Places

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA7-50-06

Description: Photograph of cricketers and their friends sitting in front of the pavilion in the Tauranga Domain. Tauranga Cricket Club played Opotiki Cricket Club, the match being won by Opotiki. Photograph taken by Thomas Edward Price in 1890-1910? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 173 x 277 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-115

Description: Album containing family photographs (mostly unidentified); photographs of life in Wellington and the region nearby, including two group portraits of school children, views of public buildings in the city, the Kelburn Cable Car, shipping in the harbour, and views of fire fighters, the fire brigade building in Newtown, and fire fighting equiment. In the Wellington region are views of the Porirua Hospital, and the Maori meeting house at Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Biographical information for M E Coulter from Library client, 2007 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with ochre coloured buckram cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 33 x 28 cm

Date: [Between 1872 and 1899]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-287

Description: An album probably created, and chiefly photographed by George William Barltrop, between 1872 (one image of the laying of the foundation stone of (?) Provincial Buildings in 1872), and the rest being views of New Zealand taken in the late 1890s. One sequence of images shows St Thomas' Church (Newtown, Wellington) under construction, and both exterior and interior views when finished, in 1895. One image shows the wreck of the SS Wairarapa in 1894, and there are views of several lighthouses around New Zealand, two of which were taken by the Burton Brothers. A number of scenes are taken in the Nelson area, including several of the Dun Mountain railway (for the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company), the Maitai River and valley, Nelson City, and Washington Valley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in black morocco, with black leather spine, entitled `Photographs' in gold, and McIntosh III lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1889

By: Hooper & Company (Wairarapa, N.Z.); Wairarapa daily (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-D-COSTUME-1889-02

Description: Arrangement of text. Stock for sale included: ladies' Garibaldi jackets, ladies' and children's dust cloaks, mantles, lace boas, light summer jackets, pretty pinafores, new parasols, sunshades, sashes and sash ribbons, gloves, silk handkerchiefs, fancy drapery, Zephyr prints, muslin dress fabrics. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on poster 565 x 359 mm.

Date: [late 1890s]

From: Hogg, F M : Photographs from the papers of Alexander Wilson Hogg

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA7-53-25

Description: Richard John Seddon at a picnic. Possibly taken after a Liberal rally near Greytown, Wairarapa, ca late 1890s. Others in the group include: A W Hogg, John O'Meara, J T M Hornsby and Mrs Taylor (key on verso). Photograph taken by A E Winzenberg of Masterton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.3 x 28.2 mm

Date: 1851 - 1859

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-006

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of a girl or woman in a hat and cloak and the face of another, with a leg and shoe; also part of Sir William Martin's house in Judges Bay with detail of bay windows. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1895-1897, 1903

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSY-2028

Description: Includes mss poem to R J Seddon by Thomas Bracken on occasion of Seddon's 50th birthday, 1895; other poems (typescript and printed); article re poetry of Barcroft Henry Boake; article on Governors of NZ by Dr Hocken (Otago Witness, Dec 1896); silver wedding of Richard J Seddon; marriage of Jane Seddon to Rev W S Bean; mss poem by E H Clements entitled `Welcome', Jan 1869; photographs published in Canterbury Times, 4 Jul 1895 of R J Seddon, his wife and nine children; articles, invitation cards & menus relating to Seddon's visit to England in 1897; bill of fare on `Alameda' (Oceanic Steamship Co); article re British Navy; marriage of Phoebe Seddon to Frank Dyer, Jan 1897; Lord Charles Beresford; Chatham Islands (OW, Dec 1896); early Wellington; cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Inspector's parade' and `Recent events' (from NZ Graphic, ca 1892); full description of Seddon's "At Home" - guest list and description of gowns worn; death of Mrs James Suisted; mining claim at St Bathans; Women's Liberal League; Women's Social and League; and various NZ, English and Australian newspaper cuttings relating to R J Seddon and his wife and other notables. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1878

From: Thomas, E A C, 1825- :[Album of a visit to the Motueka area and North Canterbury]

By: Thomas, E A C, 1825-

Reference: E-305-q-010

Description: Shows four elegantly dressed women, two sitting and two standing, and a young girl sitting on a tall seat in the centre Other Titles - Bridesmaids Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: A bridal group, with seated bride, bridesmaid, two standing bridesmaids and a flower-girl. The photograph has a background drawing of lily of the valley in coloured pencil, irregular shape, 104 x 82 mm. on sheet 295 x 245 mm.

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1814 - 1964

By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; British and Foreign Bible Society; Moody, B S (Mrs), active 1970s

Reference: C-077-025

Description: Marsden, his eyes closed, a Bible in his left hand, standing slightly left of centre in a makeshift pulpit draped with black cloth, preaching to a congregation of Maori and Pakeha men, women and children at Rangihoua, Bay of Islands. At least two of the congregation are also holding Bibles. Maori dwellings and canoes beyond on the beach, with European rowboats also pulled up on the beach. The original painting from which the reproductions were taken - a watercolour according to information supplied at the time of the donation, but the reproduction looks more like an oil, and oils were the artist's normal medium - was sent to America, presumably to the Bible Society in New York. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Leonard C. Mitchell Commissioned by the Bible Society to mark the 150th anniversary of the occasion depicted and said to be one of only two reproductions made from the original watercolour, the other held by the Bible Society in Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 390 x 481 mm (sight) Provenance: Mrs Moody was the widow of a former Secretary of the Bible Society in New Zealand.

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited, 1984. (Imagers of a new land, series 3).

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-015-a

Description: Shows slightly blurred figure of woman with hand to face at left, and small child in dress in centre, seated on draped pedestal. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 259 x 213 mm, on sheet 415 x 350 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: ca 1870-1975

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: Series-6746

Description: Includes photographs of Bibby family members and the members of other families related by marriage; views of the Ongonga area and Lunesdale, the Bibby family farm near Ongaonga. Also includes historical photographs of Waipawa and events such as the visit of the Prince of Wales and Lord Jellicoe and several photographs of the baches and the Bibby family bach at Kairakau Beach. Also includes several photographs and photographic postcards collected by Edward Stuart Bibby during his military service in World War One, taken between 1916 and 1919. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-80870-F to 1/4-80987-F, and 1/2-180094-F to 1/2-180095-F, 1/4-066588 to 066651 and 1/2-173807 to 173812. Quantity: 258 b&w original photographic print(s). 184 b&w original negative(s). 60 colour original photographic print(s). 29 b&w copy photographic print(s). 27 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 8 b&w copy negative(s). 6 colour original negative(s). 3 album(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Processing information: Reference number changed from PA-Group-00109 to Series-6746 in 2021 when this collection of photographs was consoidated with the collection of papers depoisted at the same time.

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-007

Description: Shows a woman, wearing a bonnet, sitting amongst the rocks on a beach, with two dogs beside her Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1895-1896

From: Brusey family :Photographs

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; St. George Company

Reference: PA1-o-973

Description: Auckland Hospital and nurses home. Two interior views of the men's wards showing patients, nurses, and furniture. There is one image of a man and a woman on horseback, the woman riding side saddle, and another of a group of fashionably dressed men and women cyclists. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1890s-1910s?]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-q-190

Description: Photographs relating to the Quartermain family, none of which have captions. None of the people or places are named. Of interest are a number of views of the ruins of a house, with only the chimneys standing; several of the new St John's Church, Hororata, including laying the foundations, building construction, and the completed church with lychgate; one of the tombstones of Sir John Hall, and his wife, with the new St John's Church partially visible in the background (for which Sir John Hall bequeathed the money); and one photograph of a steam tractor fording a river with difficulty, with a tow-rope leading to three laden wagons on the far side of the river. A number of photographs show Leslie Bowden Quartermain as a boy, and as a young man Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Sunny memories"; 32 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1970s]

By: Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, -1905

Reference: PAColl-4558

Description: Three photographs of the vestibule and interior of the Hall of Memories at Waitaki Boys High School, including the bell of HMS Ajax and a plaque unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester ca 1930s; sheep being mustered at Maraekakaho Station ca 1930s; a group of men and two women outside City Council offices (location unknown) ca 1910s; the Duke of Gloucester and Viscount Bledisloe next to the commemorative plaque at Waitangi 1934; a girl, possibly Maori, standing on a cart with milk urns holding the horse's reins ca 1910s; William Robert Hudson with his arctic medal pinned to his chest ca 1870s; studio portrait of Te Honi ca 1890s (at PAColl-4558-1-29); photographs of two directors of the Development Finance Corporation, Mr Rowlands and Mr Wakefield ca 1970; photograph of a portrait of Admiral Sir Joseph Nias ca 1840; the main hall of the New Zealand High Commission in London showing examples of New Zealand products ca 1920s; and a large group of women, names, positions etc unknown ca 1890s. Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-4558-1, PAColl-4558-2, and PAColl-4558-3. Tintypes housed at PA10-11-01 and PA10-11-02. Cabinet cards housed at PA3-0047 and PA3-0128. Carte de visite housed at PA2-0196. Provenance: The material is likely to have been deposited in the General Assembly Library by MP H K Taiaroa. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-77-124.

