Places

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-076

Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking down at Cathedral Square to the Post Office building. Horse-drawn carts and carriages can be seen in the square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: 19 January 1988

From: Matthews, Christopher :Photographs of Hawkes Bay and East Coast post offices

Reference: PAColl-1300-1-01

Description: Exterior view of Tokomaru Bay Post Office, taken 19 January 1988 by Christopher Matthews. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Tokomaru Bay Post Office with 'te maunga o Marotiri' in the background. 19 Jan 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin coated paper print 21.3 x 25.5 cm

Date: 21 January 1988

From: Clark, Fiona :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1302-09

Description: Levenia Shine, Post Mistress at Whangamomona Post Office. Photographed 21 January 1988 by Fiona Clark. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome colour print

Date: ca 1900s

Reference: 1/2-003229-F

Description: A laden mail coach pulled by four horses outside the Hanmer Springs Post Office with a crowd of men and women around it. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0360

Description: Stereoscopic photograph the Post Office, Cambridge, taken ca 1920 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Post Office, Cambridge Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 2 February 1988

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-02

Description: Postmaster Dave Watson standing outside Granity Post Office, taken 2 February 1988 by Jan Nauta. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - JAN NAUTA PHOTOGRAPHER; Verso - top right - 32-10 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Date: ca 1900s

Reference: PAColl-7551

Description: The yards at Lambton Railway Station and two views of Nelson looking towards the hills, one showing the Post Office in the foreground and the spire of the cathedral amongst the trees in the centre. Photographer unidentified. These photographs appear to be from the same album which has not been identified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005571 to 005573 Quantity: 3 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Fry, Patricia Susan, 1924- :Family Scenes in Wellington and Manawatu by W T G Cody and Internal Affairs photographs of Royal Tours

Reference: 1/4-061516-F

Description: Raetiti Post and Telegraph Office, photographed circa 1930 by Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.6 x 21.9 cm

Date: 190?

From: Bathgate, Alexander William, 1881-1961 :Collection of photographic prints, negatives and lantern slides

Reference: PAColl-3001-02-01

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 17 January 1988

From: Ritchie, Peter :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1303-01

Description: Interior view of Owaka Post Office showing the mail sorting table, taken 27 January 1988 by Peter Ritchie. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - centre right - OWAKA 19/28 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.4 x 23 cm

Date: ca 1930s-1940s

Reference: PAColl-6610

Description: 9 views of Canterbury towns: Lincoln hotel, supply store and railway station; Hawarden Post and Telegraph Office; Waikari Post and Telegraph Office; street scene in Waikari; the promenade at Caroline Bay with a large hotel above it; the premises of the Dominion Compressed Yeast Company in Christchurch; and an unidentified town which is probably Timaru with boats moored in the harbour. Photographer unidentified. The image which is probably Timaru is identified in the negative accession register as Rotheram but this town is inland and near neither a lake nor a river therefore this is not likley to be correct. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018080, 1/4-018082 to 018088, and 1/4-018170 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 27 January 1988

From: Ritchie, Peter :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1303-02

Description: View of Owaka, Otago, from the Post Office, taken 27 January 1988 by Peter Ritchie. Shows a flag flying from the top of the Post Office. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - OWAKA 19/28 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 21 x 20.4 cm

Date: [1925-1929]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-086

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes history of the post office at Ohau up to 1925; notes on railway management; circulars re the Labour Party for Reform Party candidates circulated by the New Zealand Welfare League; letters from the Minister of Railways re proposals to extend services in the North Island and on change to train timetable; employment request; notes by Field on political meeting of Waite at Lawrence from `Otago daily times'; mental hospital staff rates of pay; speech, A D McLeod on land settlement; heavily annotated clippings on the state of the nation from the Prime Minister's address; various notes etc relating to the election; notes on various political meetings including those of Dyson and Sievewright and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1905]

Reference: 1/2-002237-F

Description: Ashburton Post Office, with its clock tower, on the corner of East Street and Cameron Street. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) of a stereoscopic image. Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PAColl-0402

Description: Photograph of a girl standing outside the post office at Pukehou. There is a post box on the wall beneath one of the windows behind her and the other has advertising for Colman's starch. Photographer unidentified. 1/2-140075 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted print 154mm x 105mm

Date: 20 January 1988

From: Matthews, Christopher :Photographs of Hawkes Bay and East Coast post offices

Reference: PAColl-1300-1-02

Description: Interior view of Tokomaru Post Office, taken 20 January 1988 by Christopher Matthews. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Interior: Tokomaru Post Office 20 Jan 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 20.3 x 25.5 cm

Date: 1973

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. October 1971-July 1973.

Reference: E-478-f-027

Description: View of wooden house and Turakina Post Office sited on the main road at Turakina Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 280 x 355 mm

Date: 1985

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1985-3

Description: Includes calendars: 1985 Stamp Calendar. Single sheet calendar advertising subjects planned for future issues of stamps, and products of interest to stamp collectors. BP Oil New Zealand Limited. Six colour prints from photographs of scenic views of New Zealand by Brian Enting. Calendar published by The North Auckland Times Co (1985) Ltd, publisher of The Northland Times. Single sheet calendar featuring a colour print of Dargaville Post Office photographed by Parkview Photography, Dargaville. Camp and Cabin Association of New Zealand, 1985-1986. Single sheet calendar featuring coloured drawings representing Scenic views of New Zealand and holiday destinations and activities. Peugeot Club Calendar. Published by the Peugeot Car Club Auckland (INC). Single sheet calendar which includes coming club events. PhotoForum 1985 Calendar. Designed by Alan Loney, printed by Lowes Secretarial and Printing Bureau Lower Hutt, and published by PhotoForum. Includes a photograph by Peter Peryer. The Renovators, 1985. Single sheet Calendar sponsored by Television New Zealand and Odlins Limited, and printed by Budget Print Ltd. It features a colour print of a photograph showing the wall of a building carrying the marks of demolished interior structures. Quantity: 7 calendars. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: Jan 1986, 1989

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

Reference: PA12-11165

Description: Colour transparencies scenery, yachting scenes, and Akaroa taken by James (Jim) Watt during his solo circumnavigation of New Zealand in his yacht 'Matariki' in 1989. Includes images of various buildings in Akaroa including Langlois-Eteveneaux Cottage (part of Akaroa Museum), St Patrick's Catholic Church, St Peter's Anglican Church, Akaroa Post Office, and the general store as well as surronding farmland and buildings. Also contains images of Cape Runaway (with a rainbow), White Island and Volkner Rocks (Te Paepae o Aotea), the New Zealand Ensign on 'Matariki', Furuno [navigation?] equipment, and a dinghy with a large piece of seaweed [kelp?] draped on the back. Also contains two images takem by an unidentified photographer. One shows Watt in January 1986, the other shows 'Matariki' at sail with the spinnaker up. Inscriptions: Note from depositor reads: "Jim Watt - sailing round NZ solo, 1987 - yacht 'Matariki'"; Note on envelope [from depositor?] reads: "Six slides from Round NZ Solo yacht trip in Matariki 1989. Plus one of Matariki & one of Jim Watt [only the two latter slides were in the envelope". Arrangement: Two slides of Jim Watt and 'Matariki' arrived in envelope separate to six boxes. Library staff have placed them with other slides relating to the expedition. Watt attempted to follow the path of Captain James Cook on this voyage. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies