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Photographer unknown: Wellington and district hotels and a tram accident
Date: [ca 1940-1950]
Reference: PAColl-6906
Description: 8 images of hotels including one of Porirua Hotel in the distance beyond a scattering of houses, a small church and a Shell station. Three are of a bad tram accident at the corner of Webb Street and Taranaki Street where a Thorndon tram went right through the premises adjacent to the Napier-Wellington Transport Co Ltd. Police and passers-by are looking on and workmen are trying to clear the debris. The last image is of what may be a nurses' hostel at Wellington Hospital. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045211 to 045222 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives
Tram accident on Brooklyn Hill
Date: 1907
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: 1/2-003841-F
Description: A tram lying on its side next to the track with a group mostly of young boys around it. Another tram is passing on its way up the hill and there is a farm building in the background. Photographer was Zak. The accident killed two people. A close up of the tram is at 1/2-080520. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Auckland trams
Date: ca 1919
By: Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976
Reference: PAColl-4517
Description: Three tram employees and two other men examining the damage to the front of car 145 on Customs Street West, Auckland with the offices of A S Patterson & Co in the commercial building in the background; tram no 93 with damage to the front outside the premises of Smith & Halcombe Ltd on Customs Street East; two of a tram decorated with lightbulbs in the shape of the New Zealand flag for peace celebrations in 1919; and a steam motor belonging to Christchurch tramways. Photographer was W W Stewart. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographic prints relating to accidental fires
Date: 1914, 1939-1978
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-7327-1-005
Description: Photographs relating to accidental fires, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, chiefly between 1939 and 1978. Including fire at Hazelwood's drapery store, Upper Hutt, in March 1914, and the Hope Gibbons building, Wellington City, on 11 August 1952. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.
Ships and shipping
Date: [ca 1909-1952]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-094
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: S S Lauderdale; Mania/Mamia [?] on rocks on Slipper Island; wreck of the Futurist; stranding of coastal steamer Koutuni at Orete, near Cape Runaway; S S Kauri stranded on beach at Westport. Also: The Penguin (prior to 1909); hull of paddle steamer Lyttelton; last moments of ferry Arahura; motor ship Port Waikato after being disabled and adrift off Chatham Islands; Union Steam Ship Company vessel Tarawera; paddle steamer Wakatere disabled as a result of an accident to starboard boiler; Indrabarah stranded on Wanganui Coast. Also: Arahura River dredge accident at Greymouth. Includes photographs of a number of overseas vessels (Not added to Name field) Quantity: 26 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 5 album leaves with black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints
Bulldozer over bank, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/210/27-F
Description: Bulldozer over a bank at Ken Nankivell's house, possibly at 24 Antico Street, Melrose, Wellington. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Bulldozer over bank, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/210/26-F
Description: Bulldozer over a bank at Ken Nankivell's house, near Karitane Products Society in Melrose, Wellington. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Bulldozer over bank, Wellington
Date: 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/210/25-F
Description: Bulldozer over a bank at Ken Nankivell's house, possibly at 24 Antico Street, Melrose, Wellington. Photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Traffic officer and policeman, Wanganui Police Station
Date: 1955
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-7171-36
Description: Unidentified traffic officer and policeman, and a visibilty belt, Wanganui Police Station, 1955. Free Lance (magazine) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 24 August, 1955, page 20 Inscriptions: Verso - An officer of the Wellington patrol calls on the Wanganui Police Station. The link has many good points such as a missing car may be quickly found through this contact. The Sgt who has just arrived back from the scene of an accident said he could do with this special belt as he was nearly knocked over taking road measurements. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.5 cm
A gathering of men, Rimutaka Tunnel
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4272-G
Description: A gathering of men in relation to an accident and rescue at the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Phtographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Injured worker with ambulance man, Rimutaka Tunnel
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4274-G
Description: Amblance man loading injured tunnel worker into an ambulance after an accident on the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4276-G
Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Men seated at a table eating a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4265-G
Description: Men seated at a table having a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Milk cart crash
Date: 10 Aug 1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/184/04-G
Description: Horse-drawn milk cart which had crashed with a car at Island Bay, Wellington near the corner of Avon Street and the Parade. Photograph taken 7 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Tram accident on the corner of Coutts Street and Onepu Road, Kilbirnie
Date: 1943
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-125941-G
Description: Tram accident due to a derailment, on the corner of Coutts Street and Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Injured worker covered in blankets
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4275-G
Description: Injured tunnel worker covered in blankets lying in an ambulance after an accident on the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4277-G
Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall, and a man climbing into the area. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Overturned crane in process of being righted, at the Petone Railway Workshops, 1923
Date: 1923
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1854-1/2-G
Description: View of a crane which had overturned, in the process of being righted, at the Petone Railway Workshops, in 1923. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Identification from Godber's own index file in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence, under C. Crane. Petone Shops. 1923. Overturned, & being righted. Box 73. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches