Places

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0185

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. A closer view of image at PAColl-D-0162 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 320 x 570 mm with mount

Date: 1889 - 1914 - 1930 - 1939

By: Gear Meat Processing Ltd

Reference: Plans-2002-014-001/007

Description: Includes: 001. Gear Meat Co.y's works, Petone. [1889] (Ink drawing) 002. Gear Meat Company's works, Petone, 1914 (Blueprint) (Same as Plans-82-0093, but better preserved) 003. The Gear Meat Co. Ltd Petone. Plan of works. [1920s?] 004. Gear Meat Processing Co Ltd. [Plan. 1930s?] 005. Gear Meat Co Ltd. General plant layout. DRG no 38-0-400 [1977?] (Same as Plans-82-0092) 006. Gear Meat Coys Works Petone / Frank J Hibell, insurance surveyor. [19--?] 007. Gear Meat Coys Works Petone. [19--?] Quantity: 7 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo, blueprint and ink plans, sizes varying. Transfers: From Cartographic Collection - Transferred from Cartographic Collection in 2002 and June 2003..

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: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0165

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of Hutt Road in the foreground. In the immediate foreground is a timber yard and a bridge across the railway line. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. One the far right is a building on Jackson Street with Baker Bros estate advertisement painted on the side. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. Compare with image at PAColl-D-0162 taken on the same day from a slightly different angle Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 350 x 545 mm on card

Date: 1874-1987

By: Ashton, Chris (Mrs), active 2000

Reference: MS-Group-0931

Description: Includes ms transcript of diary of Mrs Talbut kept on board the `Wennington' during voyage from London to Wellington, 16 Jan-24 May 1874; cash book of Henry Hill Kingham, engineer of Timaru, 1891-1921; notebook of Thomas Riddler of Petone, 1904-1911; deed between members of Te Puni, Warena, Karena and Parata family, Taare Waitara, Miriana Rapira, Eparaima Takarangi, Ani Matene and Ripeka Love (the lessors) and Thomas Riddler (lessee) re land known as Te Koro Koro South, 1904; deed re lease of Section 11 Horokiwi between Rangiwahia Te Puni and others to Thomas Riddler, 1905; family tree showing antecedents and descendants of Eva Gertrude Talbut and Thomas Riddler (1878-1976); family tree showing descendants of William Riddler (1801-1879) and Elizabeth Sparrow; family tree of descendants of John Ridler (b 1630) William Riddler and his wife Elizabeth (née Sparrow) arrived in Petone in 1841, having been engaged by Henry Petre to bring out a consignment of stock. He took up a block of land alongside the Hutt Road. His grandson Thomas Riddler married Eva Gertrude Talbut in Petone in 1903. Eva Talbut immigrated to New Zealand on the 'Wennington' in 1874 with her family. Ivy Young married Charlie Bentley and the couple had two children, Margaret (the donor's mother) and Douglas. On the dissolution of the marriage the two children were adopted by Thomas and Eva Riddler. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: The donor is the great-great-grand-daughter of William and Elizabeth Riddler.

Date: [ca 1880-1982]

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PA-Group-00160

Description: Gear Meat Works Petone, its works, workers and shops. Other freezing works Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-D-106, PAColl-D-154, PAColl-D-160 to 162, PAColl-D-165 to 167, PAColl-D-181 to 186, PAColl-0613, PAColl-0969, PAColl-2827, PAColl-4373, PA6-439 and PA6-445. Negatives in 35mm sequence at 16085 - 16087, and F 68979 1/4. Negatives previously NEGColl-57/1 Quantity: 400 b&w original photographic print(s). 20 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 12 colour original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1900

By: Greig, Sandra Vanessa, 1948-; Oxford Studio (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-8020

Description: Portraits of an unidentified man and woman, taken ca 1900 by the Oxford Studio of Petone. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1840 - 1990

Reference: A-168-002

Description: Shows two sailing ships with furled sails approaching Petone beach and a group of Maori from the pa looking on. The palisade fence of the pa is at right foreground, and there are flax bushes at left. This is print no. 161 of a run of 250. A modern reconstruction of the appearance of the ship, of which no known contemporary depictions exist Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Limited edition [in pencil] 161/250 [Title] [Signature in pencil] A Memelink Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 219 x 312 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1908

By: Carter, Charles Edward, 1862-1908

Reference: A-444-032

Description: Shows 2 stained glass windows designed by Charles Edward Carter. The left, comprising three panels, depicts Jesus as the Shepherd, holding a lamb and a crook. The two windows flanking the centre panel bear the words 'I am the Good Shepherd & know my sheep' and 'The Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep'. The window on the right comprises two panels, depicting Jesus and a number of followers, and includes the phrase 'Come unto me and I will give you rest'. Charles Edward Carter was the grandfather of Beverley Shore Bennett. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Carter windows. Petone St Aidan's Church. Nelson Presbyterian Church.; Recto - bottom centre - Charles Carter [all inscriptions in ink] Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Colour photocopy on A4 paper Provenance: Donation: Beverley Shore Bennett, Waikanae, 25 July 2011

Date: 1890 - 1920

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Belton, Ruth Catherine, 1917-2008

Reference: A-174-036

Description: Shows a view from the Petone foreshore towards the distant Wellington Heads. Somes Island is at the left. There is a small raised hut and two rowboats pulled up on the shore. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 225 x 311 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1900

Reference: G-447

Description: View across Petone to Somes Island and the heads of Port Nicholson Note that this is painted over a portrait of a man. Other Titles - View from Korokoro [Previous title] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 25 x 29.5 inches

Date: 1881-1933

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990

Reference: PAColl-2827

Description: Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Processing information: Previously housed at framed prints 265,266, 267

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0162

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of the road in the foreground. In the foreground to the right is a timber yard. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. The back of the building that is just visible on the far right has the sign `Baker Brothers, Estate Agents & Auctioneers' painted on the side - as seen in the copy negative 1/2-001869-G Compare with PAColl-D-0165 taken on same day from a slightly different angle A closer view of same view at PAColl-D-0185 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 312 x 500 mm on card

Date: 1899-1946

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: PA-Group-00048

Description: Photographs taken ca 1899-1946 by Albert Percy Godber (1875-1949), railway employee and amateur photographer. The collection comprises photographs of railways, timber industry, Maori art, and general views throughout New Zealand. It features a considerable number of views of Petone, where the Godber family lived for many years, and of the railway workshops at Petone and Hillside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-3039-1, PAColl-0912, PAColl-4380, PA7-14-09. Other prints dispersed in sequences. Negatives housed at APG-0001 to 2115, 1/4-002920 to 002921, 1/4-002739 to 002740, 008767 to 008771, 008777, 008780 to 008781, 009010, 009012, 009028, 009254 to 009256, 015153 to 015154, 015317 to 015326, 015446, 015449 to 015452, 015305 to 015313, 015317 to 015326, 018619, 018620, 021690, 038846 to 039809, 050273 to 050338, 050344 to 051277, 051762 to 052187, 057748 to 057745, 057757 to 057795, 091523 to 091535, 105708 to 105744, 105746 to 105748, 106038, 106040; 1/2-003136, 003137, 003171, 003264, 003279, 003302, 003707, 003758, 0003792, 003869, 003872, 003873, 03988 to 004012, 004139, 008032 sequence, 011868 to 011905, 021518, 104701 to 104746. Lantern slides housed at PA11-028 to PA11-030. Photographs taken and collected by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 13 album(s) Album(s). 2060 b&w original negative(s) approx.. Finding Aids: Negative listing with correspondence file TL6/1/15, negative registers held by Photographic Archive.. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0078.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-5927-45

Description: Horsedrawn carts and people outside the Empire Hotel, Petone, circa 1900. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1920

Reference: PAColl-8631

Description: Photograph of a group, mainly women in frocks and bonnets, in costume on the deck of a ship. They are reconstructing a scene for the Prince of Wales' visit in 1920 showing settlers landing at Petone in 1840. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.2 x 16.3 cm

Date: [ca 1898-1916]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-027664-F

Description: Overlooking Lower Hutt Railway Station and yards, Petone, Lower Hutt. Photograph taken by Muir & Moode between ca 1898-1916. Other - Original negative possibly held at Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand) MM P 1956 Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and Library client Inscriptions: [On original postcard] 1956 P.C. Overlooking Railway Station, Hutt N Z Muir & Moodie Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: between 1897-1946

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1143-1/2-G

Description: Steam locomotive 220, Wa class, type 2-6-2T, built by NZR Addington. Location probably Petone Railway Workshops. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1897 and 1946. Original print in Godber Album Vol 108, p 55 (Pa1-q-101), with caption "Wellington Exhibition 1896". Inscriptions: Album page - Wa. 1896. Wellington Exhibition 1896. This engine entered service on 16 February 1897 and was written off and sold in 1946. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 53.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches