Places

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]

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

Reference: PA1-o-198

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1908-1910

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1226

Description: There are three main groups of images in this album. The first is about a climb up Mount Tarawera in September 1908. It includes views of the craters and the rift resulting from the eruption, and views over the surrounding countryside from the summit including lakes Tarawera and Rotomahana. The party also did some sailing in a launch on the lakes before moving on to the Waimangu thermal area and Wakarewarewa. The second group feature railway viaducts being constructed on the main trunk line in May 1908. Those depicted are the Makatote Viaduct, the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, and the Taonui Viaduct. There are two photographs of the road bridge over the Makatote River, and two photographs of the party picnicing in the bush by the river. The third group relates to climbing Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe over Easter 1909, and again over Easter 1910. There are views of Ngauruhoe erupting, the Mangaehuehu Glacier on Mount Ruapehu, the Crater Lake, the Ohinepango Spring, the party on both mountains, and a view Of Paretetaitonga Peak on Mount Ruapenu. Other images are photographic postcards one of which shows a group of Ohakune Boy Scouts on Mount Ruapehu (this group also includes four women). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 8 August 1974

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/4481A-F

Description: View of the south pier of the Mangaweka Viaduct under construction. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on 8 August 1974. This viaduct was one of three built for the Mangaweka deviation which opened for use in 1981. The earlier Mangaweka Viaduct was dismantled after the deviation opened. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: 1908-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PAColl-7502-3

Description: Hawke's Bay earthquake, mostly damage to Napier port. West Coast bridges taken during assesment of damage after the Murchison earthquake View of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction, and the Grafton Bridge, Auckland under construction in 1908 View of the Tuakau Bridge over the Waikato River Arapuni falls and Aratiatia Rapids, liners entering Pago Pago Harbour American Samoa, and a view of the weastern part of Wellington Harbour including the lower Hutt Valley, and the Tararua Ranges in the background Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1887-1920

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works; Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985

Reference: PAColl-4239

Description: Photographs of the opening of new Waiau Gorge Bridge with a procession of people and carts, Oamaru Post Office, Broken River with a public works camp in the foreground, men in front of Tauranga Post Office, Makohine viaduct, and Rangitaiki River Bridge in Te Teko. Photographers unidentified. Copy negatives of Parnell Post Office and the interior of the Parliament Buildings (original prints not located). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also at PAColl-D-187 Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Print at PAColl-6075-54.

Date: [190-?]

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930

Reference: PAColl-7237

Description: Views of the Hapuawhenua and Makohine viaducts on the main trunk line taken by Aldersley; Victoria Street, Hamilton, showing the Bank of New Zealand, the New Zealand Clothing Factory and other shops; High Street and Station Street Dannevirke; St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hastings; Whakarewarewa; Marton water supply; International Exhibition in Christchurch; and the Traffic Bridge, Hamilton. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, postcards Provenance: Donated by C S James, Wellington, 1966

Date: [ca 1970s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6998

Description: Photographs of Gisborne area, Kaiti, Young Nicks Head, Wairoa, and Waikaremoana taken ca 1970s by John Ingle. Views include Gisborne area (listed as Gisbourne), from Kaiti Hill with the Captain Cook Monument, Captain Cook statue, and the harbour from Kaiti Hill, and the ship Capitaine Wallis leaving port because of a sea surge; a meeting house at Wairoa; cabbage tree at James Cowan's birthplace; falls and river on the Waikaremoana Road; the Mohaka Viaduct, and Mohaka Bridge; a bluff on lake Waikaremoana; the Wairoa River; and a stand of redwoods on the Wairoa Road. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1850-1906

By: Rabey, Christopher, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-6080

Description: Towns and cities. The Makatote Viaduct and Wairoa Bridge. Arrowtown street and Hotel, and the Royal Hotel Riverton, both dating from 1850. Many are early photographs with business signs on shops and views of streets. The Wellington photographs dating from the 1880s show houses on Mount Vectoria and Te Ato Flat. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 29 June 1987

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1987/3174-F

Description: Transport Minister Richard Prebble standing at the entrance of the new Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the Ohakune-Horopito railway deviation. Photographed by an Evening post staff photographer 29 June 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1910

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

Reference: APG-0453-1/2-G

Description: The "Pipe Bridge" on the Hutt River, photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, ca 1910. Date from an image dated November 1909 of this bridge under construction in Godber Album (Vol 110, p 52). Original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album Vol 110, p 52), along with image of the bridge under construction in November 1909. Inscriptions: Album page - New ferro-concrete bridge over Hutt River for water pipes & traffic. Known as the 'Pipe Bridge' as it carried the water main from the Wainuiomata Reservoir to Wellington, replacing an earlier pipe bridge. Built in 1909, it lasted 45 years before being demolished when the present pioneer prestressed concrete bridge was built dowmstream. See "Bridging the gap : early bridges in New Zealand 1830-1939" by Geoffrey Thornton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4/75 inches

Date: [ca 1930]

Reference: PAColl-9483

Description: Photograph of the new and old Kelburn Viaducts, Wellington, circa 1930. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Relationship complexity - Very similar image is at 1/2-053025. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.6 x 21.6 cm

Date: [ca 16 December 1936]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952

Reference: PAColl-5936-03

Description: Mohaka viaduct under construction, circa 16 December, 1936. Photograph taken by P F Nash. This photograph was published in the New Zealand Free Lance magazine on 16 December 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998-2008

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

Reference: PADL-000485

Description: Photographs of Arthurs Pass and Otira Gorge. Includes photographs of the viaduct and road construction, and views of the surrounding areas. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (Arthurspass)" Quantity: 277 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1909-1951

By: Langbein, Anne, active 1999

Reference: PA1-o-910

Description: Photographs of Ministry of Works projects with which Langbein was involved. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Chiefly between 1934 and 1947]

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

Reference: PA1-o-194

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber, chiefly between 1934 and 1947, but including copies of some of his earlier photographs. Views include trips in the North and South Islands, and views of his home and family, especially in Whiteman's Valley Road and the area around Silverstream. Also various scenes of floods (Hutt River), and storm damage. Photographs associated with roads and railways include steam locomotives, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, some under construction. Among the trip photographs are views of Ngaruawahia, including King Koroki's house (opened in 1938) and the Maori Parliament House. Other views of Maori interest include meeting houses, rock paintings and wood carving. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 100 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26.0 x 33.5 cm

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1934-1938

From: National Council of Young Men's Associations of New Zealand: Collection

By: National Council of YMCAs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-723

Description: YMCA Summer Holiday tours Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).