Places

Date: 1900 - 1920

From: Hodgkins family :[Miscellaneous sketches and greetings cards. 1870-1920s].

By: Field family; Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992

Reference: E-399-f-052

Description: Shows drummers, trumpet and tuba blowers, etc, marching left to right. James Ellison may be the artist or may be one of the subjects. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in folder. Physical Description: Ink, 125 x 203 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available..

Date: 1913

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

Reference: 1/2-000978-G

Description: The Band of the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles photographed in the open air, with Lieutenant Whalley Stewart, bandmaster. Photograph taken at the Cambridge Camp in 1913, by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 1589 (label attached to negative verso); Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Band of the 3rd (Auckland) Mountain Rifles. Lieut. Whalley Stewart, Bandmaster. Cambridge Camp. 1913 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 10

Reference: PAColl-6208-49

Description: Scene by the Family Hotel in Otaki, with brass band and crowd, circa 1900. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001183-G

Description: Studio photograph of the Ponsonby Boys' Brass Band William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1914

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-041245-G

Description: Westland Jubilee parade, Revell Street, Hokitika, 1914, probably January. Brass band in middle ground. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for The Press. Source of descriptive information - Revell Street identified on file print. Occasion identified by cataloguer and verified by article in Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 5, 7 January 1914, Page 8, accessed from Papers Past website at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1940 - 1960

From: Hodgkins family :[Miscellaneous sketches and greetings cards. 1870-1920s].

By: Field family; Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992

Reference: E-399-f-048

Description: Shows bandsmen with trombones, trumpets etc, marching forward. Titled and dated by comparison with another similar view in the same sketchebook, E-399-f-052, which is on the same notepaper. James Ellison may be the artist or may be one of the subjects. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in folder. Physical Description: Ink, 124 x 203 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available..

Date: [ca 1930]

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

Reference: 1/1-004712-G

Description: Maori Agricultural College brass band photographed in Hastings circa 1930 by Henry Norford Whitehead. Ah Mu Olsen is centre row, fourth row. Hans J Keil is centre row, fifth row. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - No 4; Photographer's title on negative - top right - 8. 1 Sept Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1939

By: Charles Haines Advertising Agency Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-EXHIBITION-1939-01

Description: Shows "fun map" of the fair grounds and the exhibition tower. Featurers include side shows, a dance band, restaurant, television (yes!), Chinese theatre, brass band, shark pool, go-kart track, etc. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd.; Recto - bottom right - Originated by "Charles Haines". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 750 x 505 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1930

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

Reference: 1/2-046970-G

Description: Shows Courtenay Place looking towards Taranaki Street. On the left, no 2, are toilet specialists and adjoining that building is No 4 which appears to have several occupants, including F B King, a chemist, F Boffa, a tobacconist, Kodak Supplies, Public Typiste, and a locksmith. In the next block is a cafe showing a sign reading `Refreshments and teas' and further down is Symonds Ltd. On the side of Symonds building is a sign `Quality fresh Butchers'. Sunlight soap have a sign on the next building and farther down is Wilson's Cement. On the left side, across from Wilson, is Martin's and below that, nearer to Taranaki St, Fords have a sign displaying `Morris'. A bus station is surrounded by trees in in the centre of the road. On the street outside No. 2 is a brass band. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith ca 1920s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1930

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

Reference: 1/1-004713-F

Description: Maori Agricultural College's Ole Maimoa Orchestra, Hastings, circa 1930. Shows eight young men with their instruments. Photograph taken by Henry Norford Whitehead. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above image - 3 1930 No 9 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 13 Nov 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023271-G

Description: Armistice Day parade in Levin, 13 November 1918, photographed by George Leslie Adkin as it moved along the road from the railway station to the centre of town. Shows Rere Nicholson leading a Maori group in the front, followed by the Levin Brass Band and uniformed soldiers. The business premises of W Jenson, plumber, is in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1929

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

Reference: 1/1-004637-G

Description: Maori Agricultural College brass band photographed in 1929, in Hastings. Hans J Keil, from Samoa, is in the front row, second from left. Photograph taken by Henry Norford Whitehead. Source of descriptive information - Keil identified by his daughter in 1990 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - beneath image - 1929 MAC No 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1907

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

Reference: 1/1-020238-G

Description: Crowd at a Mahanga Bay military camp open day in Miramar, Wellington, in 1907. Shows a brass band on the left. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. See also 1/1-022921 - another photograph of the same event Open days for friends, relatives and interested persons were sometimes held when the naval or military volunteers were in residence for their annual training. (Information from `Wellington by the Sea, 100 Years of Work and Play' by David Johnson, (1990, David Bateman), page 89) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches