto - [in Lavin's hand] Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' public house in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the distance; Recto - bottom right - AJC; Recto - bottom left - Waiparu-paru Mohaka 1860. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 144 x 228 mm

Date: [ca 1910?]

From: McNeish, James :Photographs and negatives of hotels in New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-135127-F

Description: Old Oak Hotel at Mangonui, and crowd alongside, circa 1910? Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6

Reference: PAColl-5932-54

Description: View of the Commercial Hotel in Murchison. There is a horse and cart travelling past the hotel towards the photographer. Taken by an unidentified photographer diagonally opposite the hotel. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2002-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000492

Description: Photographs of Granity, West Coast. Includes photographs of Granity Sands Backpackers, beach, shops and surrounding views around Granity. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (granity)" Quantity: 107 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1961

From: McNeish, James :Photographs and negatives of hotels in New Zealand

By: McCormack, P (Mrs), active 20th century

Reference: 1/2-135738-F

Description: Temporary office and bar of the Glacier Hotel, Franz Josef, West Coast, with an unidentified group outside. Photograph taken in January 1961 by an unidentified photographer. This establishment, run by mountain guides Gar Graham and Peter McCormack, was opened in 1954, after a fire destroyed the previous hotel, and operated for 11 years until the new Franz Josef Glacier Hotel opened in 1965. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of file print. Historical notes from James McNeish, Tavern in the Town (Wellington [N.Z.] : Reed, 1984) p 227 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1868

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002555-G

Description: View of the Royal Hotel, Port Chalmers, and the brick stables alongside, looking across George Street. Photographer unidentified. See similar image in "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church (p 40); and also neg. 1/2-003222. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - [(Photographers?) inscription] Old Port Chalmers, No 7 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000959-F

Description: View of the hotel near the foreshore at Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, possibly called the Tokomaru Bay Hotel. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. A horse and gig are standing near a corrugated iron building to the right of the hotel. Women are watching from the second storey balcony and men are standing on the verandah below. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tokomaru Hotel. 577C Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000272

Description: Photographs of Stratford, Eltham, Hawera, Patea, Inglewood, Douglas, Norfolk, and Whangamomona buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings September to November 2007" Quantity: 129 digital photograph(s).

Date: 14 May 1929

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-011440-G

Description: Two rows of Newman's buses and service cars filled with passengers, Murchison. The vehicles are parked in parallel lines. One line is parked outside Ross's Hotel and the other outside McNee & Co. The Commercial Hotel can be seen on the corner diagonally across from the photographer. Photograph taken by Frederick Nelson Jones during the 1920s. Occasion identified as a tour of Canterbury farmers around the Motueka and Riwaka areas (Papers Past, Nelson Evening Mail, 14 May 1929, similar photograph in New Zealand Herald, 19 June 1929) Formerly identified as 1927 Royal Tour by Duke and Duchess of York. (Very similar photograph published in Graeme Carter's book Travelling with Newmans (Wanganui, GT Carter Travelling Books, 2006), pp. 16-17 has idenified it as this); and as buses carrying passengers from Kawatiri who had arrived by train to mark the opening of the Glenhope-Kawatiri section of railway and who were transported to lunch to Murchison by Newmans Service Cars. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006249-G

Description: The Kaitaia Hotel, Kaitaia, photographed ca 1910 by Arthur Northwood. Two girls with dolls' prams stand in the street (foreground). Nearer the hotel may be seen a cyclist and two dogs. Two saddled horses are at the left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches