Places

Date: 1860-1900

By: Masterton Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-7329

Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-030

Description: View from a hill, looking down into a valley with a bridge crossing a river and two houses amongst vegetation Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 216 x 162 mm

Date: 1890 - 1899

Reference: G-696

Description: Hutt River with the bridge and surrounding buildings including the Roman Catholic Church spire Fourth bridge of four 70ft. arches was built by Mr A (Gus) Petherick, and was opened in 1872. Used for 32 years Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 409 x 566 mm

Date: ca 1860-1927

By: Heine, Lynette Sibyl, active 1987-1996; Beauchamp, J, active 1890s; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Mirrielees (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PAColl-0722

Description: Mounted photograph and three loose prints of Wellington College both before and after 1909 when the tower was removed; the junction of Adelaide Road and Riddiford Street in Newtown; three postcards from the Evening Post "Old Wellington" series showing Cuba Street ca 1870 looking both north and south, the Supreme Court on Lambton Quay, and the waterfront ca 1860; the new mountain house at Mount Egmont ca 1927; Mount Sefton and the Footstool from the Hooker River, Southern Alps; Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui viewed from the Mount; Takapau encampment 1914 showing rows of tents in the distance; two cars on a ferry over the Buller River; and Cromwell ca 1900 showing the old bridge over the Clutha River. Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880s

From: Main, William :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-638

Description: Views of farmland, homesteads, mountains, forest, and people associated with Merrivale, Blackmount, and other stations in Southland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1890

From: [Star Lithographic Works] :Wanganui [and] Queen Street wharf, Auckland. [Auckland, Star Lithographic Works, 1890]

By: Star Lithographic Works

Reference: A-109-056

Description: View of Wanganui from across the river, with the main bridge diagonally across the picture plane Extended Title - From: The New Zealand Jubilee and Exhibition Chronicle, 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 91 x 143 mm

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-013

Description: Looking along the Whanganui River on its south bank towards a bridge and houses on both sides of the river. A paddle-steamer is in the river and two people are walking along the road at the base of a cliff to the left. The area in the left background is likely to be Putiki, where the artist grew up Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1878

Reference: A-019-014

Description: Looking down onto the bridge, river and city from a hill beyond the south bank of the river Extended Title - Published in: Buller, J. Forty years in New Zealand. London: 1878, op p.36, where in the preface he acknowledges `For the use of many of the engravings I am indebted to.. Sir Julius Vogel...' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 90 x 140 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0165

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of Hutt Road in the foreground. In the immediate foreground is a timber yard and a bridge across the railway line. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. One the far right is a building on Jackson Street with Baker Bros estate advertisement painted on the side. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. Compare with image at PAColl-D-0162 taken on the same day from a slightly different angle Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 350 x 545 mm on card

Date: 1847 - 1860

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-038

Description: Shows Pukaka pa on Marsland hill, Mt Egmont, St Mary's Church and Huatoki stream (identified and dated by M. Alington, 26/5/81). Title from verso Crawford visited Taranaki in 1847, but may have visited later as well Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card 176 x 260 mm

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-7053

Description: Views mostly in and around New Plymouth but including clergymen gathered for Archdeacon Govett's jubilee in 1898, crowds in Pukekura Park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubliee in 1897 and a Floral Fete in 1896, a homestead called Tokotahi near the Tiraumea River in Pahiatua County, the old mountain house on Mount Taranaki, and an area called Grant's Braes (now Waverley) in Dunedin. All the views are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002136 to 002173 Quantity: 38 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film 1/2 plate copy negatives

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-056/058

Description: Top image shows the first church on the site of St Mary's of the Angels, Boulcott Street with a procession of white-robed priests and possibly choirboys; middle image shows the first court building in Lower Mulgrave Street, looking out to seal, with a small European building with vegetable garden and picket fence at the bottom of the slope to the left; and the lower image shows the back of Francis Molesworth's house and stables in the Hutt Valley, with forest behind. In the foreground a group of workers are resting beside a log bridge from their work Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 367 x 275 mm.

Date: 1847

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-042

Description: Bridge over small stream in the foreground, a fenced in house with a tall gable and an outbuilding, with several trees in its garden in the middle ground, Mt Taranaki in the background See Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia by J. C. Crawford, London, 1880, p. 86, where Crawford mentions visiting "the parsonage near the Waiwakaio" in the summer of 1847. The parsonage for St Mary's was at Te Henui, some two miles away from the church. It had half an acre of land with it. Its first occupant was William Bolland, who died on 29 May 1847, presumably shortly after Crawford's visit. Inscriptions: Verso - title See related final watercolour at A-229-001 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 177 x 261 mm Provenance: Crawford family, Wormit, Fife, Scotland, by descent from the artist.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Dyson, Mrs, fl 1958 :Photographs, chiefly of scenic views in the South Island in New Zealand, and Victoria in Australia

By: Clifford & Company; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?

Reference: PA1-q-069

Description: Various photographers including De Maus, Henry Lock, F. Finch and Clifford & Co. Photographs include scenes at various gold-mining claims on the West Coast; bridges Over rivers on the West Coast and Otago regions; one of a large group of Freemasons carrying banners relating to various Lodges; and a number of images of Ballarat, Geelong and Queenscliff in Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album with gold decoration, 31 x 26 cm

Date: 1895-1915

From: Allan, John Calder, 1879-1963 :Photographs of Cable Bay, Nelson

Reference: PA1-q-009

Description: Photographs of the Cable Bay area, near nelson, including the Cable Bay Station and homestead, with images showing the social life of the Cable Bay Station employees. Includes photographs of children, families, family pets, picnicking and camping. There is one postcard from Wakapuaka, which includes two images of 12 to 15 men wearing dark suits, posing outdoors, similar images to several photographs included in the album. Photographs taken by John Calder Allan between 1895 and 1915 Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 285 x 300 mm red buckram, with black decoration around title "Sunny memories" embossed on cover, in phase box

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: E-047-q-025

Description: Shows a view looking up the Huatoki Stream towards Mount Taranaki. There are houses on the slopes on either side of the stream, a stockade at the top of the hill at the right, and a waterwheel and mill on the left bank. A road leads along the left bank, and there is a bullock wagon, and a group of men and horses in the left foreground. The men carry guns, although a pair standing upstream could be fishing, and one man in the foreground could be carrying either a flag or a fishing net. Although this probably relates to an E A Williams image in the Hocken Library, it has similarities to the E A Williams watercolour at ATL B-139-006, showing the mill at the edge of the stream. Probably the Alpha Mill, described as being on the Huatoki Stream, by Ron Lambert of Taranaki Museum (see letter at AT 13/14/1, 14 May 1997). Based on an E A Williams watercolour. Dated by date of E A Williams work at B-139-006. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 135 x 210 mm.

Date: [Between 1898 and 1907]

From: Tibbutt, Alfred George :Main Trunk Railway photographs

By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930

Reference: PA1-q-245

Description: There is a hand-written index inside the back cover, headed "A.G. Tibbutt, Victoria Studio, Hamilton, Feb. 14, 1907" and inscribed "To Fred & Mary, Nelson". At the end of the index it reads "Further albumns [sic] of views on sale". Fourteen coloured photographs taken during construction of the Raurimu Spiral, between 1898 and 1907. Photographs include Raurimu Town, the main street; the service road at Oio; bridge on the service road at Oio; a "miniature Niagara", Oio service road; the horse-shoe bend, Raurimu; snowed up in Raurimu; canvas-town at Raurimu; bullocks at work; skids moving trees in bush at Kakahi; model camp for the Maketoti [Makatote] Viaduct; Ruapehu from the viaduct; a young boy "the young bushman"; and "Old age & youth (one of Tibbutt's first Maori pictures"). Other Titles - Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils Other Titles - Photographs finished in oils Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled (in gold lettering) "Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils, by A.G. Tibbutt, Raurimu"; 26 x 33 cm

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-039

Description: A narrow wooden bridge on tall piles over a swift braided river, probably near Bealey. A house is visible beneath trees on the opposite bank Supplied title Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/40-48 Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 80 x 150 mm