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From: Estate of Mr and Mrs E S Knight :Photographs of Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PA1-o-252

Description: Photograph album of views of Wellington, ranging from copies of early paintings from the 1840s, and early photographs up to the 1870s, to a series of postcards from the 1920s. Most of the early images have clear descriptions, giving year made, location, and in some cases further information about buildings that can be seen. For example, one view shows Kebble's house, now the site of the Grand Opera House. Views in the postcards are identified, but no dates are given. Most of the postcard views were taken by Sydney Charles Smith Inscriptions: Album page - `To E.S.K. with all good wishes for the 8th Nov. 1925, from a wellwisher' (illuminated inscription inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs'; `E.S.K.' lettered in lower right-hand corner; 26 x 33 cm

Date: [Between 1840s and 1890s]

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Reade, M A (Mrs), active 1969

Reference: PA1-o-429

Description: Recent prints from old photographs of Wellington, originally taken between about 1840s and 1890s. Includes one photograph of a painting by William Mein Smith of Wellington waterfront and Te Aro flat, painted in 1842. Only one image identifies the photographer. A photograph of Oriental Bay taken in the 1890s, was by the Tyree Brothers of Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red mock-crocodile textured cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26.0 x 36.5 cm Processing information: All the photographs have reference numbers linking them with items in the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collections

Date: [Circa 1860s]

By: Tensfeld, John, active 1869-1882

Reference: PA1-o-506

Description: Five mounted photographs taken by John Tensfeld. Dunedin, view from Queens Street; and view of Princes Street Lyttelton from the harbour Christcurch Government Buildings Wellington, view from The Terrace, with the Criterion Family Hotel visible in the front The name Churton is pencilled inside the front cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound hard cover, entitled "A trip through New Zealand" in gold block lettering on front cover"; 25 x 32 cm

Date: ca 1868-1890

Reference: PAColl-6529

Description: Three prints of two views of Wellington: two of Willis Street with the Criterion Hotel to the right and the wharves on the left, and one of Worser Bay showing a few houses. These are copy prints made from the original negatives some time around the 1920s. All three images have been removed from the same album at some point as they have the same green paper residue on the reverse. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1870s]

By: Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860s-1880s

Reference: PA1-f-047

Description: Photographs taken in the 1870s, covering a wide range of places, photographers mostly unidentified, and most images with no captions. The first group were taken in an around the Mediterranean, including Gibraltar, but particularly focussing on the Suez Canal. The sequence includes a copy of a montage produced by Hippolyte Arnoux, showing a map of the route of the canal, surrounded by photographs of canal designer Ferdinand de Lesseps and various sites along the route. Other images in this sequence were probably taken by Arnoux who was working in Egypt during this period. The next group of images travel via India (?), to Australia. Views of Melbourne include Government House, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Houses of Parliament, the Scots' Church (in Collins Street), the Post Office, the Town Hall, and the Public Library. Following these is a panorama of Sydney, and views of Tasmania. The New Zealand scenes start with a panorama of Auckland, the Mount Eden residence of G.B. (?, pencilled name undeciphered), and the Auckland Domain). Images further south include Ohinemutu; the Pink and White Terraces; Napier; the Manawatu Gorge; Wellington (with the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel visible in the foreground); Nelson; the wreck of the ship Otago, at Chasland's Mistake; and a number of views in the Dunedin area. The last sequence shows parts of Canada, including the Rockies, Montreal and the Niagara Falls. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown leather cover, with decorations stamped in gold; 28 x 40 cm

Date: [Between 1863 and 1888]

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ballard, H Benjamin, active 1861-1888

Reference: PA1-q-033

Description: Views of New Zealand, chiefly of Nelson, including the Maitai River, Nelson Reservoir, Nelson Harbour and Port, Nelson Christ Church Cathedral, and Waimea Road (showing Nelson College at the head of the valley). Other images of New Zealand include the Moeraki Boulders, Mitre Peak, the Criterion Hotel in Wellington, and a view of Gisborne. Images of Australia include views of Black Hill and Mount Gambier (South Australia), and Ballarat and Stawell in Victoria. A series of views of the Copenhagen area in Denmark include castles and palaces, the Kongelige Theatre, Fredensborg slot (Frederiksborg, Denmark), and a museum in Copenhagen. Photographs taken by Theodor Bloch who was a professional photographer in Nelson circa 1863-1888, and then in Victoria, Australia until circa 1891. One image (page 24) "The lighthouse, Northumberland" (Australia), is signed H B Ballard (also an Australian professional photographer). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green covered album with ornamental embossing in gold and black, 285 x 250 mm

Date: [ca 1858 to 1860s]

By: Davis, William Henry, 1837-1875; Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901; Batt & Richards (Firm); Gourlay, Henry Thompson, 1842-1911

Reference: PAColl-10426

Description: 21 cartes-de-visites taken circa 1858 to circa 1860s. Some taken by William Henry Davis and/or his father William Henry Whitmore Davis. Others taken by Batt & Richards. Other photographers are possibly also represented. 19 show scenes in Wellington. The other two are copies, one of a painting, one of an illuminated address (this one by H T Gourlay, Christchurch). Some images have inscriptions in pencil on the reverse. Images include streets, buildings, people, horse and carts, harbour and wharf with ships. An envelope and a letter dated 1958, from the Alexander Turnbull Library to Mr M Davis of Wellington regarding the copying of 21 photographs, are included. Accompanying information - Envelope that held the cartes-de-visite, and an accompanying letter dated 22 August 1958, from C R H Taylor, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, to Mr M Davis of 9 Aruarua Street, Wellington. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s) (Cartes-de-viste).

Date: ca 1869

By: Hayton, (Mr), active 1983

Reference: 1/2-135964

Description: View from The Terrace, looking across Te Aro, toward Mount Victoria, circa 1869. In the foreground are Willis Street, Perrett's Corner, the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel and the building that was to be site of St Mary of the Angels on Boulcott Street. On Manners Street, which runs through the middle of the picture, is the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Te Aro 1869 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from loaned print

Date: [Circa 1860 to 1870]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-042

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s (some dated 1868), and about 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from comparison with handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p 51) Early photographs of Wellington show a view down Boulcott Street, a view probably from Boulcott Street looking down over `Rhodes Bay' (now the reclaimed area beyond Willis Street), and looking towards the city from Thorndon. One view in the North Island shows the Kinross residence in Napier. Most of the photographs are of central North Island, with particular emphasis on the volcanic areas around Lake Taupo, Lake Rotomahana, the Waikato River (including the Huka Falls and Aniwhaniwha Falls), Tokaanu, Ohinemutu and the Pink Terraces. Several scenes show military outposts and redoubts, including two of Captain Gilbert Mair "and his men" (the Arawa Flying Column), at Kaiteriria Pa, Rotokakahi "just arrived after a raid after Te Kooti"; and one of the interior of the pa "with Captain Mair's contingent". In the South Island scenes include Lyttelton, Akaroa Harbour, the Otira River and Gorge, Bealey River, the summit of Arthurs Pass, the Porters Pass Hotel, Taramakau River, Gibson's Quay at Hokitika, one of several small churches at Hokitika, and Hereford Street (Christchurch). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: [ca 1870s]

From: Monro, John Stuart (Dr), 1888-1971 :Photographs of Wellington and Nelson

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-48-10

Description: View of Te Aro from a vantage point above Boulcott and Willis streets, looking south-east along Manners Street towards Mount Victoria. The Methodist Church can be seen on the right. The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel is on the corner of Manners and Wills streets. In the foreground is a timber yard, St Mary of the Angels Church, and several houses with glass conservatories in Boulcott Street. Photograph taken by D L Mundy after the Criterion Hotel changed its name to the Duke of Edinburgh in the 1870s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.3 x 23.5 cm

Date: ca 1869

By: Palliser, E (Mrs), active 1959

Reference: 1/2-008242-F

Description: View from The Terrace, looking across Te Aro, toward Mount Victoria, circa 1869. In the foreground are Willis Street, Perrett's Corner, the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel and St Mary's School on Boulcott Street. On Manners Street, which runs through the middle of the picture, is the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Te Aro 1868 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from donated print