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Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

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: 16 Dec 1924 (postmarked)

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949

Reference: PA5-0030

Description: Western portion of Kaitaia township showing a load of wood drawn by a team of bullocks, taken by A Northwood. Verso contains message to `Mr and Mrs Otway from J D Anderson' dated Kaitaia 16/12/24. Back of print shows neg. no 1/2-2784 but in square brackets [no neg] Acc. Bk says `prints only'. Also on verso: pencilled no. 2784 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 88 x 135 mm

Date: 1932-1933

By: Hayward, Maurice Henry, 1910-1985; Hayward, Shirley, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1246

Description: Photographs taken by Maurice Henry Hayward while on a work relief scheme on the Chatham Islands building a new wharf at Waitangi. Included are views of Waitangi and its principle buildings, the Post Office, the hotels and the radio station. Also depicted is race day, bullock teams, horses hauling wool bales on sledges, sheep waiting at Waitangi Wharf, human bones, Tommy Solomon's funeral, a shipwreck, the countryside, and coastal views. Throughout the album are images of the old wharf at Waitangi, and the new one under construction and finally completed. There is a record of a tramping and hunting trip made by three or four men, one of whom was Hayward, and two interior views of the living quarters for the relief workers. Some photographs show the men riding horses, and dressed as cowboys or tough looking seamen. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1880-1922]

By: Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Lennard, Leslie Maurice Wyn, 1903-1988

Reference: PAColl-0398

Description: Photographs by Edward Le Grice of Piha and Huia showing the coastline, streams and the houses of early residents including Le Grice's boarding house. The collection also includes photographs of sawmills and bullock teams hauling kauri logs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copies of original prints Provenance: Donated by Maurice Lennard, Pukekohe, 1983

Date: ca 1900-ca 1910

From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.

Reference: PA1-o-1206

Description: Most of the New Zealand images relate to the Nelson family, their farms, farm houses, and farm buildings in the Pori area, north eastern Wairarapa, and scenic views of the area such as the Makuri River, a waterfall at Tiraumea, Annedale north of Tainui, the Pori Bridge, and native forest. The images of the farm houses include building a stable and buggy house, views of the yard with washing drying, a hen run, and a view of the dining room at "Ruatea". Four images are of Hugh Nelson's whare which was the first building constructed at "Taumata". There are three photographs of local Maori, one of bullock teams at Tiraumea, snow covered landscape at "Nga Mahanga", a picnic group with horses and buggys, and many views of the countryside from the Nelson farms showing cleared, partially cleared and forested land, much of it covered with the gaunt trunks of burnt off bush. There are group photographs of the families and friends. As well as the men these include women (wives?) Lucy, Katie, and Winifred, and children, Robert, Frances, and Dorothea. Other new Zealand houses include two probably located at Annedale with the names "Te Hoe" and "Manawa", and another in Featherston called "Newstead". The English images are of family and friends and various places, houses and churches which include Dover, Tunbridge Wells, Broadstairs, Minehead, Ostend, Clovelly, Lynton, Lymouth, Doon Valley, Meywingen, St Saviours Leeds, and Chester Cathedral Arrangement: Loose prints originally in this album can be found at PAColl-7868-1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1910-1934

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949

Reference: PAColl-4521

Description: Copies of Northwood photographs of gum digging, the timber industry, the flax industry, and social conditions in Northland. Includes a clergyman eating melon with a group of five men in the bush at Okahu, a bullock team pulling a kauri log, and a group of Austrian gum diggers. Each image has at least two copies and a lay-out board. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 photocopy/ies.

Date: [Between 1898 and 1907]

From: Tibbutt, Alfred George :Main Trunk Railway photographs

By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930

Reference: PA1-q-245

Description: There is a hand-written index inside the back cover, headed "A.G. Tibbutt, Victoria Studio, Hamilton, Feb. 14, 1907" and inscribed "To Fred & Mary, Nelson". At the end of the index it reads "Further albumns [sic] of views on sale". Fourteen coloured photographs taken during construction of the Raurimu Spiral, between 1898 and 1907. Photographs include Raurimu Town, the main street; the service road at Oio; bridge on the service road at Oio; a "miniature Niagara", Oio service road; the horse-shoe bend, Raurimu; snowed up in Raurimu; canvas-town at Raurimu; bullocks at work; skids moving trees in bush at Kakahi; model camp for the Maketoti [Makatote] Viaduct; Ruapehu from the viaduct; a young boy "the young bushman"; and "Old age & youth (one of Tibbutt's first Maori pictures"). Other Titles - Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils Other Titles - Photographs finished in oils Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled (in gold lettering) "Main Trunk Railway scenery. Photographs finished in oils, by A.G. Tibbutt, Raurimu"; 26 x 33 cm

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

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

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: 1902-1911

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-859

Description: Photographs of the Bibby family, adults and children, taken at their farm, Lunesdale, near Ongaonga, Hawke's Bay. Shows children on horses, in front of a Guy Fawkes night bonfire with a guy perched on top. Lunesdale church and the Bibby shop in either Ongaonga or Waipawa. Wool being loaded off shore at Mangakuri. Children bathing and boating. Napier City and a bullock team. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1900s]

From: Henry, P C (Mr), fl 1976 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-225

Description: Photograph album belonging to Pat Henry [i.e. Herbert Henry], containing views around Rodney District. Scenes include a gum diggers' camp, and a bullock team. The Waiwera Bridge, Waiwera, Wade (now known as Silverdale) and Wade River (Weiti River), and Dairy Flat are shown. One view shows `Our house', a weatherboard house with verandahs around two sides, set behind a large macrocarpa tree and smaller Norfolk pine. One portrait shows a young girl in a tug-of-war with a dog, and the other is that of two young women, identified as Annie and Bessie. Inscriptions: Album page - `To Pat, wishing you many happy returns of your birthday' (Original inscription); Album page - `Pat = Herbert Henry. Killed in action, 2nd battle of Somme, 1916 (Youngest son of James Henry, Duthie Road, Matapu, Taranaki' (Inscription added later) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown card cover; 14 x 22 cm

Date: ca 1890s-1910s

Reference: PAColl-4655

Description: Photographs of: bullock teams pulling wool bales; a family group with Mrs Keals her husband Leslie Keals and Norman Keals who murdered her indicated; a house in Port Waikato; a boy standing outside King's College; a group of three Maori girls; a man in a makeshift shelter described as the first shelter in Wairamarama; a group of nurses; the opening of Wairamarama Hall; and the interior of Hornly, Wairamarama showing a fireplace, mantlepiece etc Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Circa 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000956-G

Description: View of Ngaruawahia, showing a bullock team hauling a small office building across a field. There are houses on the slope behind the building. Photographed by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Early days. Ngaruawahia. No. 2407 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1895-1900?]

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

Reference: PA1-o-131

Description: Album of photographs, mainly of the Wellington Region, Marlborough and Horowhenua Regions, interspersed with copies of photographs by unidentified photographers, unidentified lithographs and illustrations. A number of the photographic copies are portraits of Maori. The last images in the album, taken by unidentified photographers, relate to Darjeeling (Bengal, India). Inscriptions: Album page - Photographed by Frank J. Denton, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover with gold patterns on corners and spine, 25 x 32 cm