Places

Date: 1888

By: O'Brien, George, 1821?-1888; Otago Early Settlers' Museum

Reference: E-278-q-009

Description: Shows the view looking North-East from the vicinity of Maitland Street across Dunedin and the wharf area, with Signal Hill on the distant right. Princes Street runs diagonally right to left. First Church is in the centre. Reproduction of a watercolour in the Otago Early Settlers' Museum Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 85 x 145 mm

Date: 1878-1981

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: 81-295

Description: Records include ledgers, staff records, cash books, letter books (1900-1910), various documents (letters, insurance policies, reminiscences, deeds, and mortgages), Board of Directors' records (1962-1975), records of subsidiary and related companies, legal correspondence, killing records, newspaper clippings (1907-1969), share registers and share records (including indexes), and records of the Fellmongery Department (including staff, stock and cash) Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 78-047, 87-080, 91-256 Petone meat processing plant Quantity: 7 folder(s). 118 volume(s). 47 box(es). 15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans - To Ephemera Collection - 1 box - To Photographic Archive - 3 boxes - To Serials Collection - MIRINZ bulletin (refrigeration) No 2, 1974; Thomson news No 4 May 1972 - To Book Collections - Associated North Island freezing companies of NZ. General report, 1912; Petone Borough Council dairy regulation by-law, 1911; Petone Borough Council heavy traffic by-law, 1905; Petone Borough Council waterworks by-law, 1904; Petone Borough Council drainage & sanitary by-law, 1911.

Date: [ca 1860s-1930s]

By: Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947; Billens Studio; Butterfield, Frederic Augustus, active 1938; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Hay, Mary-Annette, 1925-2024

Reference: PAColl-9373

Description: Photographs of Byron Brown and family taken ca 1860s-1930s by a variety of photographers. Includes photographs of; his wife, Susie Brown nee Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Bright; his parents Arthur and Jane Brown; his wife's parents Mary Ann and Frederic Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Brown; and Bright and Brown properties and businesses in Otaki. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 29 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photographic prints and photocopies Provenance: Donor is grand-daughter of Byron Brown. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1739 : Brown, Byron Paul: Papers. See also Oral History Collection..

Date: [ca 1860-1889]

From: Knight, Frederic Hardwicke, 1911-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1713

Description: Album of carte de visite photographs. These include - Landscapes. Views of Dunedin. Business premises. Rothsay on the Island of Bute, Scotland. Portraits taken in Otago and Britain. Taken ca 1860s-1880s by various photographers. Most Otago photographs were taken by James Weaver Allen (b 1822). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043-a

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-017

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. One of two copies at A-215-017 and A-215-018. One copy is an untouched proof, the other has pencil pencil additions of mosque, basilica, buildings on hills and wharf Another copy in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34. This copy is not able to be issued Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm

Date: 1980

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5562-1

Description: Comprises edition of `Daily news', 28 Apr 1980 with supplement for centenary of Hughsons business in Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

Date: 5 Mar 1894, ca 1970s

By: Wilson, William Muir, 1868-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-9961

Description: Comprises telegram to W M Wilson, Wellington, offering him a job with Woolf and Dempsey, Eketahuna (1894); notes by Miss M Wilson re origins of her family; and accompanying letter from donor re collection sent to library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1841-ca1930

From: Zoe Martin-Carter: Photographs of Wellington and the Centennial Exhibition

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-; Martin-Carter, Zoe, 1870-1947

Reference: PA1-f-171

Description: views of Wellington and many of its principal buildings from settlement in 1840 to about the mid 1940s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1880

From: Graham, E J :[New Zealand scenes] [188-]

By: Graham, E J, active 1880s-1890s

Reference: A-256-009

Description: Looking down from a hill towards the South East quadrant of the Octagon, with First Church beyond, the harbour, St Clair and the sea in the distance Possibly based on a photograph. The second view in this group is based on a Burton Brothers photograph Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 151 x 188 mm, mounted on board with printed title

Date: [ca 1890]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: PAColl-8123

Description: Mills & Co Wool and Grain Stores at Port Chalmers. Photographed ca 1890 by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mills & Cos Wooland Grain Stores Port Chalmers; Mount recto - beneath image - De Maus exhibition photo. And fine art publisher, Dunedin and Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14 cms, mount 27 x 22.4 cms

Date: 22 Dec 1858

From: Traill, Charles, 1825-1891 : Correspondence

Reference: MS-Papers-2191-2

Description: Letter from Day to Traill wwritten from Dunedin regarding goods ordered Other - Formerly Misc Mss 1139 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 item). Physical Description: Holographs and typed transcripts (photocopies)

Date: 1852 - 1857

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s

Reference: A-109-044-a

Description: View looking across Commercial Bay, lower Queen Street, the wharves and the city towards St Matthew's and St Patrick's churches, from the Britomart Barracks. After P. J. Hogan's lithograph: No 3 Auckland, Auckland New Zealand, from Britomart Barrack. Commercial Bay, part of lower Queen Street, with new wharf, Albert Hill, Wyndham Street, West Queen Street, with St Matthews Church and St Patrick (R. C.) church. 1852. See copies at C-010-004, C-010-004-a, C-010-018 & C-010-019. Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p. 195. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 155 mm

Date: 1863 - 1867

By: Handcock, William, active 1860s-1870s; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-109-012

Description: Birds-eye view looking down onto the city and harbour, showing houses, businesses, wharves, shipping, gardens, etc Wood engraving done on seven blocks. The gaps between the blocks disfigure the image Inscriptions: "T M Hocken" signed at bottom Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 218 x 370 mm Provenance: Possibly a gift from Dr Hocken to Alexander Turnbull.

Date: 1880 - 1920

By: Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association; F W Niven & Company

Reference: D-009-009

Description: The print shows the View of Masterton (257 x 643 mm irreg.) surrounded by 28 vignettes advertising Wairarapa businesses. These include (from top left) H. Phillips Occidental Hotel, F. Hollway Family Butcher Queen Street, Dixon Bros ... cordial manufacturers, Chapel St, J. L. Murray mercer & outfitter, Isedore Mandel hot baths and showers, H. Pearson taylor, Pinhey Bros livery & stables, William Whitt cabinet maker Queen Street, John Henderson tailor, James Wickens pastrycook, Wairarapa Star offices, Hounslow & Hoar cabinet makers, Chas E. Daniell general contractor, O. Pragnell draper, [two illegible advertisements], A. White tobacconists and hairdressers, Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative, Masterton Coach Factory, J. Graham general merchants, Waipoua Coach Factory Queen street, John Watt bookseller & stationer. Attributed to F. W. Niven from its strong similarity to other large chromolithographs of the same period. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 print on backing board; chromolithograph 668 x 995 mm

Date: 1877

Reference: A-036-007

Description: View from the Bluff, looking south along the beachline with the town laid out below Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 250 mm

Date: 1895

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: G-368

Description: At the top left of this view in four sections, Lyttelton, looking north along the railway lines and wharves. In the centre, Christchurch Cathedral viewed from Cathedral Square. Top right is a further view of Lyttelton township from the hills above it, looking down. The bottom half of the picture is a view in Cathedral Square forming a half-circle with Colombo Street looking south to the Port Hills in the centre, and east and west Worcester Street on the left and right. Warner's Hotel and the Central Post Office are to the right of Colombo Street. Main panorama measures 195 x 870 mm ; main title trimmed Lithographed from photographic originals Extended Title - Supplement to New Zealand Graphic, Dec 18, 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, ca 350 x 870 mm

Date: [ca 1880-1887]

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-0740

Description: Comprises agreements re land, power of attorney, leases and other matters Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further Gear Meat Company records Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.16 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Probably part of 87-080, a collection found in the IBM building. This group was in the Manuscripts & Archives workroom awaiting papers conservation treatment. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Found in Manuscripts and Archives Workroom, Jul 1998; probably part of 87-080

Date: [1888-1895]

By: Reefton Electrical Transmission of Power and Lighting Company

Reference: MS-Papers-9937

Description: Mostly comprises orders for equipment and some instructions on work details Source of title - Supplied Pages torn from copy books Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (three pages encapsulated) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr G Max Smyth, Oamaru, Jul 1975