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Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-029

Description: Shows a view of the city and harbour of Auckland from Mt Eden, with Josiah Clifton Firth's house in the lower left, and Mt Eden Prison in the middle distance. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance. The top of the Coromandel Peninsula can be seen in the right distance. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 228 x 354 mm.

Date: May 1918 - January 1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of merchant navy convoys

Reference: PA1-o-1394

Description: Album of photographs taken aboard Maunganui on following voyages: Port Chalmers to Liverpool, England. Left Port Chalmers 2 May 1918, called at Wellington (3-9 May 1918), Balboa (28 May 1918), Panama Canal and Colon (29-30 May 1918), Norfolk VA (4-10 June 1918), New York (11-12 June 1918), arrived Liverpool 24 July 1918. Three Transatlantic crossings between Liverpool, Glasgow, and New York, August-November 1918. Liverpool, England, to Port Chalmers, with returned New Zealand soldiers. Left Liverpool 2 December 1918, called at Colon (18-19 December 1918), Panama Canal and Balboa (19 December 1918), Auckland (9 January 1919), Wellington (11-15 January 1919), arrived Port Chalmers 16 January 1919. Includes views of Panama Canal locks and gates, ferries at Norfolk VA, United States and British warships, soldiers playing two-up on the ship returning home, and ferries in Auckland Harbour. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green morrocco-bound album, 21 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1901-1910]

From: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931 :Sailing photographs

Reference: PA7-60-09

Description: Photograph of the yacht Iorangi built for Alexander H Turnbull sailing up Auckland Harbour. Taken by Henry Winkelmann when the yacht was opposite Mechanics Bay Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - One of Mr Turnbull's yachts the Iorangi off Mechanics Bay, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin, 29 x 37.5 cm

Date: [ca 1910s]

Reference: PAColl-6888

Description: Two images of a man cutting his son's hair sitting on a waka next to the Whanganui River; two of a waka being rowed on the river and one of the crew holding their hoe; a cow being lifted by a winch into a boat; yachts and row boats in Auckland harbour for the Auckland Regatta; two of Auckland harbour ferries; a steamer at a pier on the Whanganui River; three children playing on a shore line near Auckland with a pier in the background; a group of men, women and children round a camp fire with a makeshift tent in the background; and a row of houses with the wreckage left from a fire in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044216 to 044228 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1909-1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-093

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1909-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Shell Oil Company coastal tankers Paua and Tanea; Union Steam Ship Co cargo vessel Karoon; ferry Arahua (includes original photographs); Orcades; barquentine Alexa ashore at Castlecliff, Wanganui, Dec 1910; damaged cargo vessels Broompak and Komata in Auckland Harbour after collision; wrecked hull of Pelotas ca 1911; Opihi being scuttled in Palliser Bay; steamer Indrabarah being repaired at Port Chalmers. Also: Grounded freighter Viggo Hansteen in Otago Harbour; remains of sailing ship City of Auckland at Otaki; iron barque Anglo-Norman at North Spit, Kaipara, 26 Sep 1914; NZ Shipping Company vessels Rangitane and Rangitoto; wreck of Wiltshire; In memorium postcard relating to S S Penguin (1909) with photo of the vessel and female members of the Toomer family who perished when the ship sunk; boat at landing place at Owens Mines No 1 (undated). Series of original black & white photos of the wreck of the steamer Progress that went ashore at Owhiro Bay, 1st May 1931, with loss of life. Includes photographs of overseas vessels (names not added to Name Field) Quantity: 31 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 6 album leaves with black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 1979

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7891

Description: Transparencies of Auckland Harbour Bridge and Auckland Airport, taken 1979 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1937

Reference: MapColl-832.12bje/[1937]/Acc.1828-30

Description: Three maps of Rangitoto survey district. The first (Accn 1828) shows cadastral information of blocks I, II, V, X11 in the Tiritiri survey district, namely Motutapu Island, with reference to O.L.C. 164, DP 12402, land lots, the Defence reserve, Hurakia (Rakino) Island, and Waiheke Island's Matiatia Bay. The second (Accn 1829) shows blocks X, XI, XIII of Rangitoto and Otahuhu survey districts, specifically the Tamaki River, Karaka Bay, Motukorea or Brown's Island, the base of Motutapu Island, and the Motuihi Island domain in the Waitemata Harbour. The third (Accn 1830) shows block IV, the Pt. Rangitoto island Domain and the recreation reserve, lot 28279 and four smaller recreation reserves. Map one is signed A.J.S. 12.7.37; map two L.P.L. 12.7.37. Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 3 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, various sizes

Date: 1959

Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Auckland-1959-01

Description: Shows two Auckland views, one of the harbour bridge, and one of the carpark beside the Farmers department store, with figures for the number of cars parked in it in 1958 (one third of a million). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 107 x 143 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.

Date: [ca 1987-1995]

From: Deane, Roderick Sheldon (Dr), 1941- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8966-1

Description: Portraits of Dr Roderick Deane. Photographs of the fairwell to Team New Zealand from Auckland when they left for the America's Cup challenge of 1995 in San Diego. This group includes photographs of Peter Blake, Dennis Connor, and artist Ralph Hotere. There are views of the crowd on the wharf where the yachts were tied, of accompanying craft on the harbour, and of a 15th century sailing ship. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 36 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1895 - 1910

From: Various artists :[Two New Zealand autograph albums including watercolour landscapes of Auckland. ca 1895 - 1896]

Reference: E-894-039

Description: Watercolour shows a view looking across a harbour, with wharves and smoking industrial chimneys on the near right shore. Across the water, are houses on a peninsular, and in the distance is a high hill. The view may be across Auckland Harbour towards the North Head and Rangitoto Island. Extended Title - In Writing album [New Zealand autograph album, ca 1895], page [39] (loose) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on album page, 225 x 180 mm.

Date: [ca 1938]

Reference: PAColl-9182

Description: Photographs of the passenger liner 'Empress of Britain' in Auckland Harbour, taken ca 1938 by an unknown photographer Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-102

Description: Clift family photographs, with scenes of Auckland and Auckland Harbour; some views of animals in a zoo; views of unidentified family members; several views of a ship, probably in the Auckland graving dock; departure of a ship with crowds of people on the wharf and streamers still linking them with the ship; and scenes on board a ship. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown card cover embossed with a pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 19 cm

Date: 1978 - 1982

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

Reference: A-312-3-001/018

Description: Cartoons collected for Ian Grant's book "The Unauthorized Version" This box contains one folder of cartoons by W. Blomfield from the "New Zealand Observer" and "Freelance" from 1890 to 1899 (A-312-1), one folder of cartoons by Angus from 1939 (A-312-2), one folder of cartoons by Bill Paynter (A-312-3), one folder of cartoons by Tom Scott (A-312-4), one folder of cartoons by W. A. Bowring (A-312-5), one folder of cartoons by `BLO' (A-312-6), one folder of cartoons by Waite from the "Taranaki Daily Times" (1948 and 1949) and "Otago Daily Times" from 1949 (A-312-7) and one folder of cartoons by Ashley Hunter from the "New Zealand Graphic" and "Ladies Journal" (A-312-8). Physical Description: Sizes vary, 14 newspaper clippings and 4 photocopies.

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1957, April 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7737

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of Auckland Wharves and Auckland Harbour Bridge, taken 1957 and April 1960 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1972 - 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-025

Description: A Mini-Deighton. The captain and a sailor are standing at the top of a surfacing submarine in the Waitemata Harbour. It is HMAS Ovens, an Australian submarine. The captain comments, 'Hope the locals are not as trigger-happy as the Norwegians.' Extended Title - Hope the locals are not as trigger-happy as the Norwegians...Ovens. Waitemata harbour. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 207 x 116 mm

Date: 1945-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-170

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1945-1959 Views of Orewa; Waiwera; Milford Beach (with holiday makers & life guards); Oneroa Beach, Waiheke Island; beach at Devonport; children playing on beach; Westhaven & St Marys Bay taken from harbour bridge; lower Queen Street with Post Office building on left. Views of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Cenotaph; Robert Burns statue in Auckland Domain; Yvonne Sloan, Auckland Training College student on the steps of the Museum; Tamaki Drive (includes Tamaki Yacht Clubhouse); Savage Memorial; Panmure Basin (& leisure craft at anchor); Parnell Baths & Judges Bay; donkey rides at Mission Bay; Cornwall Park (& view of One Tree Hill); views from Mount Eden, one looking towards Manukau Heads with Mount Eden in foreground, the other looking towards city and Rangitoto. Auckland Railway yards taken from Gladstone Road, Parnell, 1957; aerial view of Waitemata Harbour looking towards Firth of Thames (Whites No 42969); Morris Minor parked on scenic drive, Waitakere Ranges. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1903, 1905-1907, 1911]

Reference: PA1-o-1252

Description: Photograph album comprising: Photographs of excursions on SS Ngapuhi to the Bay of Islands in 1905 and on SS Aupouri to Great Barrier Island in 1907 Views of Lake Takapuna, Whanganui River, and yachting on Auckland Harbour Photographs of the logging industry in Northland, taken ca 1903 by Tourist and Publicity Photographs taken at Oruariki in 1911 Photographs of the Gold-Mine and Battery on Great Barrier Island Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth covered album 23.1 x 27.5 cm containing 70 photographs

Date: 1931 - 1939

From: Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Family album. Uncle Charlie's unfinished drawings. [1926-1941].

Reference: E-563-q-34

Description: Shows an impressionistic view of Auckland Harbour at sunset, with a new moon in the sky above the setting sun. The buildings of Auckland city are vague shadows in the distance over the water. Wickham's reputation as an artist of "Turneresque" views, was probably built on pictures such as this. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) inserted into slits in page of album.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 235 x 187 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Thomas H Hudson of England in 1997.

Date: 1984

From: Fogle, Phil, fl 1981-2003: Photographs of Centrepoint Community, Albany

Reference: PA12-6788

Description: Photographs of Auckland from the North Shore, taken 1984 by Phil Fogle. Some of the images look across Waitemata Harbour towards Curran Street. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies strips with 19 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm