Places

Date: 1928

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1864-1/2-G

Description: View of the old Fitzherbert Bridge at Palmerston North, across the Manawatu River. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and place from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under B. Bridge. Fitzherbert. Palmerston North. 1928. Old bridge. Box 107. An original print from this negative is at PaColl-3039-1-026. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Manawatu sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-172-035/036

Description: An extensive view across hills toward Puketoi Range with the Manawatu River below to the left. Tall rata trees and lower bush are noted Other Titles - Rata Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sketchbook page, 138 x 460 mm (double spread)

Date: April 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-20097-G

Description: Aerial view of the Fitzherbet Avenue Bridge, Palmerston North, crossing the Manawatu River. Includes suburbs and surrounding countryside. Photographed by Whites Aviation in April 1949. Library client identified bridge, June 2010. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Manawatu sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-172-042

Description: A bend in the Manawatu River with high banks marked 'Alluvium 20 feet'. There are huts on both banks of the river, with bush beyond. The Tararua Ranges are seen in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sketchbook page, 138 x 230 mm

Date: Ca 1903

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0054-1/2-G

Description: A view of the road bridge spanning the Manawatu Gorge. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1870s]

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

Reference: 1/1-000339-G

Description: Manawatu river and native bush, circa 1870s. Photograph taken by William James Harding. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

By: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901; Swan, William George Collington Moore, -1930

Reference: MapColl-832.3gmbd/1880/Acc.314

Description: Copy of one sheet with three maps comprising a General Plan, Figure 1 and Figure 2. The General Plan shows the junction of the Mongatainoko [i.e. Mangatainoka] and Manawatu Rivers including the main road and Rossline to Napier. The provinces of Wellington and Hawke's Bay are marked and an area of Government land. Figure 1 is an enlargement of the Mongatainoko [i.e. Mangatainoka] River crossed by the main road. Includes two limits of deviation, a Maori track. An area of totara bush is marked. Figure 2 is an enlargement of the junction of the Tiraumea and Manawatu Rivers, the latter is crossed by the main road. Includes two limits of deviation, Ngawapurua Maori Settlement and Maori cultivations. An area of low ground is marked. Enlarged scales have been used for Figures 1 and 2. Handwritten note, partly printed, on middle left of map: This is the plan marked P.W.D.7961 deposited by me in the Post Office at Woodville, County of Waipawa, in compliance with the 21st and 22nd sections of The Public Works Act, 1876. Signature: R. Oliver, Minister for Public Works Stamp at bottom right corner: P.W.D. 7961 Signatures at bottom left: A.C. Koch, W.G. Collington Swan Quantity: 3 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, 40.2 x 57.1 cm.

Date: 1879

By: Palmer, Robert George, 1848-1911

Reference: C-030-014

Description: A paddle-steamer, three larger ships and a canoe on the Manawatu River, houses and A. J. Whyte's hotel (the large building on the left) viewed from the opposite bank of the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 310 x 699 mm

Date: 1908

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Davis, John William, 1848-1919; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1908/Acc.39811

Description: A base map of the Manawatu River, from MacGregor's Bend to the sea, includes county and district boundary lines. The Moutere and Mt. Robinson Survey Districts are named. Includes areas marked as Reserved for Harbour Board purposes, Papangaio Native Reserve and Signal Station Reserve, all with acreages. The mouth of the river is marked as at 1923. Includes the sites of the pilot station and flgstaffs. Names include Te Awa, Whaiangi, N.W. Park. The area marked as Harbour Board endowment and part of the reserve for Harbour Board purposes has been hilighted on this base map Extended Title - Scheme plan of proposed subdivision of part Pukewa 4C3, Block III Puketi survey district Note at top left of map states: Pursuant to section 120 (3) of the Reserves Disposal etc. Act 1924, the Crown Land accretion coloured green hereon is vested as an endowment in the Foxton Harbour Board. C.T. 518/188. See file 8/362 Initials of surveyors at bottom left of map are indecipherable. Dates include 2/7/07 and 11/7/08 Stamp at bottom left includes the number 25360 Stamp of approval and signature at bottom right includes the name of J.W. Davis for the Chief Surveyor Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on diazo print, coloured, 45.7 x 44.8 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

Date: [ca 1944]

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

Reference: PAColl-5932-29

Description: Manawatu River and bridge, with a man fishing, circa 1944. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-190-020

Description: A hut in a clearing with the river in the background, trees nearby Title and date from back: probably added at later date possibly by Edith Swainson Artist's monogram matches that of William Swainson; however the style is not typical of his work. He did not commonly use ink and wash; nor is he known to have visited Manawatu, where his daughter Edith lived. He may have redrawn or drawn over and initialled a drawing of hers. There are a number of drawings of areas not visited by William Swainson, but drawn by his offspring, which he has initialled Inscriptions: bottom left - Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia watercolour, 134 x 187 mm

Date: [188-?]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025953-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Between 1885 and 1888

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

Reference: PA1-f-239-53

Description: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company bridge over the Manawatu River, between Longburn and Linton, showing the track. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Identified from Uncommon carrier : the history of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 / K.R. Cassells. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 24y. Manawatu Ry bridge. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.3 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Recollections of travel in New Zealand. London, Trubner, 1880.

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Paterson, S, active 1880s

Reference: PUBL-0085-053

Description: A view up or down the Manawatu River, close to modern Foxton, with the ferryman's cottage on the higher left bank, a jetty curving down to the river, a crane at the end of the jetty and the flat pontoon-style ferry in the water. Two canoes being poled across the river and several people swimming. A third canoe is drawn up beside the river, at the foot of the bank. Extended Title - From Crawford, J. C. Recollections of travel in New Zealand. London, Trubner, 1880, p.53 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 82 x 93 mm (curved top edges)

Date: 1931

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1792-1/2-G

Description: Road bridge under construction across the Manawatu River in the Manawatu Gorge at the Woodville end. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1931. Identification of subject and location from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15 (filed in Photographic Archives), in the 1/2 plate sequence under: B. Bridge. (2). Woodville end. 1931. Over Manawatu River in Gorge. Box 122. See also negative at APG-1787-1/2 for another image of the bridge. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039606-G

Description: Ballance Bridge spanning the Manawatu River at the Woodville end of the Manawatu Gorge. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [188-?]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025942-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [Between 1900 and 1930]

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

Reference: 1/2-000905-G

Description: View of the Manawatu River with a stony bank on the right with a cliff beyond. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Manawatu River. [No.] 455 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1931

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1794-1/2-G

Description: Railway line running alongside the Manawatu River in the Manawatu Gorge, at the Woodville end. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1931. Identification of subject and location from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15 (filed in Photographic Archives), in the 1/2 plate sequence under: M. Manawatu Gorge. Woodville. 1931. Box 122. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

By: Derouet, V, active 1881; Becquet (Firm)

Reference: C-068-012

Description: Construction plan for railway bridge of approximately 150 metres, shows eight different views: a full view from the side; a plan from above, a cross-section through piles at A, and five detail sections. The bridge has sixteen sets of piles. Other Titles - Bridge over the Manawatu River for the Manawatu-Napier railway, New Zealand; New annals of construction, bridges and viaducts; October Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 365 x 530 mm.