Places

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: Ca1900-ca1970

By: Crosado, Douglas Armstrong, 1921-1994

Reference: PAColl-4914

Description: Negatives and Photographs relating to railway trades, General elections, and people and personalities Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-072062 to 072085 Quantity: 354 b&w original photographic print(s). 24 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]

By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: PA1-o-321

Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: [1930s]

By: MacKay, Horatio Murdoch, 1886-1968; Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-305

Description: Album created with aviation pioneer Horatio Murdoch MacKay. Photographs include several in which MacKay was the first man to fly across the Tasman as a passenger, making the flight with Charles Kingsford Smith. One sequence shows Boeing biplane (purchased by New Zealand Airways Ltd in 1934), shipped from Vancouver and assembed in New Zealand, and the first landing at Green Island `Aerodrome'. A number of views of different aeroplanes, both monoplanes and biplanes follows. There are a large number of postcards of Launceston, Jenolan Caves, and Ballarat in Australia, and caves in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. Photographs of a group travelling on a South Island tour by White Star Taxis, a company which MacKay established, including views of the first hotel at Wanaka `The White Star Private Hotel'. One scene shows one of the taxis after an accident. Other scenes show a group skiing, a group at the summit of the Crown Range, and a large group on a motor launch. The last sequence is chiefly family photographs, including several houses, and two different wedding parties; several portraits, possibly of Horatio MacKay's wife Helen Emma (nee Griffiths). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue and brown patterned cover, entitled `Snapshots'; 26 x 33 cm

Date: [914-1920], ca 1928

By: Tiller, R J (Mrs), active 1975

Reference: PAColl-0188

Description: Photographs taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1928 showing views of various parts of New Zealand from the north to the south, probably relating to holiday trips and sight seeing. Includes photographs of towns, cities, tourist spots, and accommodation: Fleming's Hotel, Tauranga; Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel; The Square, Palmerston North; the hospital and band rotunda in Taihape; the railway station, reservoir and other landmarks in Dunedin; the main street of Putāruru; a motor car outside Tawera Hotel; and people beside sheds and stream at Okoroire Thermal Resort. Includes scenic views in various locations: views taken around Queenstown, Laka Wakatipu, Paradise, and Glenorchy. Lake Hayes; Franz Josef Glacier (including its reflection in Lake Mapourika); Lake Tāupo; bush clad hills between Toa Toa and Motu; views of road from Turanga kumu highest point on road between Napier and Tāupo; view from Paekakariki Hill, Kapiti; Manawatu Gorge; Lake Te Pohue; Lake Wanaka; fishing vessels at Whangarei; landscape views taken from Takapu looking at Waipukurau; Days Bay, Wellington; Avon River, Christchurch; Gisborne Harbour; rail bridge at Karangahake Gorge; a traffic bridge at Hamilton; landscape views taken of Napier city buidlings and lagoon; Huka Falls; and Milford Sound. Includes three very faded copy prints pf photographs possibly taken between 1914 and 1920 showing"Herbert [W?] Williams, Russell" near a smoke billowing from a hillside; a solider [possibly in World War One uniform] standing near square pools of water and cypress trees "cistern at [Ain Hoyle?] in the Jordan Valley"; and a view of horses amongst a scrubby field "The day [?] was taken, A.W.R in wady kelt" [probably Wadi Qelt valley in the West Bank near Jordan River]. Some photographs are annotated on reverse with name of location and persons.Most photographs do not feature people. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059195 to 059286 and 1/2-076308 Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Small black and white snapshots of varying sizes Processing information: Photographs have been grouped by the archivist in separate envelopes where images were taken in the same location. Envelopes have been annotated by archivist with the location name. Access statement was changed from "Curator required' to 'No access restriction" in July 2022 when record was enhanced.

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Sharpe, E (Mrs), active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-466

Description: Album contains photographs taken during trip by 8 men and 2 women, by rail, road and foot, from Gore through the Wakatipu area, over the Routeburn Track to Te Anau, over McKinnon's Pass to Milford, to Manapouri and ending at Dunedin railway station. Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by a member of the group, but several are acknowledged to Muir and Moodie. Other Titles - From Wakatipu to Milford, Feb. 1910 Inscriptions: Album page - each photo captioned Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 31.5 x 21 cm brown leather covers with title on front, in blue library slipcase Finding Aids: Indexed in the Photographic Archive album index. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - 1 "Sketch map of the Kaikoura Ranges, drawn by M H Jeffery 1958" found in album.

