Places

Date: 2009

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0012062

Description: Image shows a dog leash in the shape of a question mark with a dog collar forming the stop. Text reads 'Unleashing....the debate'. Refers to the news that the Invercargill City Council killed six harmless rottweiler puppies recently because of their breed, while the dog's aggressive mother was returned to its owners for a fee. The SPCA is appalled by the behaviour of the ICC. Alternate version of DCDL-0012063 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Between 1886 and 1888

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-27

Description: Group of four men pulling a waka laden with camping equipment through a rapid on the Otaki River. Photograph taken between 1886 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. A dog is standing on the near bank. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 213. Canoeing Otaki River. W&B The same four men appear in PA1-f-239-29. This photograph was probably taken on the same canoeing expedition, and is one of a sequence of views in the Otaki region probably taken on the same visit to the area. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.2 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: 1870 - 1890

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880]

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: E-052-q-015

Description: Shows Mount Eden. The Cabbage Tree Swamp was on the site of present-day Eden Park. Image published as a greetings card by the Library in the 1970s The view may be of Mount Albert (Auckland), rather than Mount Eden. The image features in Scott, Dick. Old Mount Albert (1963) as showing Mount Albert Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper 137 x 183 mm mounted into sketchbook Provenance: Previously part of Alexander Turnbull's collection. The inside of the cover bears his bookplate and the luxurious binding is of the type he arranged.

Date: 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 1] 1851-1852

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-332-072

Description: Shows a view looking down from slightly above, on four farm buildings with thatched roofs and sod chimneys. There is flax in the foreground, and the gorge of the river can be seen in the left middle distance. The tail of a dog called Harry is visible in the right foreground (his body being out of frame). Other Titles - Kakaho Gorge Other Titles - Waiaukarua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 182 x 229 mm.

Date: 1905

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: 1/1-003714-G

Description: Tamatekapua meeting house, Ohinemutu, photographed in 1905 by Thomas Pringle. Other Titles - Tama te Kapua, Ohinemutu Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - D 556 Tama te Kapua, Ohinemutu; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Protected Thos Pringle Wellington N Z 1.10.05 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 2006

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004676

Description: Shows a sniffer dog at an airport departure lounge pouncing on a woman who is wearing paua shell earrings. The dog handler is telling the dog "Just the fish, Taz not the shell!". Onlookers watch in shock. Refers to the new breed of detector dogs being trained to help combat illegal export of paua from New Zealand. Published in New Zealand Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was orginally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'NZ Shipping Gaz' which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon Highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182028-G

Description: Cyril McCusker in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, seated on a rock, with a dog at his feet. Photograph taken in Taylor Pass, Marlborough, by Cyril's father Arthur John McCusker, circa 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-1

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Wairarapa Lake on the left, Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background. A boar hunt is underway in the foreground, with one Maori man and a dog to the right. The Maori man is dressed in traditional costume, and appears to be carrying a rope. Bracken and ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. The accompanying text reads: This district lies about fifty miles from Wellington by the nearest road. Mr Charles Kettle, one of the Company's Assistant-Surveyors, ascended the Manawatu River, which flows along the other side of the Tararua Mountains, and entered this plain by rounding the low spurs at the extreme right of the view. The forest consists of the largest trees. The open tracts are covered with grass, feern and tutu bushes. Wild hogs abound in this plain. The Ruamahanga flows through the midst of it, and passes through Lake Wairarapa into Palliser Bay. The plain of the Ruamahanga is about sixty miles in length, with an average breadth of twelve miles. There is one small native village at its northern extremity, and another on the beach at Palliser Bay, as well as a whaling station supplied from Wellington. Lake Wairarapa is ten miles long, and from two to three miles broad. Between the lake and the sea several settlers from Wellington have recently squatted with large herds of cattle, which they drove along the sea-coast. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 460 mm

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-2

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background ("the snowy range in the distance is the Tararua Mountains"); a wild boar hunt in the foreground, with 4 Maori, 3 Pakeha men and four dogs. The dogs are worrying the boar. The Maori are wearing traditional Maori clothing, and all are carrying firearms. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 495 mm

Date: 1849

By: Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; Standidge & Company; Trelawney Saunders Ltd; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: D-016-010

Description: View looking out to the harbour, a fenced ploughed area to the left, framed by a tree, a man reclining on two felled tree trunks and others standing, talking, cows, a dog, huts and houses closer to the water's edge on the right and several ships in the harbour. Original pencil drawing with same title, identifying "Heyward's Point, Tairoa's Head, Custom House" (held at C-012-003) Backed with paper and linen Extended Title - Published and sold by Trelawney Saunders [1849? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 396 x 754 mm on sheet 603 x 880 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. Ordered in a letter to Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 20 April 1896, for 42 shillings

Date: ca 1914

From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker

Reference: 1/2-182032-G

Description: Cyril McCusker on horseback, in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, at Taylor Pass, Marlborough, circa 1914. A dog is alongside. Photograph taken by Arthur John McCusker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1862

By: Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873; Day & Son (Firm); Thomas, Beatrice Rosemary, 1911-1996

Reference: C-060-021

Description: In the left foreground, a bullock team is hauling an enormous log, possibly cut from one of the tree-stumps on either side of the nearby road. Three men and a woman are on horseback in the right foreground, along with a dog. There is partly cleared bush in the middle distance and the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula are in the background. The houses of part of Auckland are on the left in the distance and several of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf are visible, probably including Ponui and Pahiki Other Titles - Firth Extended Title - Plate from: Stack, F R. Views in the province of Auckland (London, 1862). Plate 4. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-col., image, 200 x 405 mm on sheet 358 x 564 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Beatrice Thomas, Roseneath, 1984

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-175-008

Description: Shows at lower right a covered wagon stopped beside a wooden hut. Two men, three horses and a dog are standing beside the wagon, which is standing at the side of a road, curving away around the corner of a road that follows a river though mountainous country. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance. Several birds flutter around the hut, and there are stands of native bush at left and right. Title from the label attached to backing board (retained with the artwork) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 464 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001245-F

Description: Four men in the Denniston Hotel. One of them holds a dog in his arms. Taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1945. Original caption reads: "Some find their recreation in the pubs where beer is the staple drink." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [late 1930s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-110380-F

Description: Dog hurdling rails of a pen at woolsheds with sheep in the background photographed by Robert E Wells, probably in the late 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1863

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096086-G

Description: Ngati Whatua group at Kaipara, probably performing a haka, photographed in 1863 by Daniel Manders Beere. Note the dog in the foreground. Other Titles - Maori War Dance at Kaipara in 1863. Ngati Whatua tribe. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 18 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1846 - 1951

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962

Reference: A-173-035

Description: The stone Paremata Redoubt, with its two towers, surrounded by a yard with a picket fence. A ship visible in Porirua Harbour in the background and soldiers standing in line to attention, with tents in the distance. By the gate in the foreground, a Maori woman is selling produce to a group of soldiers, while another man with fish in a kete, and a woman with potatoes await their turn. Two civilians watch the proceedings from the right, one smoking a pipe. Drawn from descriptions provided by James Cowan The remains of this fort still stand in the Ngati Toa Domain, at Mana, just north of Porirua City Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Grey wash, 242 x 316 mm

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0012299

Description: A policeman stares at an angry-looking dog in the driver's seat of a car and the dog thinks to himself that he knew it was going to be one of those days. Text above reads 'Dog crashes ute in Cromwell - News'. Refers to Wilco a staffordshire ridgeback cross, who pushed down the column gear change, moving the car from park to drive, causing the vehicle to move slowly forward about 15 metres. The vehicle stopped only when it crashed into the front bifold doors of the nearby Fusee Rogue cafe. The vehicle stopped only when it crashed into the front bifold doors of the nearby Fusee Rogue cafe. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1861 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-058

Description: Shows single-storey homestead with verandah in left foreground, with lake and mountains in background. In right foreground, a man with arm raised directs his dogs to round up stock (possibly cattle rather than sheep, but indistinct). There is some fencing across the field between dwelling and stock. Stitched to leaf tipped into sketchbook. E-501-f-059 on verso. Henry Taylor was drowned in the Teremakau River in 1867. This picture may therefore predate 1867. Other Titles - Lake Sheppard Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (In ink): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone watercolour, 185 x 266 mm.

Date: 1849 - 1852 - 1854

By: Abbot, Edward Immyns, 1822-1849; Wilson, Frederick J, active 1850s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-051-014-a

Description: View of Dunedin in 1849 taken from a park-like foreground area with a man, a woman, and a child admiring the view, framed by trees, with the embryo town in the middle distance on the left, the harbour on the right and hills in the background. Based on a watercolour in the Hocken Library, completed 1849. The lithograph is considered to have been published approximately 1853. "Little Paisley" (the name is no longer current) was so named because it was a settlement of weavers, from Paisley. It was on the site of the present Southern Cemetery. The Library has a postcard copy of the original watercolour in the Drawings and Prints photo file. Ellis no. 524. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in tints, hand-coloured (edges trimmed) 179 x 274 mm