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Photograph of James John and Leocadia Taine with one of their sons and friends
Date: 1890s
From: MacArthur & Co Ltd :Photographs relating to the Monrad, and Taine families
By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915
Reference: PAColl-5602-17
Description: Cabinet card showing James and Leocadia Taine, their son Arthur and three women, Nina, Dora, and Olive Russell Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand. Conference, Auckland, 1896
Date: 1896
From: Rail and Maritime Transport Union Inc :Photographs of Railway Union groups and activities
By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915
Reference: PAColl-D-0957
Description: Delegates at the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand conference in Auckland in 1896. Photograph taken in the studio of J R Hanna, 196 Queen Street, Auckland. All names indexed in Name Field. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Creator unknown: Lower Glenside School and Taihape
Date: [ca 1894-1900]
By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915
Reference: PAColl-10201
Description: Three black and white prints; no known link between prints. Taken by unknown photographers, probably between 1894 and 1900. Includes two class portraits of a girls school taken in a garden. One print captioned 'Lower Glenside School, October 1896', the other print embossed 'Hanna Photo', probably taken by John Robert Hanna of Auckland. Adult woman with lace cap features in both photographs. Also includes a wide view overlooking Taihape township surrounded by felled trees, bush and unsealed roads. Accompanying information - Lower Glenside School print was accompanied by a post-it-note 'Tawa mgt' (not retained). A girls day and boarding school called 'Lower Glenside School' operated from Upper Symonds Street, Auckland, circa 1890s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) (two prints mounted on card). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Purchased by Ms Hoy from a Mary Potter Hospice ship, Thorndon, Wellington, April 2014. Nothing further known.
Hanna, John Robert, 1850?-1915: Photograph album of Waitomo Caves
Date: [1889]
By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915
Reference: PA1-q-883
Description: Photograph album containing photographs of the Waitomo Caves taken in 1889 by John Robert Hanna. Mainly images of the stalactites and stalagmites inside the caves, and one image of a group portrait of seven men (five Pakeha, and two Maori) at the entrance to Maces Cavern. Some of the men appear to be sitting and standing in a dugout waka, and some of them hold axes and blades. Captions inscribed on the prints include names of specific features, caves and caverns within the Waitomo caves system, including Mace's Cavern, The Grand Cavern, Organ Gallery, Fairy Grotto, The Banquet Chamber, Mair's Cavern, The Blanket, as well as images of landscapes outside the caves. Album's cover made by the General Assembly Library. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - "H 243"; "Photographs of Waitomo Caves"; "near Otorohanga, NZ". "Hanna photo Auckland"; also "General Assembly New Zealand Library". Inscriptions on spine: "919-3115"; "Waitomo Caves"; and "General Assembly New Zealand Library". Pencil note on first page reads: "Probably taken on original survey 1889." In this note, the word tour was crossed out and replaced by "survey". Wai (water) and tomo (hole or shaft). Although local Maori had known about the caves previously, they were first explored extensively by English surveyor Fred Mace accompanied by local rangatira, Tane Tinorau (Ngati Uekaha) between 1887 and 1889. The caves were opened for tourism by Tinorau in 1889. Source: Wikipedia: Waitomo Glowworm Caves. Retrieved 29.10.2014. This expedition took place in May or June of 1889. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather album, 31cm x 26 cm, with gold embossed lettering and elaborate pattern embossed on spine. Provenance: Donated by Parliamentary Library, Wellington, 2014 Transfers: From Book Collections - From NZ & P Book Collections as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material..
Hanna, John Robert, d 1915 :View of Waitemata Harbour from Bishop Lenihan's Palace, Pon...
Date: 1 Jul 1899
By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915
Reference: PA7-49-01
Description: View looking east towards North Head and downtown Auckland. There are a large number of ships and yachts in the harbour. In the foreground is a large area of open ground. Photograph taken by Hanna photographic studio, 1 July 1899 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Hanna photo. Protected 1/7/99 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 23.5 x 36.3 cm