Date: ca1905-ca1930

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Brock, John William, 1889?-1973

Reference: PA12-1466

Description: The windows depicted in this section properly belong with those grouped under art nouveau. Many of the landscapes and figures derive from Edwardian British arts and crafts styles which were widely publicised world wide in publications like The Studio Year Book of Decorative Arts. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940: NZR The District Traffic Manager and staff of the District Traffic Office (Dunedin) send Christmas greetings and best wishes for the New Year. Christmas 1940 - New Year 1941. [Christmas greeting card showing Dunedin Railway Station on the front cover] 1941: Buller Gorge Railway, Westport-Inangahua. Driving of the last spike by the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Peter Fraser. December 2nd, 1941. Timetable Easter holiday 1941 trains and road motors [Timetable] Luggage-check waybill. From Otaki to Eltham. 16 May 1941 1945: Received deposit of 1/1d for one reserved seat from Hamilton to Auckland. 9 March 1945 1946: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. Constitution and general information for members. January 1946. 1948: British Railways passenger tender locomotives, "Merchant Navy" class. Naming ceremony of "New Zealand Line" at Waterloo Station, Wednesday, 24th November, 1948, by Mr H S Whitehouse, Chairman, The New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd. 1949: South Island "Limited" Express. Fastest regular land transport service between Christchurch and Invercargill. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington. 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying under 250 mm Provenance: One item donated by Mr W B Burt, 14 December 1972.

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-092068-F

Description: Dunedin Railway Station (architect: George A Troup), circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1900

By: Troup, George Alexander (Sir), 1863-1941

Reference: B-064-007

Description: A Victorian Gothic style brick building, designed but not as built, seen from the front. A horse and carriage stand to the right of the building, with another in front. The building included a clock tower Possibly a second entry ("in the Scottish baronial style") by Sir George Troup in the 1900 competition for a design for the station, which he won with a free-style baroque design, subsequently built. See TL 3/1/1, 15/10/1986, and Historic places in New Zealand, September 1986, p. 8-10. Foundation stone for this station laid by Sir Joseph Ward in 1904 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, image 301 x 416 mm on board 355 x 470 mm

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-1588-1/2-G

Description: View of a stained glass window depicting the front of a train, at Dunedin Railway Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Identification of place and date from the Godber File held in Photographic Archives (under 92. Station railway. Dunedin. 1926.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-0941-1/2-G

Description: View under arches of an external passageway at Dunedin Railway Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 3 June 1904

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140194-G

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Sir Joseph Ward laying the foundation stone of Dunedin Railway Station on the 3rd of June 1904. John hall, foreman of works, stands, wearing a bowler hat, at the back of the group seated to the right of foundation stone. Photograph taken by William Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1925

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

Reference: APG-1412-1/2-F

Description: Railway carriage "C" 213, photographed at the Dunedin Exhibition ca November 1925 by Albert Percy Godber. This image is a film copy negative taken from the original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 229 (PA1-q-102), and includes the inscription "'C' Car. Dunedin Exhibition". Original print in Pa1-q-102 (Godber album, Vol 109, p 229); see also glass negative at APG-0367-1/2-G, of which there is a File Print at "385. Railways. Rolling Stock". Inscriptions: Album page - "C" car. Dunedin Exhibition. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 16.25 x 11.75 cm

Date: early 1920s

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046486-G

Description: Dunedin Railway Station with cars and carts parked outside. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith in the early 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Railway Station dunedin NZ SC Smith Photo prot D No1 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-0943-1/2-G

Description: Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, with clock tower. Railway station designed by Sir George Troup. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-2028-1/2-G

Description: Dunedin Railway Station in 1926. Shows platforms and trains. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Note on back of file print reads "Dunedin. From south end". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-1325-1/2-G

Description: Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, with clock tower. Railway station designed by Sir George Troup. Four cars are parked outside the station, and a horse and cart advertising "Clarks Steam Laundry". Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 242 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Railway Station. Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-0942-1/2-G

Description: Interior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, showing ornate Royal Doulton ceramic decoration around the ticket booths for the South Line, Port Chalmers, and the North Line. There are wrought-iron railings in front of the booths. Railway station designed by Sir George Troup. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1925

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

Reference: APG-0367-1/2-G

Description: Railway carriage "C" 213, photographed at the Dunedin Exhibition ca November 1925 by Albert Percy Godber. Original print in Pa1-q-102 (Godber album, Vol 109, p 229); see also APG-1412-1/2. Inscriptions: Album page - "C" car. Dunedin Exhibition. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.4 x 4.75 inches