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Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972 :Crowd on the beach at Island Bay, Wellington

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PA7-51-28

Description: View of people on the beach at Island Bay. Young children are playing on the sand, or in dinghies and canoes close to the shore. Fishing fleet is at anchor in the bay. Photograph taken by S C Smith in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Island Bay. Wellington. New Zealand. 890 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 155 x 205 mm

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Matthews, Marmaduke 1885?-1949 :Worser Bay from Seatoun Heights. [1920-1945].

Date: 1920 - 1945

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949; Hird, Edward James, 1924-2002

Reference: A-197-051

Description: A view of Worser Bay from Seatoun Heights, with people on the beach and small boats anchored nearby. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 195 x 266 mm. Provenance: Estate of Mr Edward James Hird, 2002.

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A splendid all round holiday resort. [New Plymouth]. Safe beaches, fine climate, excell...

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: New Plymouth. Reprinted from the Ideal Timetable and Guide. [1920s].

By: Woods, M (Mrs), active 1980

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-New-Plymouth-1920s-01-03

Description: Shows two women on the water's edge in fashionable swimwear. Extended Title - From New Plymouth / reprinted from The Ideal Timetable and Guide, page 3. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on page 3 of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 212 x 127 mm.

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Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I and photographs of the Suez Canal

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Blair, Mary: Photographs taken in the Gisborne area

Date: ca 1920s

By: Blair, Mary Ramsay Ellen, 1875-1963

Reference: PAColl-6513

Description: Photographs of the Gisborne region (taken by Mary Blair ?) including: the old windmill at Waihi Beach, Gisborne; a field of cattle at Whakarau; post office at Wharerata; river scene with bridge at Wairoa; monument to James Carroll next to Makaraka Cemetery. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-009978; 1/2-008016 (both copy negatives); 1/2-018769 to 018772. Possibly also includes 1/2-015678. Quantity: 6 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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A beach scene in Sumner

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0365

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a beach scene in Sumner, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Matthews, Marmaduke 1885?-1949 :Seatoun from the heights. [1920-1940s].

Date: 1920 - 1945

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949

Reference: A-197-050

Description: A view of Seatoun from Seatoun Heights, with a tree trunk and pine tree at the right. A ferry is steaming from the direction of the Heads. Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 140 x 189 mm. Provenance: Estate of Mr Edward James Hird, 2002.

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Barraud, William Mowbray 1897-1966 :[Coast near Wellington, possibly Paekakariki. Early...

Date: 1920 - 1950

By: Barraud, William Mowbray, 1897-1966

Reference: A-084-030

Description: View along a sandy shore to the north. The Barraud family had a holiday home in Paekakariki and this is likely to show that area. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W. M. Barraud [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 181 x 341 (to ruled lines), paper glued to board 250 x 388 mm Provenance: Donation: Lady McIntosh, 11 Wesley Road, Wellington, 18 November 1977.

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Moloney, Daniel : Photograph of Lady's Bay, Charleston Beach

Date: ca 1910

By: Moloney, Daniel Laurence, 1875-1949

Reference: 1/2-002315-F

Description: Postcard of Lady's Bay, Charleston Beach taken by D Maloney Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Wills, Mary, 1859?-1942 :Otaki Beach. Dec 31 1920

Date: 1920

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-165

Description: Shows Otaki Beach. A women is shown sitting in a rowboat on the sand; she wears a black outfit and a hat. Driftwood is piled up as though for a bonfire. Kapiti Island is visible in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 250 x 180 mm

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Wills, Mary, 1859?-1942 :Kapiti Island from Otaki. [1920]

Date: 1920

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-163

Description: Shows Otaki Beach with Kapiti Island visible in the background. A rowboat leans against a piece of driftwood. Two people can be seen walking on the sand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 250 x 180 mm

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Wills, Mary, 1859?-1942 :[Beach and seascape. 1928-1932]

Date: 1920 - 1932

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-176

Description: Shows a beach through a track that is cut away between grassy sand dunes. Seagulls are visible above the water, sun streams through the clouds. Probably somewhere on the Kapiti Coast Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 125 x 175 mm

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Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publisher) :Souvenir folder of Timaru N.Z. Published by Tanner Bro...

Date: 1916 - 1920

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Timaru-1916-01

Description: A booklet, designed for mailing with a space on the front cover for an address, including 16 coloured photographs of Caroline Bay, Dominion and Hydro Grand hotels, the Gardens, Stafford Street, Tennis Courts, the Catholic Church, Marine Parade, the Anglican Church, Alexandra Square, and the lake in the Gardens. The borders of the cover show a "carved" Maori motif. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 79 x 106 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Old Imprints, Portland, Oregon, in 2014.

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Photographer unknown: Wellington harbour ferries

Date: ca 1880-1920

Reference: PAColl-6613

Description: 4 images of Wellington harbour ferries: one of a ferry at the pier in Day's Bay with a mother and daughter on the beach in the foreground, described on the reverse of the file print as Mr Hugh Downe's Bay View House; a panorama of a ferry at the pier showing the football pitches in Williams Park; one of a ferry leaving Wellington; and one of the pleasure gardens and boating pond in Day's Bay. One of the ferries may be the Duchess. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018459 to 018462 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Wellington Heads, from Lyall Bay]. Sketched 189...

Date: 1920 - 1896

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Sturtevant, Ella Mary, -1969

Reference: C-071-003

Description: Shows a view across Lyall Bay to the group of rocks at Wellington Heads, with Pencarrow Head beyond. There are low sand dunes in the foreground. Described on acquisition as a view from Houghton Bay Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed: G.N.Sturtevant Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 315 x 490 mm, mounted on thick card, 330 x 500 mm.

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The beach at Sumner

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0375

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the beach at Sumner, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :Entrance to Port Nicholson from Petone. [ca 1900]

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.

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Donor unknown: Caroline Bay, Timaru

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6820

Description: 7 images of Caroline Bay and environs: the beach with the breakwater in the distance; a man on a horse leading a child on a pony at a showground; a girl with a lamb; tennis courts, see-saws and swings between the beach and the railway line; the children's playground with the tennis courts in the background; a train on the railway line next to the beach; and the tennis courts with bandstand and cars in the background. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029602 tp 029608 Quantity: 7 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

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New Plymouth. Reprinted from the Ideal Timetable and Guide. [1920s].

Date: 1920 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-New-Plymouth-1920s-01

Description: Lists and describes major tourist sites in the New Plymouth region. Other Titles - Booklet Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 212 x 127 mm.

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The beach at Sumner

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0380

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the beach at Sumner, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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