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Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Wellington Harbour and Lambton Quay
Date: [1866 or 1867]
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-43-11
Description: View of Lambton Quay, Te Aro and ships in Wellington Harbour looking south from a jetty near the site of the Wellington Railway Station. Lambton Quay and reclamation is on the right; Willis Street is in the centre background, and Te Aro on the left. Part of a panorama taken by W H W Davis ca 1866-1867. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Lambton Quay & Wharf. 1867. W H Davis; Backing board verso - top left - H.B.Museum 41/67 No 1050 Box Y; Backing board verso - centre - W H Davis 1867; Backing board verso - centre left - W F Barraud Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2079-G. Duplicate image at PA7-44-26 (1/2-052979) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18.4 x 25.8 cm on card 18.3 x 25.7 cm. Some retouching.
Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Lambton Quay and Brandon's Corner
Date: [ca 1866-1867]
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-43-07
Description: View taken from off-shore of buildings along Lambton Quay with Brandon's Corner on far right. Houses in Wellington Terrace and beyond, and the Bolton Street Cemetery (on right) can be seen on the hills behind, with Tinakori Hill in the background. Identifiable premises on Lambton Quay are: T J Mountain; Edward Greaves Smith (Music Warehouse); Henry Owen; baker's shop; chemist & druggist; G Read; J Cook & Son. The Star Boating Club's shed can be seen on the waterfront. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1867. Pasted on verso: A glimpse of New Plymouth's beautiful recreation grounds showing the nband rotunda with the Poet's bridge in the background (ca 1890s-1900s). Photograph cut from a newspaper. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - right of image - Wellington. Before 1865 Relationship complexity - Same images at PA7-09-04 (albumen print), PA7-43-13 (albumen print), PA7-44-06 (silver gelatin print), and PAColl-3339-03 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22 x 25.5 cm on card 22 x 27.7 cm
Various creators: Photographs of early Wellington
Date: [ca 1858 to 1860s]
By: Davis, William Henry, 1837-1875; Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901; Batt & Richards (Firm); Gourlay, Henry Thompson, 1842-1911
Reference: PAColl-10426
Description: 21 cartes-de-visites taken circa 1858 to circa 1860s. Some taken by William Henry Davis and/or his father William Henry Whitmore Davis. Others taken by Batt & Richards. Other photographers are possibly also represented. 19 show scenes in Wellington. The other two are copies, one of a painting, one of an illuminated address (this one by H T Gourlay, Christchurch). Some images have inscriptions in pencil on the reverse. Images include streets, buildings, people, horse and carts, harbour and wharf with ships. An envelope and a letter dated 1958, from the Alexander Turnbull Library to Mr M Davis of Wellington regarding the copying of 21 photographs, are included. Accompanying information - Envelope that held the cartes-de-visite, and an accompanying letter dated 22 August 1958, from C R H Taylor, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, to Mr M Davis of 9 Aruarua Street, Wellington. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s) (Cartes-de-viste).