Date: ca 1880-1910

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: PAColl-3064-1

Description: Rocks Road, Nelson looking south; a waterfall falling down large boulders; a carriage and pair of horses passing Windy Point in Buller Gorge; Garraty's Point, Cape Foulwind; Matai Bank, Nelson showing willow trees; school children, some bare foot, with their teacher outside their school; school girls with their teachers outside their school; Wakefield Cricket Club, part of Nelson Cricket Association, in their team uniform ca 1894; studio group portrait of a rugby team; two of the six members of the Nelson Water Polo Club (the seventh is shown in photograph); six girls in theatrical costume holding ribbons; men transporting wood across the Aorere River by punt for Collingwood Gold Fields Ltd; the sixteen members of the Takaka Races Committee; the staff of Nelson College in April 1901 - G T Palmer, F Milner, E J Parr, J Drummond, T A H Wing, W S Littlejohn; an unidentified man; two of unidentified groups of men; a clergyman and four other men under a tree; and an unidentified family group. Quantity: 20 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 1896

From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-181

Description: Views, chiefly unidentified, of a trip in the South Island in January 1896, photographed by Algernon Charles Gifford. Most of the photographs are landscape views of lakes and mountains in the Wakatipu area, but there are a number showing a group of six unidentified people in the garden of a single-storeyed house with verandahs, at Paradise. In another scene a man and woman, two of the previous group, are shown in a field with the man wearing riding clothes, seated on a white horse, and the woman standing by the horse's head with a dog beside her. Also one photograph shows three young girls, Bessie and Daisy Fergus, and Agnes Mill, also at Paradise. A large two-storeyed house with verandahs upstairs and downstairs is seen in one image. An envelope attached inside the back cover, contains 14 loose photographs of similar views. Inscriptions: Album page - Some mementos of a trip to Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, Glenorchy & Paradise via Invercargill, Jan. 1896 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark maroon cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 22.5 x 19.0 cm

Date: ca 1860s-1870s

Reference: PAColl-7548

Description: Photographs of Sarah Shephard Cox seated holding her baby Rutu; half length seated portrait of Chrales Percy Cox; the house Bishop's Court in Christchurch with Charles Harper, Charles Cox, Harper's wife, Sarah Cox and Rutu Cox - one of the men is pulling a lawn roller; and members of the Cox family outside Bishop's Court, the women in crinoline dresses. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007805 to 007808 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [1890s]

Reference: PA1-q-222

Description: Photographs relating to Herbert Spackman and his family and relatives, chiefly taken by him. Places include views of Wellington and bays, Eketahuna and the Wanganui district. Very few of the people shown are fully identified but are likely to be Harry Spackman’s: mother (Eliza Spackman, nee Hawkings), father (Henry Spackman), brother, mother-in-law (Mrs Coxall, mother of Harry’s first wife Amy), and father-in-law (Mr Parnell, father of Fanny Parnell, Harry's second wife). Several houses are shown, including: ‘Rangiuru’, located at 63 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington; House of Eketahuna farmer David S Lowe; House of David S Lowe’s brother Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wanganui, both interior and exterior, ‘Ben Venuto’ situated at 59 Rintoul Street and house of Henry (‘Harry’) Goold Spackman in Wellington, both interior and exterior views. Herbert Spackman's nephew Roy Spackman (Clement Roy) attended Wanganui Collegiate School, and there are several views of the chapel (interior and exterior) and the music room. There is one group portrait of Wanganui Collegiate School boys (p 41). Source of descriptive information - Information sourced from various places including the internet, and a family member. Two articles on Henry and Herbert Spackman both before they left England, and in New Zealand can be found at www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-1.pdf and www.bris.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/chombec-news-4.pdf Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark red cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 29 x 24 cm