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Hancock, H J :Photographs of Hauraki Plains drainage scheme
Date: 1910-1915
By: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985
Reference: PAColl-0370
Description: Set of photographs of drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains. Spoil from the canal and ditch construction was used as foundation for roads so road construction is also shown. The photographs include two men hay harvesting in front of a small house, a man in a flax field, a dredge at work, the labourers' camp, boats moored at a jetty in Ngatea. Some of the photographs are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy photographic prints Provenance: Given to J H Christie by Dennis Hancock, the grandson of H J Hancock who created the collection.
Smith & Anthony Ltd (Christchurch) :The panoramic road to Hanmer / compiled & lithograp...
Date: 1916
By: Smith & Anthony Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Canterbury-1916-01
Description: One side of the folded sheet shows a bird's eye view of "The road to Hanmer from Christchurch, with labels for Papanui, Styx, Belfast, Chaney's Corner, Whites Bridge, Kaiapoi, Woodend, Waikuku, Saltwater Creek, Leithfield, Amberley, Greney's Road, Glasnevin, Waipara Bridge, Weka Pass, Waikari, Hurunui, Culverden, Montrose, Upper Waiau Ferry, and Hanmer. Also marked are the following hotels (in order from Christchurch to Hanmer): Papanui, Phoenix, Belfast, Royal Hotel (Woodend), Royal Hotel (Leithfield), Railway Hotel and Crown Hotel as well as Frew Brothers Garage (all Amberley), Great Northern Hotel and Star & Garter Hotel as well as Mercer's Garage (all Waikari), Hurunui Hotel, Culverden Hotel, and Jollie's Pass Hotel and St Helen's Station (Hanmer). Rivers are named or shown: Waimakariri, [Kaiapoi], Ashley, Saltwater Creek, Kowai, Waipara, Hurunui and Waitohi, Waiau. The verso includes advertisements for Star Motor Petrol, the 1916 Overland, Ford cars, Goodrich tyres (from E W Pidgeon & Co Ltd), Motorol oils, Dunlop Tyres, Culverden Hotel, W D Berry & Co Garage in Christchurch. Also shown are photographs of the Troopers' Memorial Amberley, Weka Pass, Hurunui Hotel, and Culverden Hotel. Dated from an advertisement for the 1916 Overland, Colonial model. Other Titles - The road to Hanmer from Christchurch Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet, 235 x 990 mm, folded inside cover to 235 x 110 mm.
Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Mt Manaia. [1922-1940].
Date: 1922 - 1940
From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].
Reference: A-306-051
Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.
Hawera County Council :Main South Road toll gate. 1d. Tickets not transferable, availab...
Date: 1914
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to roads, road building and maintenance, motorways in New Zealand]
By: Hawera (N.Z.). Borough Council
Reference: Eph-A-ROAD-1914-01
Description: An arrangement of text, with a blue rubber date stamp. There is a perforation down the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and rubber date stamp on ticket, 53 x 82 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Arthur Olsson of Wellington in 2003.
Gatrans Hill, Te Mata, near Raglan, 1910 - Photograph taken by Gilmour Brothers
Date: 1 July 1910
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)
Reference: 1/2-000233-G
Description: View of Gatrans Hill, with a winding road leading up to a group of small houses, 1 July 1910. Photograph taken by the Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Gatrans Hill, TeMata, N.Z. 138; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros. Protd 1.7.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Department of Lands and Survey :Views of Chateau Tongariro and district
Date: Early 1950s
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: PAColl-6552
Description: 13 images (and 5 duplicate file prints) of Chateau Tongariro and the nearby roads. Includes the junction of state highways 47 and 48 with a chrysler parked at the side of the road, and one of the Tongariro National Park sign. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015096 to 015108 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Napier-Wairoa railway construction
Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933
From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction
Reference: PA1-o-644
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :The Wellington of the future. [Left side. 1945-1950].
Date: 1945 - 1950
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Five early cartoons. ca 1945-1950].
Reference: B-154-129
Description: Left half of a cartoon in two sheets; other half at B-156-130. At the left, two road workers frown as they look at the furrows gouged by trolley buses. At the right, workers at Rongotai Aerodrome discuss subdivision plans, in front of a hangar, with a rocket launch-pad in the background. Other Titles - \"One thing about trams, they used to break-up the roads just down the middle - these trolley buses do it all over\" Other Titles - \"I see that now that rockets don't need any runways they're going to sub-divide part of the 'drome into housing lots\" Date estimated as post Second World War. Estimated as pre-1950 because Lodge has not yet established his habit of incorporating the date into his signature. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 320 x 445 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Frank Mitchell in 2002. Previously owned by his brother V Leonard W Mitchell.
Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :New cutting off Fraser Ave. George Eiby. May '71
Date: 1971
From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1971.
Reference: E-476-f-007
Description: Landscape showing hills with rocks in foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 270 x 356 mm
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of the Wanganui-Horopito highway
Date: ca 1930s
Reference: PAColl-4636
Description: Photographs of: a new bridge over the railway line at Turakina in the middle distance with the river bridge and the railway bridge also visible; the bridge over the river at Turakina; men shovelling stone from a river bank on to carts running on rails over the river to the highway; jig line of Oreore metalling plant - a man standing at the bottom of inclined rails; a winch and steam traction engine in use on the construction of Turakina bridge; men standing on the new bridge over the railway line at Turakina; and a man standing on the new Turakina river bridge with part of the old one next to it. Photographer unidentified. All have the same photographic developer's stamp on the reverse but they may relate to PAColl-7364. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Prints at PAColl-5932-34 to PAColl-5932-37.
James Beard and Company :Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 The Parade, Paekakariki [Job no.] 4237...
Date: 1972 - 1985 - 1992
From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]
By: Ritchie, Alister, active 1972; Cuttriss McKenzie Martin & Company; Milne, Alan Laurie, active 1985
Reference: Plans-2009-082-4237-001/004
Description: Includes survey plans by Foster & Foster (surveyor Alister Ritchie) in 1972, and by Cuttriss McKenzie Martin & Co (surveyor Alan Laurie Milne) in April 1985. The Beard plan of 1992 shows an area between the Parade and Wellington Road. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on draughting paper, and photocopies, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Bush road between Cambridge and Ohinemutu. [1880s o...
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
Reference: E-346-2-043
Description: A red clay road on a steep hillside through dense bush, including tree ferns. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.
A trip to Kaikoura.
Date: April 1923
From: Loftus, Helen :Photographs of climbing Mt Tapuaenuku and a trip to Kaikoura
By: Gunn, George Alexander, 1895-1968
Reference: PA1-o-1218
Description: Record of a trip made by George Alexander Gunn and friends along the Kaikoura coast to Kaikoura and south to about Oaro. Photographed by George Alexander Gunn in April 1923 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
[Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873- ] :Road between Peel Forest & Holnicote. [1907?]
Date: 1907
From: [Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873- ] :[Scenes from travels in New Zealand] 1907
By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-
Reference: C-078-025
Description: Scene on the road in Peel Forest near Mount Peel Station Holncote or Holnicote named after Acland Family seat in Devon England was the earlier name for the homestead at Peel Forest Estate. It is no longer in use. Inscriptions: Verso - title; Recto - bottom right - IVB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 122 x 189 mm
Morrison, John M, fl 1883-1951 :Photographs of Takapuna and Milford
Date: [ca 1909-1925]
By: Morrison, John M, active 1883-1951
Reference: PAColl-6494
Description: Photographs of Takapuna and Milford. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-016625 to 016630, 1/2- 031823 and 101744 Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Manuscript material now held at qMS-1398.. Processing information: The majority of the prints do not have negatives.
Paddy's Bend, Otira Gorge
Date: ca 1900
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18
Reference: PAColl-7581-02
Description: Photograph of Paddy's Bend on the road through Otira Gorge ca 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
James Beard and Company :Lai Rapaki, Port Hills [Job no.] 4235. [February - May 1993]
Date: 1993
From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]
Reference: Plans-2009-082-4235-001/008
Description: Includes a topographical overview of the area with roads and subdivided land, including plans for vegetation and roading. The species of native plant vegetation are listed. Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner collaborated in the plans. Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on draughting paper, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Mount Peel Road. [1880s or 1890s?]
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
Reference: E-346-2-009
Description: A road surrounded by bush, heading towards mountains. Cabbage trees amongst the bush Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.
New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Modern transport; by rail car to the West Coast...
Date: 1936
From: New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1920-1969]
By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch
Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1936-01
Description: Front cover shows rail car driver at the controls, and the view in front. Inside are pictures of models of rail car, West Coast hotels, and a map of the road and air connections to Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers from Hokitika. Extended Title - Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded in four, each section 285 x 114 mm.
Scenes of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson
Date: [ca 1940s]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-003
Description: Photographs of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson taken circa 1940s for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of road construction, towns, rivers, bridges, lakes, mountains and personalities. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).