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Clift album 2

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-103

Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm

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Zoo, Wellington

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023190-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Wellington Zoo

Reference: 1/2-036187-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Forbes, Alexander 1875-1945 :Sketchbook 1905 - 1929.

Date: 1905 - 1928

By: Forbes, Alexander, 1875-1945; Pearson, Joan, active 1940s-1990s

Reference: E-457-q

Description: Photocopies of pencil, pen & ink and watercolour sketches of Wellington scenes between 1905 and 1928, with some scenes from other parts of the country. Includes views of Island Bay, Evans Bay, Houghton Bay, Oriental Bay, Roseneath, Central Wellington, Melrose, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Carterton, Levin, Thermal area, Auckland and Gisborne. Includes introduction with biographical notes and copy of a photograph of the artist and his family, an index and location map for the Wellington sketches (the majority of the views). Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Photocopies (colour and black and white) of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches A4 size page in clear plastic covers with plastic spiral binding

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Cricket hoon bin urged ; This cage kindly donated by the We...

Date: 1993

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 16 December 1992 - 11 January 1993

Reference: H-068-007

Description: Shows an enormous monkey cage overlooking Athletic Park, in which men are climbing a tree trunk and swinging like monkeys. The floor of the cage is littered with beer cans and a policeman is admonishing a boy poking a banana through the bars of the cage. A cricket match is in progress in the park. Refers to the loutish behaviour of cricket fans at a recent match. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

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Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

Date: ca1855-ca1940

From: Nisbet, Eleanor M, fl 1980s-1990s :Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-4889-1

Description: Clift and Jones family photographs. New Zealand towns and landscapes, in particular Wellington and Brooklyn. A record of the British aircraft carrier Indefatigable when it visited Wellington in November 1945. New Zealand houses and a very good wedding breakfast laid out in a private interior of the 1890s. There is a photograph of the Clift house in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, and of a Christmas gathering at a house in Patanga Crescent associated with the Holm family of the Holm shipping line. Brooklyn and Makara churches and the interior of the Anglican cathedral in Dunedin Quantity: 1 container(s) photographic prints.

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Images of the Wellington based musical group, Simple Image

Date: 1968

From: Clothier, Barry, 1940-2017: Photographs of musical groups in Wellington

Reference: PAColl-7031-2-30

Description: Images of the Wellington based musical group, Simple Image, taken at the Wellington Zoo. Photographed by Barry Clothier in 1968 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) contact print comprising 8 images. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Elephant at the Wellington Zoo

Date: [10 Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/191/15-F

Description: Trainer working with an elephant at the Wellington Zoo. Photographs taken in 10 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

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Zoo, Wellington

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023184-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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McWhannell album 4

Date: [1918 to 1921]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-553

Description: Family photographs relating to the McCurdie family. Many are groups of friends and family, some of whom are identified with both Christian and surnames. These include wedding photographs of Marjorie Whitton who married J.W. Nicolls on March 31, 1921 at Oamaru, with Betty and Mary Whitton as bridesmaids. Several views of homes include Woodcroft (the home of Dr John Kinder), Werneth (a house at Atawhai, Nelson), The Moorings (the home of W. & Lucy Churchward at Springlands, Blenheim), and Stonycroft (home of Mr & Mrs Free, at Masterton). One view is of snow in Christchurch city in July 1918, and one shows decorations in the interior of Dunedin Hospital for the visit of the Prince of Wales in May 1920. Other scenes taken in 1920 show Hanmer Lodge and Hanmer Military Hospital. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 25 x 32 cm

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Wellington Zoo, Newtown

Reference: 1/2-036186b-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Zoo, Newtown, Wellington

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023273-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Zoo, Wellington

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023189-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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[Moore, John Lysaght], 1897-1965 :[Wellington Zoo and harbour sketches; four sheets. 19...

Date: 1910 - 1929

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-050/053

Description: Includes sketches of lions, camels, penguins, birds; and of hills and rough harbour water. Quantity: 12 drawing(s) on four sheets. Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheets, sizes varying from 205 x 260 mm, to 260 x 410 mm.

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Family photographs

Date: [1910s-1980s]

From: Castle family :Photographs

By: Spencer Digby Studios; Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982

Reference: PAColl-9642

Description: Photographs relating to the Castle family. Includes photographs of an organ at the Whanganui Museum, Wellington Zoo, voyage to England, views of London and other parts of England. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 19 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

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Merry-go-round at the Wellington Zoo

Date: [10 Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/191/16-F

Description: Two men look at the merry-go-round in the playground area at the Wellington Zoo. Photographs taken in 10 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

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Scenes at Wellington Zoo

Date: 1950-1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/132/15-F

Description: Series of animals at the zoo. Photographs taken in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

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[Posters advertising exhibitions, and other events, associated with the Alexander Turnb...

Date: 2000 - 2009

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-2000/2009

Description: Includes: Burning Bright; The visionary art of William Blake 1757-1857. National Library Gallery, 1 December 2000-25 March 2001. (2 copies). Kahungunu Ka Moe...Ka Puta - Te Parekereketanga a nga Rangatira; [Portraits of Kahungunu] from photographs of Samuel Carnell. Wairoa Museum, 6 February-30 April 2005. Local woman joins a world famous family history library. [Article in the Wellingtonian on Turnbull music librarian, Jill Palmer, at the time that she spent a year in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City. Article dated 22 June 2006.] Oral history celebrates zoo's centenary. [Article in the Wellingtonian about handing over an oral history on Wellington Zoo to the Alexander Turnbull Library, 22 june 2006.] She was just cut out to be a librarian. [Dominion Post article on Janet Horncy, retiring Alexander Turnbull librarian, 19 August 2005.] The Big Picture; A selection of paintings and sketchbooks from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 11 April-22 June 2003. (3 copies). The first Wednesday Club invites you to hear Margaret Calder, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Eastbourne Library, 6 August 2003. Three items consist of pages from the Wellingtonian newspaper containing articles relating to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

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The lake at Wellington Zoological Gardens

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1674-F

Description: Panoramic view of the lake at Wellington Zoo, with ducks and swans in centre. Two men are standing by the fence on left, and a woman and child on the right. The gates to the zoo are seen far left. Wide path/road up hill on right, flower beds, hedges, and there are tall trees in the background all around. There is a large two-storeyed building outside the zoo grounds visible between trees in the middle distance far left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - The Lake. Zoological Gardens. Wellington. N.Z. No. 712; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Wellington Zoo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.3 cm

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Zoo Lake

Date: 7/11/55

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-145686-F

Description: Box SC6 Scenic Zoo Petone Reserve

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