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: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-076

Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking down at Cathedral Square to the Post Office building. Horse-drawn carts and carriages can be seen in the square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: [198-]

By: Barnes, Olive Dorothy, active 1973

Reference: MSX-8060

Description: Typescript draft of a guide to New Zealand placenames and meanings. Each entry includes the postal district and location for the place, suburb or town mentioned. Also included is a descriptive meaning for each location. Some entries have been annotated at a later point in ink. Throughout the volume are examples of postmarks from New Zealand post offices. Many of the placenames cited are historic in origin, for example: Zalatown, which is a ghost town near Lyell. The inside cover depicts sketches of New Zealand Post Office buildings, old and new. Also included with the work is a useful bibliography. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - What's in a name? Origins and meanings of the place names used by the New Zealand Post Office. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: ca 1880s

From: Tensfeld, John album

Reference: PA1-o-493-09

Description: View of Nelson looking across the harbour to the Post Office on the waterfront and the cathedral beyond. Photographer was Tensfeld. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1858-1887]

Reference: PAColl-6114

Description: Comprises: Hutt Road in 1868; Queen's Wharf ca 1860s; Wellington circa 1887; Thorndon circa 1860s; St John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, 1858. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/4-016071, 1/2-075008 and 1/2-091405 Quantity: 5 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 1881

Reference: A-260-052

Description: Shows cows and horses grazing in a field, houses, the hotel and a horse-drawn cart. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Coloured photograph 220 x 400 mm Provenance: Photograph donated by Mr & Mrs S Mouat, Southland, 1979

Date: ca 1868-1875

Reference: PAColl-7315

Description: Horse and cart on a street in Timaru with the Bank of New Zealand, the premises of Clarkson Turnbull and the Post Office nearby; and the Royal Hotel Timaru with another building under construction behind it. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: ca 1880s

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-004704-F

Description: Cathedral Square, Christchurch showing the cathedral in the centre and the Post Office on the right with horses and carts in the foreground ca 1880s. Photographer was Wheeler & Son. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1889 - 1971

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm); Avon Fine Prints

Reference: B-076-027

Description: Looking south down Colombo St to Port Hills. Shows Post Office, Morten's Buildings, horsedrawn trams. Reproduced from Wakefield, E. New Zealand illustrated... Wanganui, 1889. Issued with text-sheet. Nos. 4,5, 218 & 219 of limited edition of 1000 copies. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Col. photolithograph 166 x 366 mm, on sheet 307 x 496 mm

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1900s

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7397

Description: Set of photographs of Timaru and Waimate which have been cut to fit together for a magazine lay-out or similar. They are: interior of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru; Timaru post office; Timaru Custom House with Quirk's Royal Hotel to the right; the new Primitive Methodist Church, Timaru; St Mary's Church, Timaru; the boys of the Main School, Timaru in their cadet uniforms on the playing field with visiting adults; the Boys' High School, Timaru; the Wesley Church, Timaru; Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru; two views of the Municipal Offices and Public Library, Timaru; Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru; and the Waimate Court House. The photographer was William Ferrier. Due to irregular shapes they have been used for a magazine lay-out at some stage. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-002263-F

Description: A Fred France's coach pulled by four horses passing the Havelock Post Office. It has six passengers on board including a child. In the background is the Commercial Hotel. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1898

By: Eltham Historical Society; Old, Janet Haldane, 1928-2003

Reference: PAColl-1213

Description: Photograph includes Frank Carrol, Rupert Henry and Mr Jones Quantity: 5 b&w copy photographic print(s) and. 12 photocopy/ies in one envelope.

Date: Before 1894

By: Leitch, W A, active 1894; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-260

Description: Album of scenic views of Tasmania, Sydney and wider New South Wales, and of New Zealand, both North and South Islands. Views of lighthouses include Derwent Lighthouse (Tasmania), Macquarie Lighthouse (South Head, Sydney), and Farewell Spit Lighthouse (Tasman Region, New Zealand). The New Zealand photographs are nearly all taken by Josiah Martin, and include one that is a collage of scenes he photographed, and one of Maori weapons, with captions to say they were deposited [in Auckland Museum] by Captain Gilbert Mair. A photograph attached to the inside of the back cover is of the Farewell Spit Lighthouse, and was taken by the Tyree Brothers firm Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - W.A. Leitch. 1894 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering, with `Leitch' lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.5 cm Provenance: Purchase

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: 1886

By: Schell, Frederic B, -1905; Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.

Reference: A-109-007-a

Description: View from the wharves in Thorndon, looking towards the harbour and Queen's Wharf, with shipping. The Post Office (with tower) can be seen at the water's edge, along with other buildings, including those on the hills of Kelburn. Tear in image, lower left Extended Title - Published in: Picturesque Atlas of Australasia 1886. v. 3. op. p.607 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 180 x 266 mm (image)

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: PAColl-7479

Description: Francis Joseph (sic) Glacier near the outlet of the Wai-au River; tabular flume, Donolly Creek, Ross height 98 feet length 800 feet - a flume supported on poles above the creek; Aylmer Street, Ross showing the Junction Hotel, Dunedin Hotel, and Dr Bush's consulting rooms in front of the Morning Star mining claim; the viaduct from the creek at Ross height 167 feet; Bond Street, Ross with a church and what may be the Star Bakery in the foreground and along the street from the left, Provincial Hotel, J Manson & Co, Shamrock Hotel, Gay and Green Hall of Commerce, Bank of New Zealand(?), Post Office, Post Office Hotel, a wholesale wine merchants and the Camp Hotel; and the few buildings of Lagoon Town between Ross and Hokitika. Photographer unidentified. From the same unidentified album Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004615, 004646 to 004649 and 004654 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives