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Date: [ca 1898]-1953

From: Waldie family : Photographs

By: Neville Studio (Levin, N.Z.); ACME Studio; Starlite Studios; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PAColl-8736-1

Description: Levin Jubilee procession and school jubilee February 1940. Levin School reunion ca 1950. A group of housemaids dating from the 1890s. South Island landscapes and mountains 1953. Places and events such as a view of Caroline Bay Timaru, people on the deck of the Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu, a tent in the bush, and the deck of the Tamahine in Picton, all 1953. A portrait of a man and a woman taken by S P Andrew during the Second World War. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1892

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to dance parties, social dances, discoes]

By: Wairarapa observer (Newspaper); Thorp, Nigel, active 1978-2018

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-Social-1892-01

Description: A pink dance ticket, of various typefaces, with patterned border. Stamped diagonally across it in red are the words: Court Marquis of Normanby Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pink card, 62 x 93 mm.

Date: 1891 - 1981

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: MapColl-Collection-WCC

Description: Roading plans organised by suburb; motorway construction plans; Wellington city central road upgrade plans, plans of Lambton transport terminal, 1968; plans of motorway extensions; Centenary Exhibition plans; underground railway plans; layout of Government centre buildings and proposed buildings; fish landing depot, Island Bay, 1928; Cenotaph landscape, 1972; Katherine Mansfield memorial, 1968; Evans Bay power station, 1953-1972; Mt Cook Reserve layout of grounds, 1936; Wellington electric tram system, 1928-1934; Government House grounds, n.d.; Civic Centre area town hall environs, 1948, 1966, 1970; Foothill motorway plans and profiles, 1960s; Bolton St cemetery piazza, 1969; E.G. Hall's summary of motorway design proposals; master transportation schemes by de Leuw & Cather, 1960s; traffic accident maps; speed surveys, Wellington City parking maps; locations of street accidents, 1936-1958; pedestrian census, 1940, 1949; traffic volumes, 1950, 1960. Quantity: 2500 manuscript map(s) and plans. Physical Description: 2500 manuscript plans many on linen, ink, some coloured, sizes vary, scales vary Finding Aids: Wellington City Council Collection [original plans] - list of folders and brief description of contents - reference: MapColl-q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32543. Wellington City Council Collection - list of aperture cards held by Alexander Turnbull Library - reference: MapColl--q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32542..

Date: 1879

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-005

Description: Two sketches. The upper view shows part of the East Coast, possibly near the East Cape, viewed from the sea. The lower view is from the land, looking north along the path from Eastbourne towards Orongorongo, with a man and two horses passing between rocky outcrops at the foot of the hill rising to the left Other Titles - Palliser Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1840 - 1990

Reference: A-168-005

Description: Shows the Oriental at left, and the Aurora and Cuba in right foreground with Somes Island behind. This is print no. 161 of a run of 250. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Limited edition [in pencil] 161/250 [Title] [Signature in pencil] A Memelink Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 219 x 312 mm. Provenance: Deposited by the artist under copyright requirements, in 1990.

Date: 1840 - 1990

Reference: A-168-004

Description: Shows three fully-rigged sailing ships approaching from the left background, whilst in right foreground the "Oriental" London, with no sails, is waiting. Further away at right are a similar ship and a small yacht. This is print no. 161 of a run of 250. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Limited edition [in pencil] 161/250 [Title] [Signature in pencil] A Memelink These ships arrived at Port Nichlson on 7 March 1840. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 219 x 312 mm. Provenance: Deposited by the artist under copyright requirements, in 1990.

Date: 1840 - 1990

Reference: A-168-002

Description: Shows two sailing ships with furled sails approaching Petone beach and a group of Maori from the pa looking on. The palisade fence of the pa is at right foreground, and there are flax bushes at left. This is print no. 161 of a run of 250. A modern reconstruction of the appearance of the ship, of which no known contemporary depictions exist Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Limited edition [in pencil] 161/250 [Title] [Signature in pencil] A Memelink Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 219 x 312 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1972 - 1850

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

Reference: C-028-036

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tree fern, with a river to the left. More likely to be the Hutt road, somewhere between Petone and the Taita Gorge, during the making of the road in 1842, than the Karori or Porirua possibilities. For original watercolour see B-009-013 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 234 x 328 mm on sheet 510 x 330 mm

Date: 1867-1891

By: Chew family

Reference: MS-Papers-0401

Description: Mainly papers of John Chew. Timber and trading correspondence, 1871-1886; papers relating to land at Crofton Downs, Wellington; Wellington Harbour Board reports & statistics, 1884-1886; and other business papers. Collection also includes group of family letters to Annie Chew (daughter), 1891 Quantity: 20 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - 4 maps of Ngauranga Kaiwhara area.

Date: [ca 1951]

By: Goldsmith, Christina Mabel, 1885-1976

Reference: qMS-0854

Description: Goldsmith describes her mother's life from her birth in 1860 until her death in 1951, noting events in Wainuiomata, Whitemans Valley and Levin; some contributions from her son, R A Prouse. Photographs are included. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon), photographs (37 cm, blue pam case)

Date: [ca 1889-1898]

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

Reference: 1/1-020472-G

Description: Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, circa 1889-1898, with Sir George Grey's country residence on the right. Photograph taken by Henry Wright. Note on back of file print reads "Possibly Cobar at wharf". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1840 - 1850

Reference: B-009-013

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tall tree fern, with a river to the left. Could possibly be the Karori or Porirua areas, but more likely to show the making of the road between Petone and Taita Gorge in 1842, overseen by the artist, who was then Chief Surveyor. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1972 - see C-028-036. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 228 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-043-1

Description: View looking north along the Hutt Road, with the harbour and Somes Island to the right. A canoe is drawing in close to the road and a Maori man is walking towards the viewer along the road. The road appears pitted and muddy. Other Titles - Braithwaite Ngauranga Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 159 x 258 mm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Swainson, Marion, active 1980s; Laings Road Methodist Church (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: A-188-058

Description: Shows first Methodist Church built near the old Wesleyan cemetery on western bank of Hutt River (now Aglionby Street), opened on 5th November 1845. Title from ink inscription, in artist's hand, below image. Folder contains details: Painting comes from Mrs Marion Swainson, Reid's Line, Feilding. / Dunbar Slone [sic] is a relative of the Swainson's [sic]. ...(see custodial note). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wesleyan Chapel Aglionby. River Hutt. / in 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, image 100 x 165 mm, on sheet 175 x 229 mm. Provenance: Donated to Laings Road Methodist Church by Mrs Marion Swainson, Reid's Line, Feilding.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Jessie H, active 1935-1947

Reference: B-031-004

Description: Sea to the right, with a beach, with two women and a man on horseback. Low bushes in the centre right foreground, in the centre a Maori man in a flax cloak pointing twoards the sea and in conversation with a Pakeha man; two Maori walking away in a red and a black cloak; another man, apparently aiming a slingshot; and two other Maori figures, seated on the ground. Beyond the figures is an undulating plain, probably sandhills. In the distance are several ranks of higher hills. Identification of the location suggested by the strong similarity of the line of hills in the background to those depicted in B-031-030, which Brees has titled Mana Pokerua [i.e. Mana Island and Pukerua] Other Titles - Pokarua Mana Pukerua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - POKARUA. MANA. [Conjectured title. Only the PO then the M are visible] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 343 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-043-4

Description: View looking south east from the Ngauranga Gorge, with Wellington in the distance to the right. A road is carved out of steep bush-clad hills and two Maori are walking along it. Ships in the harbour in the background Other Titles - Braithwaite Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 158 x 257 mm

Date: 1877

By: Saxton, Henry Waring, 1848-1919; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: A-253-036

Description: Shows a profile of Somes Island seen from the region of Seacliff. Shows a large complex of two-storied buildings (newly-built immigration barracks) on the top centre of island, a surveying trig on highest point, and a few small buildings on shoreline. In the left distance, Pencarrow Head lighthouse is visible. The Immigration Barracks are shown in a photograph of Somes Island ca 1878 in the J. E. Fitzgerald Album in the Photographic Archive. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - H.W.S. 1877; Recto - beneath image - (on backing paper): So named in memory of Joseph Somes, M.P. Dartmouth, Governor of New Zealand Shipping Co.; Verso - top centre - late) Revd C.W. Saxton D.D. / The Elms / Shrewsbury The artist was the brother-in-law of Joseph Somes, after whom the island was named. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 120 x 198 mm.

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-100567-G

Description: Photograph taken in the 1890s by an unknown photographer showing an unidentified group in front of the Jubilee Pole which commemorates 40 years of the Christian mission on the Kapiti Coast, and is a wooden column with a cross on top and dates ranging from 1840-1880 around the sides. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1840

By: Clayton, Matthew Thomas, 1831-1922; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: C-033-005

Description: Among the ships shown are the Glenbervie, Adelaide and Tory, with Maori paddling a canoe with Colonel William Wakefield as passenger. Supplement to: Auckland Weekly News. Christmas number, 1899 A reconstruction of the event, drawn some 60 years later Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 411 x 556 mm