Places

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Between 1940 and 1942]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-564

Description: Scenic views of Cambridge, the lake at Hamilton, Puketeraki, Piha, and the farm `Rozel' near Ohaupo, interspersed with portraits of family and friends, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell. One photograph shows Rhoda McWhannell's parents (William Duncan Ross McCurdie and Olga Mariquita McCurdie) reading congratulatory messages on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. This album gives the date as 1942, but a previous album gives it as 1941. Rex Hamilton, Bill Hewett and Frederick McWhannell are photographed in military uniform. Photographs of people identified only by surname are Mrs Bowler, Dr Gower and Dr Gribben. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with pale green and cream marbled cover, pale green spine and cord; 20.5 x 24.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: [ca 1930-1943]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-198

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1930s-1940s Churches at Hawera, Palmerston North, Opotiki, Te Aroha, Waipukurau, Nelson, Queenstown and Pararaka. Whangarei - Central Park/Mair Park, Mt Darby golf links, children playing in a dinghy at Matapouri, tennis courts. Russell - View of foreshore, and view from the hill with Achilles in port. Tauranga - Causeway between The Mount and Tauranga, pier at The Mount, Mission House. Palmerston North - Boys' High School and baths, View of North side of The Square. Napier - Harbour under construction, view from the hill looking south, The Esplanade showing gardens, children's play area and Sound Shell, National Tobacco Company, T & G Building, Government buildings in Shakespeare Street, Civic Square. Hastings - Poplar Avenue, Cornwall Park, W L C McLean's house Swarthmore at Havelock North with vineyard. Gisborne - Gladstone Road, aerial view of town, river view. Cambridge - Bowling green, BNZ building, clock tower & National Hotel (with caravans parked outside the hotel), etc New Plymouth - Aerial view of 72nd Annual A & P Show; Moturoa; ships in port. Invercargill - The Little Playhouse, Government buildings, Southland Museum, 1943. Also - Children from Kerikeri School leaving for a swim; Arawa Street, Matamata; Lake Drive, Hamilton; view of Lyell township; Burke's Pool, Opihi; Denniston township; Caroline Bay, Timaru; main Street, Winton; shipping at Bluff; Oban township, Stewart Island; view of Picton harbour from Hotel Terminus; Alexander Street, Te Awamutu; Arawa Street, Matamata; Wairoa from Te Uhi Hill; Art Gallery, Wanganui; view of wanganui from Aramono.. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-198

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6940

Description: A miscellaneous collection including: two of HMS Hood in Lyttelton harbour; an old Christchurch City Council truck; Michael Savage and a group of people on a city street; a GPO Royal Mail van; a bush railway probably for logging; the sailing ship Whitepine moored probably in Lyttelton harbour; a Thew Shovel Co steam shovel loading a cart with a man holding the horse; and a view of Manchester Street showing the Jubilee Clock Tower. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057408 to 057416 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1968

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

Reference: A-445-077

Description: In a sequence of six panels two men at a bus stop discuss the merits of replacing New Plymouth's clock tower. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 165 x 210 mm

Date: 1910 - 1920

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-007

Description: Shows Wellington Harbour. A two masted boat is docked and people can be seen walking or fishing on the wharf. Buildings, several with tall chimneys, are at the water's edge. The Wellington Town Hall clock tower stands above the other buildings. In the background are houses and hills Inscription on reverse reads 'Frame No 6, W/Wharf, Mana, 14", 12"' Inscriptions: Recto - centre - 'Frame No 6, W/Wharf, Mana, 14", 12"' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 164 x 250 mm

Date: 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2202-F

Description: Panoramic view taken from the roof of a building in Dunedin looking at St Paul's Cathedral centre left, and the Town Hall with clock tower in the centre of the image. To the right of the Town Hall are buildings including the Douglas Private Hotel, Hannah's Shoes, and in the foreground the Oban Hotel. St Joseph's Cathedral is visible on the left on a hill in the middle distance. Commercial buildings in the foreground, hosues on hills behind and cleared hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - City of Dunedin. 1929. No. 908 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 109.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-212

Description: Scenic views, mainly of the Wellington area, including photographs of pupils from Mount Cook School on a visit to the coast; panoramic views of Wellington from the hill above Wadestown, and of Newtown; a view of Wanganui with a bend in the river; and unidentified scenes of rivers, trees and a waterfall. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Views'; 15 x 20 cm

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

Reference: PA5-0142

Description: The Square, Feilding NZ taken ca 1910-1913 as part of the Carthew series. Shows Wm Carthew, booksellers and stationers, The London & Berlin Piano Co the shop of W B Watson, the clock tower and some horse-drawn vehicles. Verso contains page of message from Perc. Morphy? to Mr P Spirosen C/- The Press Christchurch thanking him for the Jubilee Daily. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 137 mm

Date: 1931 - 1939

From: Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Family album. Uncle Charlie's unfinished drawings. [1926-1941].

Reference: E-563-q-30

Description: Shows a sketch view of the town from across a stretch of water, with a clock tower in the centre of the picture, surrounded by the city buildings. There are ranges of hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) inserted into slits in page of album.. Physical Description: Pen and watercolour, 248 x 190 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Thomas H Hudson of England in 1997.

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6745

Description: 4 negatives of trams on the streets of Christchurch, two passing the Anglican cathedral. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028756 to 028759 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]

Reference: PA1-o-091

Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987

Date: Circa February 16 - 21, and April - May 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8789

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides has two sequences which are not in chronological order. (Information from his diary). Slides nos. 433-443 show areas of the North Island around the Dargaville and Whangarei area, including Maungatapere peak, the Wairua Gorge and Wairua Falls, the Whangaroa volcanic ridge and tree ferns, McLeod Bay and pampas grass, Whangarei from Memorial Hill, the Whangarei Falls, and Whangarei Heads. These were taken sometime between April and May 1959. Slides nos. 444-456 show parts of the South Island including Invercargill; Bluff, a lighthouse near Bluff; the Invermay Agricultural Centre on the Taieri Plains; Dunedin, Otago Harbour, Larnach Castle, and early steam engines on display in Dunedin; section of road between Dunedin and Christchurch taken from a bus. These were taken circa February 16-21 1959. Slides on this sheet are numbered 433-456 with no gaps. Arrangement: None of this sheet of slides were taken as part of a representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1970

From: Packwood, George Earl Syvia W, 1916-1991: [Portfolio of nine ink studies of Petone buildings. ca 1970]

Reference: B-163-036

Description: Shows a two-storeyed stone building in classical style with pediments, and a central clock tower. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - G. Packwood Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 297 x 420 mm.

Date: [ca 1960s to 1970s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7002

Description: Photographs of the Captain Cook Memorial at Ship Cove; Pelorus, Marlborough and Kenepuru Sounds from the air; and Blenheim area taken ca 1960s and 1970s by John Ingle. Views include the Captain Cook Memorial in Ship Cove; scenes in and around Blenheim including a public park (listed as Potters Park, but possibly Pollard Park); the Blenheim clock tower; and farmland in the Grovetown area, hills west of Blenheim on the way to Nelson, and mountains seen from the pass south of Blenheim. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7024

Description: Photographs of Marlborough area and Queenstown Lakes area, taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Cook Monument in Ship Cove; Queen Charlotte Sound from the Resolution Walking Track; Tory Channel; farmland near Grovetown and near Blenheim; clock tower in Blenheim; hills south of Blenheim; Wairau River; near Clarence; Hurunui River; a group being helped from a launch in Queen Charlotte Sound; Cecil Peak and jetty at Queenstown; Frankton Arm outlet; Bennett's Bluff, Queenstown; the Remarkables; Mt Nicholas and Long Gully from the Coronet Saddle. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PA4-0822

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Clock tower, Christchurch, taken by a photographer form Rose studios Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Clock Tower, Ch.Ch.; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Rose - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print