Places

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]

Reference: A-227-245

Description: Shows a bridge over the Avon River with a person standing on the bank and trees and buildings in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1970

From: Gabites & Beard, architects :Hannah Playhouse, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. [Perspective drawings and elevations]. 1970.

Reference: D-021-248

Description: Includes view of theatre from Cambridge Terrace with the Taj Mahal at left, looking across the corner towards Courtenay Place Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 510 x 725 mm.

Date: 1983

From: [Posters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. 1800-1999]

Reference: Eph-C-WAITANGI-1983-02

Description: Shows an arrangement of text and a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black and red, on poster 415 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: [ca 1973-1974]

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8663

Description: Photographs relating to the Hannah Playhouse include - Photographs of the site which include views of Cambridge Terrace, the Taj Mahal, lower Courtenay Place, the bus terminus in Courtenay Place, and the Hannah Playhouse under construction and completed. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-042-3

Description: Shows the Magistrates Court and Supreme Court, Christchurch with the Avon River in the foreground. Other Titles - Magistrates Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Magisterial and Supreme Courts, Christchurch Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 90 x 119 mm

Date: 1970

From: Gabites & Beard, architects :Hannah Playhouse, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. [Perspective drawings and elevations]. 1970.

Reference: D-021-249

Description: A view of Downstage Theatre from the centre of the Cambridge Terrace-Courtenay Place intersection, including a pedestrian crossing towards Majoribanks Street Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 510 x 765 mm.

Date: 1970

From: Downstage Theatre Co :[Working drawings, design notes and seating plans for Downstage productions] / Raymond Boyce [and] B R G [Barry Gibbs] 1972-1977

Reference: D-021-051

Description: The roof of Downstage Theatre with its aspects towards Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace below Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 503 x 390 mm.

Date: 1932, 1948-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-169

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1932, 1948-1960 Aerial views of Lancaster Park and Christchurch Boys' High school; Centennial fireworks display; Clarendon Hotel (from Oxford Terrace with Captain Scott's memorial in foreground); librarians at Christchurch Library, ca 1940s; Mill house, home of Mr Tracy Gough, 1948; home of Ken Myers, Riccarton (showing garden and swimming pool); Sign of the Takahe, 1949. Also various views of Christchurch Cathedral; street scenes - cyclists in Colombo Street; corner of Armagh Street looking down Colombo Street; Manchester Street looking south; cars parked in Cambridge Terrace; aerial view of Cashmere; Kenns Reach, Avon River (Burwood). Aerial and other views of Sumner, 1948-1959 - includes state houses under construction in Arnold Street; Nayland Street showing house on the hill owned by Mr Piet; house built at 58 Colenso Street for Mr Pascoe; views showing new breakwater, 1959. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1983

From: [Posters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. 1800-1999]

Reference: Eph-C-WAITANGI-1983-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text and a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black and yellow, on poster 415 x 297 mm.

Date: 1975

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-2107-001/006

Description: Includes ground and first floor plans, and various options for seating on the theatre floor. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, 595 x 420 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1878

Reference: PAColl-D-0669

Description: Panoramic view taken from slopes of Mount Victoria and looking over Te Aro with Majoribanks Street in immediate foreground, and Kent and Cambridge terraces running left to right. Courtenay Place is right of centre. Name of photographer is unknown Dated 1878 because Mt Cook Infant School in Buckle Street is present (built 1877); Manners Street Methodist Church with spire is still standing. It was burnt down on 15 Jun 1879. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints joined to form panorama 175 x 475 mm mounted on card 275 x 585 mm

Date: 1970

From: Gabites & Beard, architects :Hannah Playhouse, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. [Perspective drawings and elevations]. 1970.

Reference: D-021-250

Description: Elevations of the two outer aspects of Downstage Theatre Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 762 x 505 mm

Date: 1973

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-2059-001

Description: Includes plan and elevations of the manager's office. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on draughting paper, 595 x 840 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1970-1973

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PAColl-9938-11

Description: Photographs, bromides and documents relating to the Hannah Playhouse, Wellington. Includes - Photographs recording the construction of the theatre. Bromides of plans and perspective drawings. Brief and specifications for the project dated 1 July 1970. Article on the theatre by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: All of these items were originally in an album. They were removed because the plastic enclosures had become degraded and sticky, and were bonding with the prints. Everything has been kept in the sequence that they were in, when the album was received by the Library..

Date: 20 June 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/3017

Description: Downstage Theatre on the corner of Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, under construction. The building is surrounded by scaffolding and the roof is yet to be clad. Photographed 20 June 1972 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 1851 - 1854

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-084-1

Description: A view close to the foot of Mount Victoria, looking towards the Basin Reserve, with the hill on the left. A swift-flowing stream runs down the flat. The view is likely to predate the 1855 earthquake when the land depicted was raised. The stream may be the Waitangi Creek, which flowed intermittently prior to the earthquake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 131 x 207 mm

Date: [ca 1878]

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-041-2

Description: Part 2 of a 5 part panorama of Wellington City from Mount Victoria, circa 1878. Looks south west towards Mount Cook with Majoribanks Street in the foreground, and Cambridge and Kent Terraces running from right to left, middle ground. Photograph taken by Theodor Bloch. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1925

From: Bennie, M (Mr), fl 1983 :Photographs of Wellington businesses and homes

Reference: 1/2-139954-F

Description: View of the intersection of Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, with Mount Victoria houses in the background. Photographed circa 1925 by an unidentified photographer. Appears to be taken by the same unidentified photographer as PAColl-5470. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Courtenay Place, Wellington, N.Z.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 2575 Wellington East Girls' College is under construction in the background, and the school formally opened on 9 September 1925. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1911-1912

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

Reference: 1/1-019569-G

Description: Courtenay Place at the intersection of Kent and Cambridge Terraces, Wellington ca 1911-1912, showing a Miramar bound tram picking up passengers. The cafe Royal faces Courtenay Place and on its left is the Milliner, E O Purvis. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. A very similar image taken from same vantage point, at 1/1-019576 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 16 Oct 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-09712-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches