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Peter Webb Galleries :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Date: 189-

Reference: PAColl-2084

Description: Maori woman with pipe; Maori family outside their house; Maori canoe. Buildings, streets, parks, gardens, river and coastal scenes - locations include Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Rimutaka Hill Road and Masterton Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and T...

Date: ca 1878-1902

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PAColl-3722-3

Description: Arrangement: In order by copy negative number - 1/2-11800-F to 1/2-11861-F (some missing) Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box. Provenance: Contact prints made ca 1970s from plates no longer in existence

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New Zealand Tourist Department :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-41

Description: Coloured view of the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) looking towards the band rotunda. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

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Franklyn, F :Mount Egmont from seaward [ca 1900]

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-021

Description: The snowy peak of Mount Egmont seen from the sea close to shore, with houses, fences and church spires visible, probably part of New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 130 x 240 mm

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New Zealand Tourist Department :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-40

Description: Coloured view of the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) looking towards the band rotunda. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

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Smytheman, V :Scenic views of New Zealand

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).

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McIntosh album 15

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-299

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s-1900s. Most of the scenes are taken on a river boat trip up the Whanganui River, and include two of groups of Maori; one showing two nuns in full habit, walking behind three young Maori girls who are wearing ankle-length dresses. Some of the river scenes show stretches of the river, including several `on the rapids', and one of a group of men in a waka. Others are of the various villages passed on the trip, including one of the river boat tied up at Jerusalem, with a cart drawn by two horses alongside. One view shows the mouth of the Whanganui River at Patea, and from there the images are of the New Plymouth area, including Mount Taranaki (then Mount Egmont), the Sugar Loaves, the monument to Wiremu Tamati on the hill at Corbett Park (Oakura), and Opunake. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographs'; McIntosh XV, 15 765-814; 16 x 22 cm

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Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Lambton Quay and Brandon's Corner

Date: [ca 1866-1867]

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-43-07

Description: View taken from off-shore of buildings along Lambton Quay with Brandon's Corner on far right. Houses in Wellington Terrace and beyond, and the Bolton Street Cemetery (on right) can be seen on the hills behind, with Tinakori Hill in the background. Identifiable premises on Lambton Quay are: T J Mountain; Edward Greaves Smith (Music Warehouse); Henry Owen; baker's shop; chemist & druggist; G Read; J Cook & Son. The Star Boating Club's shed can be seen on the waterfront. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1867. Pasted on verso: A glimpse of New Plymouth's beautiful recreation grounds showing the nband rotunda with the Poet's bridge in the background (ca 1890s-1900s). Photograph cut from a newspaper. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - right of image - Wellington. Before 1865 Relationship complexity - Same images at PA7-09-04 (albumen print), PA7-43-13 (albumen print), PA7-44-06 (silver gelatin print), and PAColl-3339-03 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22 x 25.5 cm on card 22 x 27.7 cm

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Schaef, A W :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-1077

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of some people boating on the river at the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef, ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 :Photographs of cities and landscapes in New Zealand and Aust...

Date: [ca 1902]

By: Pettifer, Walter, active 1902

Reference: PAColl-7744

Description: Photographs, many of which are panoramas, of New Zealand cities, rivers and lakes. Includes photographs of Sydney and Tasmania, and a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Taken ca 1902, possibly by Walter Pettifer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from Judith Grant, London, September 2002. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1135 : Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook..

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New Zealand Tourist Department :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-37

Description: Colour view of the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) looking towards the band rotunda. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

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Schaef, A W :A scene at the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0945

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of some people boating on the river at the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef, ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Creator unknown :Sixteen mounted photographs showing various places events and groups

Date: 1890-1918

By: Mitchel Photo; Oakley, William Stanley, -1942; Sherlock, William Alfred, -1922; Sherlock, William, 1846-1910; Varley Brothers (Firm); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-3380

Description: Photographs of Golden Downs; group at Dawson's Hotel,Reefton; decorated horse and cart; group portraits of army units, WWI; tree lined sreet scene; Christchurch gardens and band rotunda; Inangahua Brass Band, 1910; other brass bands; lodge members, Reefton; Reefton rugby club members Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

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McIntosh album 4

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-288

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s to 1910s. The first few are of New Plymouth, including the Sugar Loaves & breakwater, and New Plymouth Gardens (now Pukekura Park). The rest of the album contains views of the Auckland region, including Onehunga (one showing cattle being loaded onto a ship), Mangere, Albert Park, Mount Eden (with one scene of the interior of the Mount Eden crater), Hobson Bay, Parnell, St Stephen's Avenue, St Paul's Church (Symonds Street), and Auckland Harbour. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh IV' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm.

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Hirst family : Letters

Date: 1820-1896

By: Hirst family

Reference: MS-Papers-0282

Description: Letters exchanged between members of the Bracken family in England and the Hirst family in New Zealand, including Grace's correspondence to her husband Thomas Hirst, and to her mother and sisters. In letters home to her family Grace discusses business affairs, frequently requesting goods to be sent out for sale in their shop; the breaking in of land at Bell Block, and construction of their home `Brackenhirst'. She records the details of domestic and farm life, and the progress of the war in the 1860s. The family retreated from Bell Block to the safety of New Plymouth from where Grace continued her letters. By May 1860 Grace was writing from Wellington, waiting for a passage to England. On the return voyage to New Zealand the following year, Grace and Thomas' ship the `William Brown' was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay. Grace described the fire and their subsequent rescue. Thomas and Grace returned to England. Thomas made the return voyage to New Zealand on the `Ravenscraig' but Grace remained for a year before setting out for New Zealand on the `Silver Eagle', recording the voyage in a letter-journal up to her arrival in Auckland in January 1863. Grace continued her correspondence to English relations to 1896, her letters being supplemented by those of her daughters Annis, Harriet and Mary, all of whom married and settled in New Plymouth The collection also includes newspaper cuttings, 1886-1896, 1950s; and a family tree of the Appleyard family which provides information about the Hirst family Grace and Thomas Hirst immigrated from West Riding Yorkshire, arriving at Auckland in 1852 with five of their eight children. Their eldest son, James, had come out in 1851 to prepare a place for them at New Plymouth. Two of their children stayed with Grace's sisters in England. They settled at New Plymouth, trading as general merchants and at the same time broke in a farm at Bell Block, where the family home `Brackenhirst' was built. During the Taranaki war they retreated to new Plymouth. Thomas died in 1883 and Grace lived on in New Plymouth until her death. Quantity: 40 folder(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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Schaef, A W :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: ca 1890

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0723

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of some people boating on the river at the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef, ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

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Schaef, A W :Lily pond, New Plymouth

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-1121

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Lily pond, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Lily pond, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Schaef, A W :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0971

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of two children standing in the recreation grounds at New Plymouth, bridge in background. Photograph taken by A W Schaef, ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Recreation Grounds at New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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New Zealand Tourist Department :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-38

Description: Coloured view looking down the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) towards Poet's Bridge showing the tree ferns near the lake side. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

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New Zealand Tourist Department :Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-36

Description: Coloured view looking down the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) towards Poet's Bridge showing the band rotunda (left). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

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