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Tramping in the Rimutaka and Tararua ranges and a trip to the West Coast
Date: 1914
From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing
Reference: PA1-q-914
Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Soldiers portraits, return to New Zealand, and Lake Waikaremoana
Date: 1915-1919
From: Boyd, Mary Beatrice 1921- :Photographs relating to Mackersey family
Reference: PAColl-9855-1
Description: Loose prints associated with Jessie Mary Mackersey's album. These include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey, London ca 1917. Portrait of Wastel Briscoe born 1888-died Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Group of Soldiers of 24th Rifles, Featherston Military Camp. Group on the deck of `Prinzessan' en route for New Zealand, 1919. Colon and Church of Christ by the sea, 1919. Views of the Panama Canal and its technologies seen from the ship, 1919. Albert Memorial, London. Holiday at Lake Waikaremoana includes - View of the lake, Papakorito Falls, and friends of Lindsay Mackersey. Photographs of soldiers include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey with unidentified soldier. Studio portrait of Leslie Mackersey, Blake Mason and two unidentified soldiers, 1916. Group of unidentified soldiers probably in New Zealand. Voyage to New Zealand on `Prinzessan' via Panama Canal 1919, and holiday at Lake Waikaremoana. Leslie Mackersey was in the 6th Rifles 1 NZEF. Lindsay Mackersey was in the 24th Rifles. While in the occupation force in Germany he served as instructor-in-law to service men studying for law degrees prior to repatriation. He was bilited in Leverhusen Village near Cologne in 1919. Margaret was on the staff at the New Zealand General Hospital No.1, Brockenhurst, England. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand.
Album relating to World War I
Date: 1914-1917
From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1552
Description: Photograph album compiled by R V Kay for his future wife Sybil. Includes photographs of automobile travel, gardens, picnics, parties, golf, suspension bridges, motorcycles, New Zealand soldiers on troopship, military training in England, soldiers at Stonehenge and family and friends. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Sybil, with love from Reg Aug '17 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 140 x 165 mm
Album relating to World War I
Date: 1917-1919
From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-1060
Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of 33rd Reinforcements training in Wairarapa, 1917 and at sea troopship life 1918 (Jan-Feb) on 'S.S. Athenic' via the Panama Canal. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 275 x 230 mm
O'Connor, A O (Mrs) : Photograph of the First Expeditionary Force
Date: 1914
Reference: PAColl-4584
Description: Photograph of the SC Expeditionary Force (main body) (Egypt and Dardanelles) taken at the Trotting Club Paviliion Christchurch 1914. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mackie album 4: From the war in France and leave in Paris to New Zealand via Panama
Date: 1916-1918
From: Martin, W W :World War One albums of Mr Laurie C Mackie
Reference: PA1-o-311
Description: Views of Paris and some of its notable buildings; places on the battlefields of France; soldiers; the return trip to New Zealand via Panama and the Panama Canal; Views of places, friends and family in New Zealand 1/2-090821 to 090900 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured red cloth cover, edged with impressed line. Entitled `From my camera', impressed in cursive style, printed in white, on top left hand corner of front cover; 25 x 30 cm
Album relating to 33rd Reinforcements, 1917
Date: 1914-1917
From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1553
Description: Photographs relating to R V Kay and his training in the 33rd Reinforcements at Trentham and Featherston military training camps during World War I. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - W.W.I. 33rd Reinforcements, 1917, Camps Trentham, Featherston, etc. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 140 x 165 mm
World War I soldiers marching through Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1914]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-011947-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Photographs relating to Noel Pharazyn and his wife Lydia Field
Date: 1919-[ca1945]
From: Pharazyn family: Photographs from the papers of Noel Pharazyn and his sister Eleanor
Reference: PAColl-10031-2
Description: Includes:- Portraits of Noel Pharazyn in military dress and Lydia Field about the time of their marriage in November 1919. Photographs relating to Noel Pharazyn's time as the New Zealand military attache In the United States from 1941 to 1945. These include - Portrait proofs of Noel Pharazyn taken in Washington DC. A group of photographs of Noel Pharazyn in the company of his wife Lydia, Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and Ambassador Carl Berendsen, meeting with the US Under Secretary of War, Kenneth Royal, to recieve a medal. Photographs of military groups taken in the United States. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs and postcards relating to Tod Hennessy
Date: [ca 1910-1940]
From: Morriss, Bernadette, fl 2014: Items relating to members of her family
Reference: PAColl-10218-2
Description: Items, chiefly photographs relating to Tod Hennessy and his service in World War I, taken circa 1890 to circa 1940s by a range of photographers. Also includes portraits of Hennessy in uniform, family photographs, and hand-embroidered silk postcards from Belgium written to his mother, Mary Eleanor Hennessy (nee Boyle) in Gisborne during World War I from 1917-1919, and later postcards from the 1930s and 1940s. Handcoloured print of two children and a dog shows Tod Hennessy's brother, Desmond, and sister Patracia. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) including 1 hand-coloured print. 4 non-photographic postcards including 3 with embroidered fabric decoration. 1 Christmas card. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, Silk-embroidered postcards
Photographs of World War One soldiers, and the Royal Tour 1953-1954.
