Places

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: A. & G. Price Ltd.; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-MACHINERY-1930-01

Description: A promotional booklet illustrated with photographs of the company's works and head office at Thames, modern road graders, a vaccum butter churn, the Hauraki steam steriliser, a boiling down plant, dairying machinery (pumps), timer jack, logging blocks, bush locomotives, sawmill machinery, gate deal frame, lifting jacks, piston ring pot castings, crane gearing for the Waikaremoana Hydro scheme, boilers, engine cranks, petrol tank railway cars, fuel oil burners; there are also photographs of the inside of the machine shop, the Auckland Branch building exterior and machine shop interior, a photograph of the Whenuahura Viaduct and steam locomotives. Dated ca 1930, because of a mention on page 17 of the Waikaremoana Hydro Scheme which was first commissioned in 1929. Quantity: 1 sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Catalogue of 24 pages, 288 x 226 mm.

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA1-o-075

Description: Album belonging to T W (Thomas Watson) Brown. Scenes around New Zealand, many probably taken by Brown, some taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, and some of Lake Te Anau, Lake Wakatipu, and Milford Sound taken by FGR (Frederick George Radcliffe). The first part of the album is mainly images of tramping, camping and hunting in the Orongorongo Range and the Rimutakas, with some of the people identified, including Roley Neale and W A Neale (William Augustus Neale). Other sequences of images are a number in and around Lake Waikaremoana, including several of men fishing showing their catches; climbing in the Tongariro National Park area; views of the small towns Mohaka, Mataatua; areas around Titirangi, Kawau, Hamilton and Tauranga. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - TW Brown Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red covered album, lettered in white ink "Photographs. T.W. Brown", 240 x 305 mm

Date: [Between 1885 and 1919]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0959-15

Description: Views of the Southern Lakes District, interspersed with a few scenes in the North Island taken by the Burton Brothers and Muir & Moodie between about 1885 and 1919. Most of the places mentioned are listed above. Image no. 63 shows a party of men and women at Sandfly Point (Milford Sound) showing some of the women wearing veils over their hats for protection from sandflies; image no. 79 "Phantom canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera" is an artist's impression of the phantom canoe which appeared to a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera on May 31st prior to the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10th 1886 and which was considered to be a bad omen; image no. 82 shows a collage "No. 1. Maori Land. The portraits are originals - taken from life"; image no. 094 shows a close-up view of the "wire tram" over the Taramakau River; no. 095 shows a logging tramway in the Taupaki Kauri Bush belonging to Matthew Henry Roe, while no. 120 shows his Kauri Point Sawmill, with the paddle steamer "Oregon" in the background; no. 096 shows a self-acting tramway incline at Wairongomai used for gold extraction; nos 104 and 105 show gold dredges, "the Dunedin Gold Dredge" and "Sew Hoy's Dredge". Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Some items retouched with white, showing snow-covered peaks. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-3

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of trip to United Kingdom in 1980, and railways in New South Wales. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1920

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

Reference: APG-0852-1/2-G

Description: Logging locomotive, built by Kerr, Stuart & Co (No. 927) at Ngapuke, with the driver standing alongside. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1920. Original prints in Godber Album Vol 109, page 124 (PA1-q-102), and page 132 in the same album. Inscriptions: Album page - Kerr, Stuart & Co. No. 927.; Album page - Bush locomotive at Ngapuke. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1920

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

Reference: APG-0851-1/2-G

Description: "Climax" locomotive at Mangapehi, used by Ellis & Burnand's sawmill. Two men and a small girl stand in the cab of the locomotive. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1920. Dated from other photographs taken by Godber at Mangapehi. Inscriptions: Album page - "Climax" Locomotive. Mangapeehi. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 124 (PA1-q-102) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1920

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

Reference: APG-0858-1/2-G

Description: Logs being hauled out of the bush on railway wagons, on the way to Ellis & Burnand's sawmill at Mangapehi in 1920. A timber worker stands beside the tramway. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 157 (PA1-q-102) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: February 1923

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

Reference: APG-1260-1/2-G

Description: View of railway track belonging to the Taupo Totara Timber Company, showing the "corkscrew" with five different levels of track. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in February 1923. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 180 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - "The Corkscrew" 5 different levels can be seen from this point. TTTCo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1920]

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

Reference: APG-0860-1/2-G

Description: Matai Camp, just over 11 miles east of Mangapehi, Waikato, circa 1920. Shows a clearing in the bush with a railway track, a cluster of timber workers' huts, and two unidentified women with a small girl standing by the railway line. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Other - Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 157 (PA1-q-102) Source of descriptive information - Historical notes from Library client, April 2007 Inscriptions: Album page - Matai Camp. Mangapeehi. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1905

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-13

Description: Scene at the Taupo Totara Timber Company in Mokai, 1905. Shows a railway line, men aboard a Climax A locomotive, and stacks of timber in the distance. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.8 cm