Places

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Napier, Hastings and Lake Waikaremoana] [1930s?]

Reference: A-227-094

Description: Shows a large church in partly gothic, partly later style, possibly adjacent to a park. A phoenix palm grows on grass in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1840 - 1850

From: Mathew, Felton 1808-1847 :[Scrapbook. ca.1845].

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-389-q-001

Description: Shows six Maori men launching a canoe into waves. Palm trees or tall tree ferns are at the right. Engraving has been cut from page containing 2 engravings; see full page at A-256-028. Image of canoe, and possibly the whole image, is derived from a work by Louis Auguste de Sainson 'Village a l'anse de l'Astrolabe, Nouvelle Zelande' showing Astrolabe Bay (Golden Bay, South Island) not Mercury Bay, with local Maori dragging a canoe into the water, in 1827 during a French visit to the area. The palm trees suggest a scant knowledge of New Zealand geography and flora on the part of the engraver. Not in Ellis' Early prints of New Zealand (1978) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - MERCURY BAY - NEW ZEALAND Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone 93 x 85 mm, on sheet 288 x 240 mm.

Date: 1902

From: Various artists :[Addresses presented to R. J. Seddon and Mrs Seddon. 1891-ca.1906]

Reference: D-005-025

Description: Central text of praise for Seddon's attendance at Coronation of Edward VII, and for sending Maori forces to fight (in Boer War?). Text inset into stylised Maori carved house, surrounded by various New Zealand native trees. Top shows 4 flags, Maori in traditional and European army dress, a view of Mt Cook, and a picture of a white heron. Below text is a Maori war canoe containing Maori paddlers and European passengers. Language - A few words in Maori only. Other Titles - To the Right Honorable Richard John Seddon, PC DCL, Premier of the Colony of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Mt. Cook "AORANGI"; Recto - top centre - To the Right Honorable / Richard John Seddon, PG DCL /Premier of the Colony of New Zealand.d; Recto - bottom left - The Premier on the War Canoe / "TAWHERITIKITIKI"; Recto - bottom right - Times Coy. / del. Seddon attended the coronation of Edward VII in June 1902. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour 783 x 610 mm. Provenance: Probably arrived with Seddon papers, from Seddon family.

Date: ca 1920

By: Hewitt, George R, active 1920-1985

Reference: PAColl-0601

Description: Postcards collected by the depositor while working as an able seaman on HMS Renown during the tour by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Black and white postcards of Auckland, Christchurch, particularly the botanic gardens, Lyttelton, Picton, and Samoa and colour postcards of Wellington. Quantity: 43 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [1880s-1900s?]

By: Bock, Alfred, 1835-1920

Reference: PA1-o-218

Description: Pages 1-6 and 21-23 are views of New Zealand, including including a kauri tree at Tararu, views of Te Aroha, the Rotomahana area after the Tarawera eruption of 1886, and one of Maori kaumatua seated in front of tukutuku panels (possibly at Te Aroha), mostly taken by Alfred Bock Pages 7-21 are views of Hawaii, including a grass hut, the Houses of Parliament, St Louis College, Queens Hospital grounds, the Cook Monument, the first Royal Hawaiian Hotel (building later used as the Armed Forces YMCA), and Iolani Palace. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacking cover, inserted between two pieces of strong cardboard; 34 x 24 cm

Date: 1923

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

By: Cock, Richard John, 1851-1936

Reference: Pan-2356-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a driveway which circles around a lawn to a single-storeyed wooden villa-styled house with verandahs separated by a bay. Finials over the gables. Palm trees on either side of steps up to the front verandah on the left of the bay with an unidentified woman standing by a verandah post. Turreted room at ground level (perhaps a conservatory) on the left. Retaining wall between the house and lawn at a lower level. Flower beds around the drive and some set into the lawn. Variety of established trees all around, including rhododendrons, palms and cabbage trees. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Overdale" New Plymouth 1923; Photographer's title on negative - R P Moore's circular business stamp; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] R. Cock. New Plymouth 3; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 115.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Coulson, Herbert Maxton, 1879-1957

Reference: Pan-2481-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a single-storeyed wooden house centre left. Dormer windows with decorative wrought-iron trim along the ridge, bull-nosed verandah on two sides. Lawn across the foreground with a footpath leading from a picket gate on the right across the lawns to the front entrance. Various trees and shrubs including palms and conifers. Portion of the image repeated on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - The "Gables" Hokitika; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] H.M. Coulson. Dentist. Hokitika; Marginal notes on negative - 5 5 5 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Shepherd, Leopold, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1599-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed house in the centre of the image with bull-nosed verandahs around three sides, and steps up to the front door in the centre. Lawn in foreground with raised rock garden in the middle. Row of cabbage trees with garden beds beneath inside a high trimmed hedge on the right. Fenced tennis court to the left of the house, and rounded areas of shrubs including camellias, rhododendrons and palms on left and right. Gravel path from left up to the house. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Mr L. Shepherd. Kaponga. 3 copies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 120.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Wood, J (Mrs), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1494-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large two-storeyed wooden house, decorative slates/tiles [?] in the gables. Sleeping verandah upstairs on left above a bay downstirs. Corner conservatory. Front entrance behind a group of tall palms. Other palms on right. Border of rhododendrons along left. Flower beds including standard roses in lawn. Trees all round. Path up to the house through centre of image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Mrs J. [Wood? Writing not clear] ChCh; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R P Moore, 80 Manners St. W'gton Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 97.8 cm

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-1987-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up across a terraced lawn to a large three-storeyed building. Palm trees at the foot of steps up to the front entrance, bell tower above. A two-storeyed wooden building is set back slightly on the right. Trees around the property and some are set in the lawn. Photograph taken in 1924 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1983 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Convent Sacred Heart. No. 84. Victoria Avenue. Remuera. Auckland, N.Z. [In script]; Photographer's title on negative - "Convent Sacred Heart" Victoria Avenue, Remuera. Auckland. N.Z. 1924. [Printed]; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 100.4 cm

Date: 1890s-ca1923

From: Brusey family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-974

Description: The first and largest section of this album records a trip in Canada and possibly the United States, made by a young man with a motor car about 1923. The second section are photographs taken on a visit to possibly Hawaii or Tahiti. Local people are recorded as well as a number of yachts tied up along the waterfront of a town, and a white warship. The third section include family photographs taken in Britain in the 1890s, and several shipboard views, two of which show what are probably crossing the line ceremonies involving a canvas swimming pool. Towards the end of the album a group of family photographs are associated with a large wooden New Zealand house. There is no information with the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1861 - 1863

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-025/026

Description: Recto shows group of circular tents with soldiers beside most of them. More permanent buildings include the Commisariat store house, and the Government Pier building. Verso shows bushy island with native huts and canoes. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil mounted on paper 304 x 392 mm. Provenance: Purchased at auction at Sotheby's, London, in 1988.

Date: 2006

By: Impact Plants (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-HORTICULTURE-Impact-2006-01

Description: Illustrated price list of succulents for gardens, pots or raised beds, including agaves, aloes, yuccas, cacti, palms and cycads. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlet, 297 x 210 mm.

Date: Circa 1925

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

By: Robinson, T C, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1311-F

Description: Panoramic view of single-storeyed wooden farmhouse, iron roof, verandahs on either side of entrance porch. Square open viewing-tower above the porch, conservatory on the right. Renaissance scroll design above porch. Palms on either side of front of house. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - T C Robinson. Mount Palm. Rotherham. Nth Canterbury. 3 oils. Balance prints. House & same trees on each end. Re colours refer to box; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.3 cm

Date: January 1886

From: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918 :Photograph album

Reference: PA1-q-075-12

Description: View in Tasman District, probably near Totaranui, taken January 1886 by Charles Yates Fell. A tree palm may be seen in the foreground. Original caption reads: "Looking thro' a forest window Where some mighty tree had fallen They could see the blue Pacific See the bay they'd left behind them With its sandy semicircle Shining yellow in the sunlight." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 20.2 x 15.5 cm

Date: [late 1930s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-100008-G

Description: Park in Napier, with palm tree, taken in the late 1930s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1917

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: B-061-011

Description: A large house with a square turret, surrounded by gardens and viewed across lawn Trees in the garden appear to include a large pohutukawa on the left, a palm tree and a tall Norfolk Pine on the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in brushpoint [barely visible]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 400 mm

Date: Between 1886 and 1888

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-30

Description: Group of three men, two European and one Maori, with a dog on the Otaki River. Photograph taken between 1886 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Native forest and palm trees may be seen on the opposite bank. The same three men appear in PA1-f-239-27. This photograph was probably taken on the same canoeing expedition, and is one of a sequence of views in the Otaki region probably taken on the same visit to the area. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 216. Otaki River. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 20.4 x 15.2 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: Circa 1925

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

By: Murray, Charles Frank, -1935

Reference: Pan-1644-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up at a large two-storeyed house, wooden upstairs, roughcast downstairs, with stone round the base of the house and up entrance posts. Also stone gateway far left with wrought iron gates, name plate "Wharanui". Stone wall partially covered with creeper along a path on right. Curved water lily lake left foreground, roses over pergola on right of lake. Shelter belt of macrocarpas behind wall on right, behind the house and behind garden on left. Lawns sloping down to lake. Palm trees, flaxes, cabbage trees beside drive on left. Woman on garden seat beside house on right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1646 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - C F Murray "Wharanui" Marlboro' 3 oils. Dark red roof. Rough white casting house. Roses & pergola near lake. Red geraniums in front of house. Tussock hills. Orange colour flowers on creeper over stone on right; Marginal notes on negative - 9 9 9 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 117.0 cm