Date: [ca1914]-1954
From: Featherstone, Paul, fl 2006 :Photographs of World War I soldiers and the Royal Tour 1953-1954
Reference: PAColl-8952-1
Description: New Zealand soldiers, World War One. Unloading oysters, Bluff. Royal tour decorations and the Queen on the wharf, Bluff. Woburn, Lower Hutt, from the air. Mrs Elinor Roosevelt at the Ford Motor Co, Gracefield, Lower Hutt. Souvenier photographs of Auckland and Invercargill. Postcard view of the Centennial Exhibition, Rongatai, Wellington, 1939-1940. Unidentified stone church, Queenstown. Unidentified wrecked ship. Unidentified suburban houses. World War Two army encampment. Japanese Commander signing surrender after the fall of Singapore to the Allies. Lord Louis Mountbatten speaking in Singapore. Building belonging to S.Ward (NZ) Ltd. Clock tower, Sumner, Christchurch. Views of Picton. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s) 21 prints on 5 album pages.
Farewelling World War 1 troops, Wellington
Date: ca 1915
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008203-G
Description: Crowd farewelling World War 1 troops at a Wellington wharf. Shows hats in the crowd and soldiers on board a troopship. Taken by an unidentified photographer for The Press newspaper. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Photographs
Date: [ca 1900-1920]
From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9529
Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of the Wellington 5th Regiment (1915), Wellington 33rd Reinforcements (B Coy), 14th Annual NZ University Tournament (Auckland, 1915), Public Trust Annual Picnic (1920), Nelson College 2nd XV, and Victoria University College 'B' Hockey Team (1919). Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s).
Train at Waipawa railway station, Hawke's Bay, carrying men departing for service in Wo...
Date: 14 November 1916
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: PAColl-2838-1-05
Description: Train at Waipawa railway station, Hawke's Bay, carrying men (including Edward Stuart Bibby, and A Glenny) departing for service in World War I. Photograph taken 14 November 1916 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Photographer's inscription and other images at PAColl-2838-1. Location from Milburn's Timber Yard sign. Other Titles - Au revoir to E Bibby + A Glenny 14/11/16 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Au Revoir to E Bibby and A Glenny 14/11/16 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.6 x 13.6 cm (Postcard)
Cyril McCusker in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, with a dog, at Taylor Pass, Marlbo...
Date: ca 1914
From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker
Reference: 1/2-182028-G
Description: Cyril McCusker in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, seated on a rock, with a dog at his feet. Photograph taken in Taylor Pass, Marlborough, by Cyril's father Arthur John McCusker, circa 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Cyril McCusker on horseback, in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, Taylor Pass, Marlbor...
Date: ca 1914
From: Powell, Margaret, 1931- :Negatives by Arthur John McCusker and his son Gordon John McCusker
Reference: 1/2-182032-G
Description: Cyril McCusker on horseback, in the uniform of a mounted rifleman, at Taylor Pass, Marlborough, circa 1914. A dog is alongside. Photograph taken by Arthur John McCusker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Members of the New Zealand Guard on Somes Island
Date: between 1914-1918
From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects
Reference: 1/2-112326-F
Description: Members of the New Zealand Guard on Somes Island during World War I. Major Mathieson is seated on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
2nd Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front
Date: 10 Aug 1914
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000184-G
Description: View of soldiers of the 2nd Contingent, Auckland Territorials entering Queen Street Railway Station on their departure for the Front. Crowds of people have gathered to watch. R & W Hellaby's butchery shop can be seen on the left and the Chief Post Office is on the right of the entrance way. Above the shops on the lefthand side a building is under construction. Taken by William A Price on 10 August 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2nd. Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front. 10th Aug. 1914. Protd. P.P.Co. 11.8.14. No 1251A Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
2nd Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front
Date: 10 Aug 1914
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000183-G
Description: View of soldiers of the 2nd Contingent, Auckland Territorials marching down Queen Street toward the Queen Street Railway Station entrance on their departure for the Front. Crowds of people have gathered outside the General Post Office to watch. Two tram cars can be seen amongst the crowd. Taken by William A Price on 10 August 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2nd. Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front. 10th Aug. 1914. Protd. P.P.Co. 11.8.14. No 1252A Relationship complexity - An almost identical view is available at 1/2-000182 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
World War I soldiers of the 23rd Reinforcements, F Company, 23 Platoon at Canvas Camp, ...
Date: January 1917
From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection
Reference: PAColl-2838-1-04
Description: New Zealand World War I soldiers of the 23rd Reinforcements, F Company, 23 Platoon, at Canvas Camp, Featherston Military Camp, Wairarapa, Wellington region, January 1917. Shows Chas Redmen (or Redman?), Harry (Carlston?), (Earnie/) Gig Marshall, and Edward Stuart Bibby in front. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Inscription on backing card. Further information from other items in PAColl-2838-1. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - The Royal [Relles?]; Backing board recto - 23 Platoon at Canvas Camp Featherson January 1917 P tent Chas Redmen [or Redman?] Harry [Carlston?] [Earnie?] Gig Marshall E S B in front Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 4.2 x 4.5 (measurements approximate, unevenly trimmed)