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Date: 1870 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-007

Description: Shows a view looking down through a cutting in a valley. There is a telegraph pole in the centre foreground, carrying two wires. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 242 x 305 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-027-1

Description: Shows Taupiri Mountain from across the Waikato River and buildings, a road and telegraph poles at the foot of the mountain along the river's edge Almost exactly the same, except for a cropped foreground, as A-174-027, by the same artist, an ink and wash sketch Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 155 x 192 mm

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-042

Description: A road with telegraph poles on the right, flax bushes and Lake Waihola to the left. Mount Maungatua is in the distance on the far left, its top covered with cloud Acquired with E171: Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook, signed J C Crawford Extended Title - From his South Island sketchbook, 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm. Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-044-1/2

Description: On the recto, a view of a rocky coastline, possibly painted at twilight, as the colours used are shades of grey. On the verso, a view along Wellington Road(?), Paekakariki, with small houses, telegraph poles, sheds and water storage tanks. Hills to the left and at the end of the street. Other Titles - Paekakariki Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Paikakariki [in pencil] See also NON-ATL-P-0077. The notes explain that the image was privately owned, and had been borrowed for photography. The image has since been taken into the Turnbull collections, along with the overall group of works Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on each side of loose sketchbook page, 128 x 182 mm

Date: [circa 1878], [ca 1930s-1980]

From: Pugh family: Photographs

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Bunckenburg, Roger, active 1980; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pugh, Charles Trevor, 1912-1989; Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10208-3

Description: Photographs and postcards relating to Charles Trevor Pugh. The majority of images relate to his career with New Zealand Electricity Department (NZED) and show exterior and interior views of hydro projects, substations and equipment. Several images show New Zealand scenic locations and historic places. Most taken between circa 1930 to 1980. Also includes postcards of scenes taken circa 1878. Most images taken by C Trevor Pugh. Other images taken by Roger Bunckenburg, Whites Aviation, Muir & Moodie, Aldersley, and unidentified photographers. - Images taken during the 1930s include Arapuni Power Station (1937), Whakamaru Power Station and other unnamed substations. Also includes scenic locations; HMNZ 'Endeavour' at Russell, the Treaty House at Waitangi, the Stone Store at Kerikeri, Fox Glacier, Mount Cook, Hermitage Hotel, Chateau Tongariro, the Sign of the Takahe and unnamed snowy mountains. - Images taken in the 1940s include two men in front of 'Equipment Store 1st Field Brigade NZA' shed, unnamed state hydro projects, Stratford Substation (March, 1948), a gorge on Waikato River, Karapiro Dam and Power Station, Maraetai ferro-concrete bridge, Arapuni circuit breakers, Highbank Power Station, electricity pylons on farmland at Pahuatanui and elsewhere, plus photographs of the Waikato River hydroelectric power development maps. Also includes a State Hydro Department Library print of Tuai Power Station on Lake Kaitawa near Lake Waikaremoana, and a view of Cass Basin. - Images taken in the 1950s include Sir Edmund Hillary and Captain Harry Kirkwood on upper deck of HMNZS 'Endeavour' in 1956. Also includes views of electricity substations taken in 1958 of Inanaghua switching station and depot, Murchison Substation, Kikawa Substation with Stewart Johnson and Mr (?) Robinson inspecting the transformers unit, Westport Substation, Cobb Power Station and unnamed electricity substations. - Images taken in the 1960s include women making electricial componentry, men on a field trip to lakes and hydro stations (possibly Lake Taupo and Waikato River locations), unnamed NZED spillways and substations (possibly Waikato River or South Island locations), men in an electrical engineering classroom and lecture room, Eric Bruce MacKenzie, General Manger of New Zealand Electricity Department and other officials at Manapouri Power Station ceremony, the laying of the Cook Strait Cable showing the ship MV 'Photinia' at work, E B MacKenzie and others (1964), a lunch of NZED staff including geothermal electrical engineer Robin McKenzie, various unnamed buildings, people on beach after the sinking of the 'Wahine' ferry (1968), and an unidentified group of men on a street. Also includes unknown stone church and Queen Elizabeth II on visit to Christchurch Hospital (1953 or 1963?) - Postcards include views of Ohope Beach, Fox Glacier, Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu, Picton, Marine Parade at Napier, the Mansion House on Kawau Island, plus postcards showing early views of the Avon River footbridge and Domain Gardens, the Christchurch to Sumner tramway, and circa 1878 portrait of Donald Sutherland. - Aerial views of Karori suburb, Wellington, in 1980 show Karori Reservoir, Messines Road, Campbell Street, Wrights Hill Road, Beauchamp Street, and Karori Mall. Quantity: 191 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, colour photoprint

