Places

Date: 1926 - 1934 - 1944

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm); Atkins & Mitchell (Firm); MacLaurin, Robert William, active 1926

Reference: Plans-2002-058-037-033/035

Description: Includes a survey plan of the premises in 1926, by R W McLaurin, architect of Auckland. Also includes Atkins & Mitchell plans of 1934 (floor plans, elevations and sections). Also includes Mitchell & Mitchell sketch plans of proposed alterations in 1944 (floor plans only). Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings and diazo prints on sheets, sizes varying around 500 x 670 mm.

Date: [ca 1926]

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1053

Description: A motor tour in the North Island of New Zealand. The album opens at Napier City and includes views of places, bush scenery, rivers, lakes, and camps as the party moves through Hawke's Bay, the Gisborne Region, the Bay of Plenty, then across and into Taranaki via Mount Messenger and back to Wellington via New Plymouth and Wanganui. There are views of Wellington and Newtown Park during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1926, Wellington Harbour, Haughton Bay, Porirua Hospital, and Khandallah Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1926

By: Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978

Reference: A-108-017

Description: Ruapehu in the background, a line of bush and a small hut in the foreground A-108-016 to -020 appear to be originals for book illustrations Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed H Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 63 x 152 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1926 - 1930

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-025-048/049

Description: Ground floor plan, sections and elevations of a wooden house, with additional sections of the entrance door and wood panelling in the hall. The weatherboards were cedar and the roof was galvanised iron. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on linen paper, 460 x 760 mm.

Date: 1926

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-033-012

Description: A fishing scene beneath a waterfall Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News Special Christmas Number, 18 October 1926 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph of photograph 270 x 390 mm

Date: [ca 1910-1926]

By: Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939; Jenkinson, George F, active 1900s-1920s; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Causley, Frederick J, active 1910s

Reference: PAColl-0327

Description: Loose photographs from the collection donated by C E Daniell via the Waikato Art Museum in 1973. The images are: the shop front of Hetherington's Ltd, drapers, showing the unsealed road in front of it, probably in Thames (taken by F J Causley); the New Zealand Dairy Association Ltd factory at Matangi (taken by G F Jenkinson); men working on the construction of Messrs Carr, Pountney & Co's wool stores in "Mitchell" reinforce concrete blocks, 1910; shop front of Paul's Book Arcade in Victoria Street, Hamilton, showing books and toys for sale; a house with a woman on the verandah; a wooden building; six men moving a wooden building down a steep slope; scaffolding above The Cosey Corner during the construction of Wesley Chambers, showing omnibuses in the street alongside, one of which has a pram tied to the radiator; a large group of men, women and children outside the Waihou Valley Co-op ca 1914 (taken by A J Watson); and a building with a painted advertisement for the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company Ltd on it and a wooden building being constructed next to it. A number of the prints have a WAM (Waikato Art Museum) Negative Number on the reverse too. Collection also includes four albums Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-077109 to 077111, 077125, 077127, 077131 to 077133 and 1/2-077948 Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Papers-3763 : Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers.

Date: 1926

By: Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978

Reference: A-108-018

Description: Looking south towards the volcanoes at the end of Lake Taupo, with a small Maori canoe to the left on the lake. Tongariro is in eruption. A-108-016 to 020 appear to be originals for book illustrations Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed H Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 63 x 139 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: [Between 1926 and 1954]

From: Marsden, Lady Joyce : Assorted photographs and negatives from the papers of Sir Ernest Marsden

Reference: PA1-o-135

Description: Album of photographs relating to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Reasearch presented to Dr Ernest Marsden in 1954. Includes detailed photographs of various laboratory procedures and apparatus, including meat dehydration plant in the Meat Research Laboratory; mass spectrometer; electron microscope; Borthwick Beta-Ray apparatus; soil consolidation machines; geothermal bores; knock resistance tests, with a CFR engine; separating constituents of butter fat, the Fats Research Balance Room; members of the Soil Survey Conference in Napier, 1950, and members of the Geological Survey Conference in 1952; Rongotai Aerodrome under construction; the Magnetic Observatory building in Christchurch; the Dominion Observatory, and the Seismological Observatory; Crop Research Division buildings; Hop Research Station; members attending the Grasslands Conference in 1933; and members attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to Dr. E. Marsden with the good wishes of the senior staff of the D.S.I.R. and in appreciation of the help & encouragement he has given them throughout the years of his association with the Department, 1926-1954 (With 30 signatures) Dr Ernest Marsden was Director of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926-1947 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, 26.5 x 32 cm

Date: 1926-1941

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-185

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1929-1940s. Includes a number taken at the opening of the hunting season at Gisborne. Other clubs include Manawatu, Waikato, Waimate, Rotorua, Hawke's Bay, etc. Individuals identified include - Miss M Fraser, Miss B McKenzie, Miss D Hansen, Mr & Mrs H B Johnstone & daughter Miss J Johnstone, Miss Molly Orbell, Sylvia Orbell, Mrs C L Orbell, Mr E Kerr, Miss L Cartwright, Mrs K Hargreaves (Kakahu), Miss Annette Orbell (The Levels), Mrs W D Orbell, Miss Patsy Harper (Four Peaks), H J C Harper, R Macdonald, J Selby, J J Waller, T Dickinson, E Cooney, R J Waldie, J F Cooney, J V Cooney. Photograph of Hawke's Bay Hunt Club assembled in front of J Lowry's home `Oreka'; Waikato Hunt Club at `Wartle', a Matangi homestead Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1926

From: Jones, Dudley William Carmalt 1874-1957 :New Zealand sketches / [by] C. J. [ca.1937].

Reference: E-347-010

Description: View of mountains across the lake with boulders in the foreground Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of pencil sketch, 150 x 104 mm

Date: 1920 - 1933

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

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1

Description: Quantity: 116 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1926

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 11

By: Newham, Charles Frederick, -1960

Reference: PAColl-6304-30

Description: A group of people, including Sir James and Lady Gunson, watching the eruption of Mount Ngauruhoe. Likely taken by Charles Frederick Newham on 18 May 1926 from the Mangatepopo Track. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Processing information: Subjects and photographer identified 4 September 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: [ca 1925]

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

Reference: 1/2-000985-G

Description: View of Raglan, with the Te Akau Hills across the harbour. The Harbour View Hotel is visible centre right. Date provided by researcher based on buildings in image Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Raglan N.Z. with Te Akau hills beyond. No. 6 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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.)