Places

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: ca1945-ca1955

By: Pinnell, Karen, active 2002

Reference: PA1-f-240

Description: Album of scenic photographs taken on motoring tours through the North Island during the 1940s and 1950s. It includes a series of images showing United States Servicemen touring in New Zealand, probably during World War 2. Places visited include the Chateau Tongariro, Ohinemutu, Rotorua and Huka Lodge. Mount Ruapehu is shown in eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: From the collection of the Draper and Brenton families.

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1944-1949]

Reference: PAColl-6734

Description: 62 images of the following scenes: two of Lyttelton harbour; 11 of a golf tournament mostly of the same man teeing off, putting etc; four of scenes in a science laboratory; two of a man weaving on a hand held loom; two of a man selling vegetables from a cart in the street; two of the hotel and the store and milk bar in Titahi Bay; two of men's lunch possibly for rotarians; 8 of various private houses; two of a man with a goatee beard in his car; two of a man writing at his desk; four of men in army uniform outside a building with the sign "Headquarters - The Army School"; two of two men standing looking through some papers; two of a man in uniform holding a trophy flanked by two officers; a group portrait of 12 women in an office; a parade of soldiers in front of dignitaries; Titahi Bay; a man and a boy at a gate to a field; a man with glasses and a moustache sitting on the steps of his verandah; St Luke's, Greytown (since burnt down); a man tending his fruit trees; a tuatara; four men in suits with badges in their lapels; a man in a suit in a room with a crucifix; four girls sitting in a row reading books; women in an audience in a hall; two men talking in front of seating possibly in the same hall; a group of men having a drink; a woman in a hat and dress; a couple standing formally in a room next to some hydrangeas; and a man in a wood panelled room reading. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028749 to 028753, 028767, 029417 to 029432, 029534 to 029555, 029921 to 029924, 029927, 030051 to 030056, 030986 to 030991, and 031050. Quantity: 62 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Small glass negatives

Date: Circa 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Biel, F W, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2378-F

Description: Panoramic view showing an angled view of the Tarawera Hot Springs Hotel, a two-storeyed wooden building. There is a fire escape on the corrugated iron side wall on the right leading down from upstairs windows. Verandahs along the front, seen on the left angle; gas lamp in a corner of the upstairs verandah. Driveway from the right, and there are two young women sitting on a lawn with a car [number plate: WN-1949] parked between them and the hotel. Six people are standing out the front, two of them women (one of whom is holding a small dog or cat in her arms). Man on a horse has two dogs beside him in the centre of the image. Steep scrub-covered hillside on the far right. Direction sign to the baths is seen between macrocarpa trees on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Hot Springs Hotel" Tarawera [hand written on the front of the hotel]; Photographer's title on negative - No. 111; Photographer's title on negative - No. 111; Marginal notes on negative - F.W. Biel. Hot Springs Hotel. Tarawera; Marginal notes on negative - [No.] 111 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 106.0 cm

Date: [ca 1931]

From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district

Reference: PAColl-6761

Description: 30 views of floats in a Napier parade including: two of the Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club's float showing members in the club kit on bicycles; Henry Williams & Sons (hardware) float, showing four men with a bathroom suite; Briascos Ltd's float decorated to look like a boat; a Hawke's Bay Motor Company Ltd Model T Ford decorated and full of 4 people in fancy dress; a horse and carriage and a truck passing the police station; a float advertising different kinds of shoes sponsored by a number of local shoe retailers; a Williams & Creagh truck with a number of people in fancy dress; an old car in which the back axle has been moved forward causing it to tip up again with people in fancy dress; a Piper & Co float with a display of their sails on a small boat followed by a float for Taradale Vineyards; a spoof fire truck; a Vulcan foundry float showing a complete workshop; a float advertising Queen Anne chocolates; Warath Tea Garden float covered in flowers; group of young people in pill box hats in front of a float; Napier Golf Club float inlcuding regulations signs; float advertising Sunny Spain; a Max Studio float with a group of young girls holding stars; a rugby team's float; a float labelled Wairere; four men dressed as druids with a float carrying standing stones; Te Awa Ex-Puplils' Association float with a group of them in sports clothes or fancy dress; Smith and Smith Ltd float showing paint samples; Engineers, Boilermakers and Iron and Brass Founders float; two children on tricycles decorated with flowers; a Swan bacon float; Napier Gas Company float with a display on gas cooking; two of children in fancy dress one pushing a relief workers wheelbarrow; a man on a horse advertising Griffiths shoes; and Taradale Hotel after the earthquake. Photographer was Henry Norford Whitehead. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028782 to 028784, 1/4-028809 to 028818, 029318 to 029320, 029352, 029373, 029390, 029394, 029396, 029410 to 029412, 029580 to 029581, 029592, 029611, 029665, 029666, and 095742 to 095743. Quantity: 32 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1927-1929

From: Elston family: Correspondence and photograph album

Reference: PA1-o-947

Description: Album compiled by Elston family (Alf & Dot Elston, and children Joan & Alfie) during voyage from England to New Zealand on the Tainui in 1927, and first two years in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

Reference: PAColl-6963

Description: Assorted views of army life and family photographs many of them taken on a beach. One of a hot air balloon is advertising Hudson's Baking Powder with the slogan "Bound to Rise". Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059554 to 059869 and 106041 to 106083 Quantity: 316 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: ca 1914-1918

By: Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-0605

Description: Photographs of: Tui Hunt holding a doll and Huia Hunt at an easel in their back garden; the beach at Broad Bay, Dunedin; the employees outside J Mandl & Co, Westland Brewery in Hokitika with a horse and loaded dray next to it; a display of dolls, dolls furniture and framed pictures with poems attached; a hand touched photograph of an unknown man next to a lake probably in Rotorua; Lorna Moore holding the train of the dress of Miss Mulholland at Twomey's Hotel in Methven (not a wedding dress so possibly for a pageant); a taxi bedecked with union jacks outside a house in Christchurch with six people dressed up as clowns for a post-war celebration - one man is blacked up; and a street sellers cart labelled "Soldiers' Queen Cart No 4" possibly also associated with post-war celebrations. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Loney, George Henry, 1871-1957

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1935-01

Description: Shows a young woman in a short skirt, striped top and beret, with a walking stick, standing in a mountains setting, with Mt Cook and the Hermitage in the background. There are edelweiss flowers around her feet. The sky is red. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on sheet , 875 x 565 mm.

Date: [ca 1910-1930]

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

Reference: 1/2-000192-G

Description: View looking along Church Street with the Masonic Hotel on the right and the Bank of New Zealand on the corner diagonally opposite on the lefthand side. A horse and cart is turning into Church Street near the BNZ. Pedestrians are walking along the road. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Part of the Strand series. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Strand Series; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Church St. Opotiki. NZ 2192D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1930 - 1939

From: [New Zealand. Dept. of Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity?] :Tongariro National Park, New Zealand; playground of the North Island. G H Loney, Government printer, [1930s]

By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; Loney, George Henry, 1871-1957

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Tongariro-1930s-01-front

Description: Shows three fashionably dressed figure playing golf in front of the Chateau Tongariro, with Mount Ruapehu in the background. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on front cover panel of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Coloured print, 240 x 104 mm.