Places

Date: 1933

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-008625-G

Description: Shows three passengers going towards the cable car which is stationed at the terminus at Kelburn 1933. Photograph taken by a staff photographer of the Evening Post. In 1933 the Kelburn Terminus of the Cable Car was roofed across the tracks. The Cable Car converted from steam to electricity the same year. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1910 - 1915

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Lambert, Thomas Stoddart, 1840-1915

Reference: Plans-91-1338

Description: Shows the area of Kelburne Park, Botanical Road, Gladstone Terrace, Talavera Terrace, the Orphanage Endowment, Wesleyan Endowment, Kilburne [Kelburne] Tramway, Hospital Endowment, Salamance Road, and Botanical Gardens Road. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 650 x 470 mm.

Date: 19 Mar 1910

By: Barcham, Robert, 1867-1960

Reference: PA5-0412

Description: Lower Hutt from hills overlooking the station, taken by photographer Barcham Verso has message to Dad from Willie and addressed to Mr A P Godber and date stamped, Petone 19 Mar [19]10. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 134 mm

Date: 1971

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Shearer, Archibald Reid, 1914-1997

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1971-01

Description: Poster advertising New Zealand tourist attractions with six photographs: Mount Cook, light aircraft flights to glaciers, Waitomo Caves boat trip, Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa, the Wellington Cable Car, dining in a restaurant, picnicking and fishing beside a river. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 810 x 535 mm. Provenance: One copy purchased from Vintage Posters Only, Australia, in 2007.

Date: ca1930

By: Thompson, Fred, active 1930; Hickey, Patrick John, active 1996

Reference: PAColl-1765

Description: View of cable car termini and tracks Photographs taken by Fred Thompson who worked as an engineer on the Cable Car before it was electrified. Later he ran the tea shop in Kalburn Park Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1910 - 1980 - 1920 - 1990

By: Downard, Ida Christina, 1913-2006

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Downard

Description: Unused postcards of Kinross and Lake Leven, Strathmiglo, one each of Peebles, Kladno and humorous chicken postcard. Includes a view of Wellington from Mt Victoria and a postcard featuring the Wellington cable car. Quantity: 26 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, each approximately 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Joyce Cleaver, Paraparaumu, in 2006. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8513 - Material of the same provenance housed at MS-Papers-8513..

Date: ca1905

From: Humphreys, W :Photographs of the Westport Coal Company's operation at Denniston

Reference: PA1-o-992

Description: The first ten images are views of Denniston and the Camp under snow. These images include distant views and views within the town showing houses and streets. One image shows coal trucks crossing the trestle bridge in snow covered country side, and another is of the iron bridge in winter. Five images are of waterfalls and scenic features taken along the horse track connecting Denniston with the coastal plain The last eight images are of Westport. One shows a typical villa of the period, another shows the exterior of the Westport Coal Company's laboratory building. There is a view of the railway yards with Denniston coal waiting in trucks. The rest are of Westport wharves, ships, and dredges working in the harbour Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1931-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-203

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1931-1949. Dunedin - Rattray Street cable car, 1935; Leith Stream; lower Stuart Street; The Exchange looking south; Robert Burns statue in The Octagon; elevated view of St Paul's Cathedral and Dunedin Town Hall; The Centotaph, Queen's Gardens; Otago University, 1931; Dunedin Botanic Gardens; Otago Boys' High School; tram in Princes Street; elevated view looking north along George Street; panoramic view taken from Mornington looking north; aerial view over Mornington showing High Street School, Hawthorne Avenue, Kaituna Bowling Club etc; aerial view showing St Kilda and Forbury Park Trotting Club; Larnach's Castle (taken during the Baptist Union Annual Assembly); Otago Peninsula from above Macandrew Bay looking towards Port Chalmers; wharves at Port Chalmers, 1935; new wing of the Medical School, 1948. Christchurch - Captain Cook's statue, Victoria Square; group under a tree near Bridge of Remembrance; canoeing on the Avon River; Hagley Park; Christchurch Botanic Gardens; Band Rotunda; Cathedral Square; Avon River; Mona Vale; Captain Scott's Statue with Christchurch Club in background; Worcester Street Bridge; Rolleston statue and Canterbury Museum in Rolleston Avenue; Bridge of Remembrance; Christchurch World War One memorial, 1937; Christchurch Hospital, 1941; daffodils beside the Avon; aerial view showing Christ's College, etc; aerial view of Addington Racecourse, 1934 & 1937; aerial view of Christchurch Botanic Garden; Edgar Stead's home, Ilam; hillside suburb showing access path and stone retaining walls; pupils at Fendalton School during PE class, 1948; Kerr's Reach, Burwood, 1949 Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Between 1901 and 1903]

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

Reference: PA1-q-100

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1903. South Island subjects include the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse and quarry, Westport railway yards and wharf, Reefton, and scenes of explosions in Lyttelton Harbour for Regatta Day, 1st January 1909, and a large number of people beside the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade building. Scenes show the laying of foundation stones for the Petone Waterworks, and for the Baptist Church in Petone, both in 1903. There is also a view of the lecturn for St Augustine's Church in Petone, which was made by the Petone Railway Workshops. Several photographs show the Kelburn Cable Car, the cable car tunnel and the engine room, in 1903. Two photographs of a group of school children, the girls wearing white pinafores over dark coloured dresses. Some photographs relate to New Zealand railways, including specific locomotives, the Rimutaka Incline with the middle rail (part of the Fell System), railway tunnels, bush railways and railway workshops and yards; and some relate to Godber's interest and work in fire fighting. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 106 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [ca 1904-ca 1970]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1014

Description: Postcards of Wellington, Auckland, and Dunedin. These include views of the cities, their notable buildings, suburbs, harbours, and beaches. Of the three cities Wellington is most richly represented with, in many cases, good clear photographs of streets and buildings. The Wellington cable car is well represented and trams are conspicuous features throughout the collection. There are single photographs of Invercargill and Oamaru. Several postcards in the Dunedin section are views of the Waipori Gorge. One photograph shows the Salvation Army Institute building at Featherston Military Camp. There are also some greeting postcards throughout the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1900

By: Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946

Reference: A-006-013

Description: Subject: View from cable car across city and harbour to Oriental Bay, Somes Island and Eastern Bays, with St Andrews-on-the-Terrace middle ground, Kelburn Park right foreground. Edition: 1/50 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, plate mark, 212 x 212 mm on sheet 253 x 316 mm Provenance: Previously owned by a Miss Stapleton (from framing instructions, now removed).

Date: 1965

From: Fowler, Edward Michael Coulson 1929- :Wellington prints [by] Michael Fowler. [Wellington, Whitcombe & Tombs, 1971]

Reference: B-086-063

Description: View of the Kelburn cable car as it makes its way down to the city centre. In the distance is the harbour, Oriental Bay and Roseneath. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 324 x 215 mm

Date: ca 1880s-1950s

By: Clifford & Morris (Firm); Ditchfield, Gerald Charles, 1930-

Reference: PAColl-6628

Description: 19 negatives of cable cars and trams in Dunedin including some of the tramway employees and winding machinery. One photographer identified as Clifford and Morris of Royal Arcade, Dunedin. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019461 to 019479 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass and film negatives

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

By: Pearless, Reginald Lessel, 1887-1955; Pearless, Audrey, active 2014

Reference: PAColl-10303

Description: Photographs relating to the construction of the Cobb Dam, Tasman Region, taken circa 1940s-1950s by Mr Reginald Pearless, from Nelson, who worked as an an engineer on the dam. Images feature construction scenes on the banks of the Cobb River. Includes workers and others associated with the construction of the dam, workers' camps, machinery, bridges, a cable railway (which includes images of tracks being constructed and associated equipment, including a winding drum), trees, and mountains. Some images include captions including 'Old steam shovel from [?] and now at Takaka', 'Road to Power House', 'Pipe line', and 'July 2nd camp, Cobb River' (featuring Judy Pearless, daughter of Reginald Pearless, as identified by the donor). Some images include the river in flood, and also wider shots of the river valley. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 loose album pages with 46 b&w original prints. 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: The prints formerly belonged to Audrey's husband Walter Lessel (Bill) Pearless but were photographed by Walter's father, Reginald Lessel Pearless.

Date: 1922

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

Reference: Pan-1892-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Kelburn Park with a section of the rails of the Kelburn Cable Car seen on the right. The Kelburn Tea Kiosk is seen at the top of the hill to the left of the Cable Car. Salamanca Road winds up the hill on the right of the Arts Building (now the Hunter Building) of the Victoria University College. Wellington College is faintly visible on the far left. There are two areas of Kelburn Park in the foreground. The area closest to the camera shows a clubhouse and a man with a lawn roller. In the area nearer to the University there is a man walking behind a horse-drawn mower. Taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1922 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Kelburn; Photographer's title on negative - Kelburn. Wellington, N.Z. 1922. No. 395 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 103.6 cm

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-4023-1/2-G

Description: Cable Car viaduct over Salamanca Road, above Kelburn Park, Wellington. Photograph taken circa 1930 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1923-1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-250

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7813

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, Desert Road, and Rotorua, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: ca1904

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PAColl-6135

Description: Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1965-1983

By: King, Leonard, 1912-1989; King, May Ethel, 1914-2003; Sheppard, May, active 2004

Reference: PAColl-7888

Description: Collection of slides taken by Leonard and May King, 1965-1983, on their travels throughout New Zealand and Australia. Includes photographs of cities, transportation, scenic landscapes, festivals and parades. Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-3297 to PA12-3305 Quantity: 196 colour original transparency/ies slides.