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-054

Description: The Sugarloaf Islands, New Plymouth viewed from the beach-side road, just north of the rocks, with the road continuing, a boat moored at the breakwater, and a telegraph pole at the side of the road Other Titles - Sugar Loaf Island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & 125 x 178 mm (page size).

Date: 1871

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] 1871, 1882 and 1885

Reference: E-036-q-1-001/002

Description: A waterfall in the Mataura River, seen from below. On the left bank is a brick chimney piece. Low hills are in the centre background. A row of telegraph poles runs along a bank to the right Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title and date in pencil; also a compass indication Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on buff paper across two sketchbook pages, image size 130 x 384 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-027

Description: Shows Taupiri Mountain from across the Waikato River and buildings, a road and telegraph poles at the foot of the mountain along the river's edge Almost exactly the same as a watercolour by the same artist (untitled) at A-174-027-1. The watercolour is cropped on the right side and lacks some foreground buildings seen in this ink and wash version Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch 140 x 200 mm

Date: [ca 1875-1916]

Reference: PAColl-4516

Description: Postcard of Victoria Arcade on Queen Street with carriages in the street and a telegraph pole with a large number of wires and cables; St Patrick's Cathedral, Monroe Street, Napier; Municipal Opera House, Napier; three men of a bush felling party having lunch probably near Dargaville; newspaper clipping of an old photograph of a crowd in Victoria Square with the old Post Office behind it ca 1875. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-4223.

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-008

Description: The Rimutaka Incline railway curving through bush-clad hills, with the train visible, two small buildings further down the track, a telegraph pole to the right and plains (or Lake Wairarapa) in the distance. Possibly the approach to Cross Creek Dated as 1880s because of the presence of the telegraph pole Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash on buff paper, 248 x 352 mm

Date: 1865 - 1875

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook

Reference: E-208-q-015

Description: Looking south along the shoreline north of Kaikoura towards the Peninsula. There are telegraph poles to the right, amongst flax bushes and grass, with the steep hills of the area rising on the far right Other Titles - Kaikoura Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 165 x 254 mm

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

By: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918

Reference: A-120-041

Description: The flat land at the south-west end of Lake Forsyth with the main lake in the background among hills. There is a line of telegraph poles, possibly alongside a road running towards the hills on the left. A house is beside water to the right In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 350 mm

Date: 1889

By: Baker, William George, 1864-1929

Reference: G-295

Description: Shows the river in the centre, the road to the right, and, in the distance to the left, either the railway being constructed or a steam train coming through. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 554 x 762 mm Provenance: Purchased February 1960 from Mr Appleby, Wellington

Date: 1824

By: Baloghy, George, 1950-; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854; Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Reference: C-094-007

Description: A view of Kerikeri from the water, incorporating a copy of Jules Lejeune's 1824 drawing Etablissement des missionaires anglais a Kidikidi with modern bungalows, pylons and telephone poles along the ridge-line behind the English mission station Lejeune's drawing was redrawn by Antoine Chazal (see the Library's sepia wash drawing Etablissement des missionnaires... C-082-093) for engraving as an aquatint (see C-082-095) for publication in Duperreyl, L I. Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822 ...1825. Histoire du voyage. Atlas. Paris, 1826), plate 43. The aquatint has been used as the basis for Baloghy's modern lithograph, rather than the original drawing Other Titles - Kerikeri Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - signed in pencil, lower right, edition 42/50, embossed with monogram GB Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, 316 x 455 mm (image) on sheet 382 x 572 mm

Date: 1894

From: Hill, Mabel 1872-1956 :[Sketchbook, mainly in Wellington]

Reference: E-515-011

Description: View along a street with hills in the background. Geese are pecking at the ground in the left foreground, there is a telegraph pole and several houses are visible on both sides of the street Other Titles - Blueskin Bay Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on page of sketchbook, 116 x 176 mm.