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: [1880s-1900s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-167

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm

Date: [188-?-190-?]

By: Ferguson, A P (Mrs), active 1967

Reference: PAColl-0045

Description: Photographs of military forces, Wellington and members of the Wellington Kennel Club, taken ca 1880s-1900. Photographs of members of B, D and F Battery of an artillery regiment taken at the Military Tournament at Hutt Race Course on 9th November 1891. They are standing or kneeling with their swords and their insignia can be seen on their arms. Portrait of the 1st New Zealand Contingent, taken November 1899 by Feeney Photo. Two men in naval uniform and one possibly in a mounted rifles uniform outside a tent ca 1890s. The names given are Campbell and Bell (naval) and Moorhouse. Men of an artillery regiment at the Military Tournament at Hutt Race Course in 1891 next to a wheeled gun. The names given are: Brown, Grise(?), Perrin, Burn, Tuckey, Howe, Tineman(?), Johnston, Jeffreys. The Education Board Offices on Mercer Street of which the Technical School occupied the second storey ca 1889 with a number of people in the yard outside. View along looking south along Lambton Quay with shops on the right including E Barber. House on sub-division 29-31 in Northland, Wellington ca 1878 View of the Wellington Club on The Terrace. Photograph of Government House, taken 1890 Photograph of NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency, Wellington Photograph of Anglican Cathedral, Christchurch Photograph of Cook & Co, land agents, Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library For other photographs of artillery regiments at the Military Tournament see PAColl-0731 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca 1890-1911

Reference: PAColl-7376

Description: Photographs of Khandallah: from Aplin's farm looking south west with Woodmancote Road centre left; from behind Gorsy Knob looking south with the Presbyterian Church at the junction of Khandallah and Cockayne Roads on the left and the Catholic Church at the end of the row of houses centre right - the former Anglican Babies' Home was in the trees to the right of Presbyterian Church April 1911; from the school, Clark Street in the foreground and the Catholic Church in the centre April 1911; from near the top of Box Hill looking north with a house on Woodmancote Road and others in the distance on Baroda Street; from near the top of Box Hill with Burma Road in the centre and Rangoon Street running to the top right; Aplin's farm from Sunnybank with Burma Road running across the centre with Maldive Street at right angles; and from Te Kainga (top of Jubilee Road) looking west. Others are entered as child records. Photographer unidentified. The image at 1/2-003774 (not included in this collection) is Crompton Smith (PAColl-4073) so this collection may be related. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003765 to 003773 and 003775 to 003779 Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: 1853-1885

By: Richmond, Christopher William (Hon), 1821-1895

Reference: E-284

Description: Include views of Central Otago, West Coast, Marlborough, Wellington, Bream Head, Egypt, England, France, voyage to England, seascapes, yachts and ships. For details see records for individual pages. At head of title: Richmond and Atkinson family papers, vol 45. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing. 85 drawing(s) (pencil). 4 drawing(s) pencil and ink. 1 drawing(s) pencil and wash. Physical Description: Art originals, pencil, 170 x 230 mm or smaller, in album, 240 mm, 1/2 blue moroccco, blue buckram Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - acc. 77-253: Richmond and Atkinson papers.

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1896 - 1936 - 1958 - 1902

By: Swan, John Sydney, 1874-1936; Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1232/1249

Description: Three plans of the "Wharenui" apartments at Oriental Bay. 15 plans of the grounds at Athletic Park, Rintoul Street, Wellington, showing site filling and digging, the grandstand at its extensions, the urinal and dressing sheds, the turnstile gates, the cycle track and extensions to the grounds in 1902. Quantity: 18 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes vary

Date: 1864

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-009/009-1

Description: Watercolour shows the ship Wild Duck at Queen's Wharf, Wellington in the 1860s, while pencil drawing on verso shows a high-country lake scene, with a group of cows venturing into the water in right foreground. The Wellington scene may be in 1864. In that year, C. D. Barraud's son, W. F. Barraud, sailed to Europe aboard the Wild Duck Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, and on verso, pencil drawing, on sheet 381 x 524 mm.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-032

Description: An upper drawing showing a low wharenui, seen from the front. A lower drawing showing a passageway or entrance through palisades, with buildings and hills beyond. Both drawings are probably scenes at Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa, Plimmerton The drawing on the verso of this sheet (A-020-033-1) is of Taupo Pa, Plimmerton Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 333 x 231 mm

Date: 1899

By: Chatfield, William Charles, 1852?-1930

Reference: PA-Group-00660

Description: Photographs taken by architect William Charles Chatfield of his Island Bay home called Hurston in 1899. Includes exterior views of house, house in its garden setting, and the garden, with studies of native trees in garden. Also interior views of rooms, furniture and individual paintings and portraits. Photographs of people, including child with teddy bear, formal potraits, man with a dog, people in open carriage, and family in garden. People on south coast beach, and vistas of coast with studies of rocks and sea. Some views of the interior of a church, showing pews, altar and decorations. Also wood carving, probably done by one of the women of the household - a popular craft activity in the late 19th and early 20th century. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Some negative boxes have ink or pencil inscriptions about contents (on lid, and/or on bottom). Vendor has also labelled some boxes House called Hurston is apparently at 1-2 Mersey St, Island Bay and is now used by the Little Sisters of the Poor Quantity: 177 b&w original negative(s) (Chiefly glass, six are film). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Negatives, photographic prints Provenance: Private purchase, 2009. The collection had been purchased by the vendor ca 1990. The previous owner's father-in-law had been interested in photography and had been given the collection.

Date: 1892

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere & Richmond (Firm); Swan, Francis Herbert, 1885-1958

Reference: Plans-80-0498/0500

Description: Plans showing alterations to the two-storied house in Wadestown, The Grange, built by William Barnard Rhodes. 80-498 shows ground and first floor plans, with new stairs, bathrooms and bay windows marked in red, and new drainage in blue; 80-499 shows the roof plan and an underground water tank; 80-500 shows details of balustrades, handrails, gables, windows and tanks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, sizes vary Provenance: Donation: Mrs F H Swan, Wellington, 1958 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: ca 1900

By: Gibbons, Ian, active 1981

Reference: PAColl-6928

Description: Postcards of Karaka Bay, Wellington, taken ca 1900s by an unidentified photographer. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-056913-F and 1/2-056914-F Quantity: 2 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

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: E-455-f-053

Description: E-455-f-053-1 = Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, from remembrance, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; E-455-f-053-2 = Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, from remembrance, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure; E-455-f-053-3 to 6 = [Hickson & Co]; [Colonial Hospital]; [Ordnance Store] and [Fitzherbert's Store], 4 lithographs cut from a single sheet, the illustration to: An account of the earthquakes in New Zealand (Sydney, Printed by D. Wall, 1848 - Pam 1848); These lithographs are thought to be after drawings by Robert Park. E-455-f-053-7 = Notes on the geology of New Zealand, especially in reference to the Province of Wellington, by Chas Forbes, late of H. M. S. Acheron, p. 84-89. Pearse has included on page 54 of his album a second copy of the lithographs showing the 1848 earthquake damage. (E-455-f-054). The copy on page 54 is intact and in one piece. The copies on page 53 have been cut into three separate sections Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm; Four hand-coloured lithographs cut from a single sheet measuring 210 x 130 mm; printed text.

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-297

Description: Album of South Island scenes (except for a few taken en route to Wellington showing The Brothers, Pencarrow Head, and one of a group having a picnic at Muritai). Probably mostly photographed by George William Barltrop. The first section shows the Nelson and Marlborough areas, and several photographs of ships at sea, one shipwreck (the Antiocco Accame in 1901), and one aground (the Elginshire, 1902). People who are identified are: the Reverend Bennett (Frederick Augustus Bennett (later Bishop), with his first wife Hana Te Unuhi Mere Bennett, and young daughter, Rawinia Bennett (circa 1900); Abe Wells, photographed as an older man outside his cob house at Richmond (circa 1890s); and Isla Reid, photographed as a young girl, probably in the Dunedin area. Three scenes in cemeteries have clearly identified headstones, and include those for the Reverend Samuel Poole, Frank Churchill Simmons; and a group memorial for Charlotte McDonald, Annie McQuaid and Lizzie Crinrod, stewardesses who were drowned in the wreck of the SS Wairarapa, Great Barrier Island, 29th October 1894. This was erected by the stewardesses of the Union Steam Ship Company. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1894-1897

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-078

Description: Family photographs of the William Hughes Field family, their home in Everton Terrace, Wellington, with views of Wellington and the harbour taken from various streets nearby. One group of images taken from Kelburn Park in February 1897 show the ship (with an escorting flotilla) in which Lord Glasgow was leaving New Zealand after his term as Governor of New Zealand. A few images show scenes in Christchurch. The yacht `Sunbeam' (privately owned by Lord Brassey) is shown in Wellington Harbour in a number of views. Several photographs shows areas on the outskirts of Wellington. Views fom Pukerua of the hills to the north and Kapiti Island; Otaihanga (with one of a Maori family at their home); Upper Hutt, showing Mr and Mrs Sarjeant's backyard, Mr and Mrs Barber's orchard, and two views of a farm owned by Mr [Martin?]; the coast at Island Bay, and fishermen and their huts at Island Bay. Signature of William Hughes Field is found inside the front cover `W. Hughes Field. 1895' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black corners and spine, entitled `Photographs. W.H. Field. Index'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [ca 1890s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-7324

Description: Photographs of the Rimutaka railway including a locomotive at Cross Creek, a locomotive and carriages at the summit with railway workers houses next to the track, a tunnel, and the part of the track called Siberia. Photographer was the Burton Bros. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003407 to 003411 and 003413 to 003414 Quantity: 7 b&w copy negative(s).