Places

Date: 1970

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

Reference: EP/1970/2928-7-F

Description: Preparation for underground electric cables, Breaker Bay Road, Wellington. Caption reads: "These wooden poles will soon be removed as underground electricity and telephone cables are laid in Breaker Bay Road, the second area in Wellington where residents have agreed to contribute towards the costs of underground reticulation." Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer in 1970 This image was published in the Evening Post on 10 July 1970 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-7022

Description: Views of the beach at Pukerua Bay with maintenance to prevent erosion. Also views of a house built on the beach including one of the owners on the verandah. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-099111 to 099118 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6848

Description: 25 images including two of what is probably earthquake damage to buildings in Hawke's Bay following the 1931 earthquake; four of a gathering at a wool shed flying the union jack (location unknown); one of the war memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; one of a small wooden church without a tower or steeple (location unknown); a general view of the town where the same church is located; two of a derailment; eight of various locomotives, steam, diesel and electric, including one of a railcar sitting at Wellington Railway Station and one of an electric locomotive and carriages at Paekakariki station; one of a line of buses at a rural depot with passengers waiting; two boys and a man next to their car; a boy crouching next to a man; and a landscape (location unknown). Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029898 to 029903, 030017, 030035 to 030036, 030039, 030044 to 030050, 030997, 031000 to 031003, 031006, 031011 and 031015. Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-042

Description: A road with telegraph poles on the right, flax bushes and Lake Waihola to the left. Mount Maungatua is in the distance on the far left, its top covered with cloud Acquired with E171: Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook, signed J C Crawford Extended Title - From his South Island sketchbook, 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm. Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 23 July 1985

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

Reference: EP/1985/3280

Description: Wellington City Council's Municipal Electricity Department staff moving power lines from one pole to another, Karaka Bay. Mr Harold Braumann won a court order to have a pole removed from in front of his garage door and a new pole has been planted a little further south. Photographed 23 July 1985 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2418-F

Description: Panoramic view along the Manawatu Gorge, looking towards the Woodville end, with road and power pylons on the right side of the river. Railway line visible on the far side. Steep cliffs above the road with signs of slips on the right. Bush, some forest remnants, especially above the railway line. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Manawatu Gorge. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Manawatu Gorge. R.P.M. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.2 cm

Date: 1924 - 1935

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

Reference: B-199-027

Description: Shows Otaki River mouth with hills in the background. A person is shown standing in the water and fishing with a rod and line. A single pole with telegraph lines hanging off it is visible. Note on reverse reads "Otaki River. Kirsty Cassidy with love from her dad". Inscriptions: Verso - "Otaki River. Kirsty Cassidy with love from her Dad." Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 137 x 207 mm in mat 212 x 15 mm

Date: 1976

From: Price, Nina, 1953- :[Lino cuts, biro drawings and a painted cardboard model of a house, relating to Denniston, West Coast. 1972-1979]

Reference: A-460-007

Description: A view of part of the Denniston community, showing power lines and looking out to sea Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Nina Stutz 76 / Denniston [in ink] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, hand-coloured, 205 x 260 mm on paper 292 x 360 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1108-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with a car parked under Hawks Crag, centre right. The line of the road is clear from power poles amongst trees across the image, river to the left of the road. Bush-clad hills to right and left of the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1109 for view just beyond this one Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Hawks Crag No. 468. Buller Gorge. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.9 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1109-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with the road on the road just past Hawks Crag. Curve in river, bush-clad hills. Power lines visible far left draping across a bend in the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1108 for view of Hawks Crag Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Scene on Buller Gorge. No. 485. West Coast. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 97.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1106-F

Description: Panoramic view of an unsealed road through bush with many tree ferns. A touring car with hood up (number plate WN 7640) is facing away from the camera. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Portion of image repeated on left Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation]; Photographer's title on negative - On the road from Hokitika to Otira - New Zealand. No. 487 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.5 cm

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-054

Description: The Sugarloaf Islands, New Plymouth viewed from the beach-side road, just north of the rocks, with the road continuing, a boat moored at the breakwater, and a telegraph pole at the side of the road Other Titles - Sugar Loaf Island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & 125 x 178 mm (page size).

Date: ca 1924

Reference: PAColl-7325

Description: Copy negatives of photographs in an album. The Mimi valley deviation on the New Plymouth to Te Kuiti highway; the road alongside Porirua harbour showing submerged telegraph poles; men spreading and rolling gravel on the Gisborne to Wairoa highway at Morere; men laying concrete on the Christchurch to Timaru highway; number of horse-drawn carts on a riverbed being loaded with shingle; and horse-drawn scoops collecting shingle from a riverbed for the Hamilton to Rotorua highway. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003415 to 003420 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

Reference: PAColl-6963

Description: Assorted views of army life and family photographs many of them taken on a beach. One of a hot air balloon is advertising Hudson's Baking Powder with the slogan "Bound to Rise". Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059554 to 059869 and 106041 to 106083 Quantity: 316 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1871

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] 1871, 1882 and 1885

Reference: E-036-q-1-001/002

Description: A waterfall in the Mataura River, seen from below. On the left bank is a brick chimney piece. Low hills are in the centre background. A row of telegraph poles runs along a bank to the right Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title and date in pencil; also a compass indication Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on buff paper across two sketchbook pages, image size 130 x 384 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

Reference: PAColl-6748

Description: 4 views of tree lined streets possibly in Christchurch. The streets are unsealed and muddy. One shows three boys crossing towards a park. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029742 to 029745 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Small glass negatives

Date: [ca 1875-1916]

Reference: PAColl-4516

Description: Postcard of Victoria Arcade on Queen Street with carriages in the street and a telegraph pole with a large number of wires and cables; St Patrick's Cathedral, Monroe Street, Napier; Municipal Opera House, Napier; three men of a bush felling party having lunch probably near Dargaville; newspaper clipping of an old photograph of a crowd in Victoria Square with the old Post Office behind it ca 1875. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-4223.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1290-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with a car parked under Hawks Crag, on the far left. There is a tight bend in the river with Dee Point jutting into the river. There is a man standing on a ledge looking over the river on the far right of the image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - "Hawks Crag" - Buller Gorge - New Zealan. No. 949 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 131.9 cm

Date: 2006

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013150

Description: Shows a power pylon that is dressed up as a scarecrow and has had the power cut from its arms. Refers to the proposals for more power pylons to feed the supply in Auckland City. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).