Places

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1909-1920]

By: Sachse, K H (Mr), active 1972; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0863

Description: Postcards of "The Flower Pots" - boiling mud in Rotorua, Waimangu basin and Frying Pan Flat, Gibraltar Rock, Waimangu blow hole and general view of Waimangu taken by R G Marsh; Wellington harbour from Tinakori Hill by Tanner Bros; two of Oamaru Gardens; the Trooper's Memorial, Oamaru; three girls and a dog on Nile Street, Nelson (taken by F N Jones); a house next to Hooper's Inlet, Otago Peninsula; a view of Queenstown from across Lake Wakatipu; Rainbow Mountain (Maungakaramea); Bowen Peak above Queenstown; two views of the Poleford Bridge over the Matai River in Nelson; Greymouth as seen from Cobden; and a view looking down Otira Gorge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PA5-0367

Description: Guide Nimble, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand published by Tanner Bros. Ltd ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1930s-02

Description: Photographic postcard shows Guide Rangi wearing a cloak, headband and flax skirt, standing with bare feet beside a hot pool at Whakarewarewa. She has autographed the card at top left: "Arohanui, Guide Rangi". The verso shows a printed illustrative image of a tree fern, and states that the card was printed in England, and published by Tanner Bros Ltd, Wellington NZ, as postcard number 2896. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 135 x 87 mm, with relief printing on verso Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in May 2014.

Date: [ca 1910s]

By: Frank Duncan and Company; Isles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Wells, Arthur John Lefevre, 1912-1994

Reference: PAColl-10148

Description: Postcards with images taken circa 1910s. Scenes are chiefly taken in the Rotorua district. Four images were taken by Arthur James Iles. Five other images (printed by Frank Duncan and Tanner Brothers) may have been taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. The images show: -Thermal areas: Northland Geyser at Waiotapu; Whakarewarewa geyser ground; Wairoa geyser, Whakarewarewa; Twins and Inferno, Tikitere; Boiling mud, Whakarewarewa; Maori children in a hot themal pool. -Tourist guides Georgina, Ruth, Eileen -Ohinemutu township - a scene with St Faith's Church -Four women in traditional Maori clothing, holding poi Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arthur John Lefevre Wells collected the cards on a trip to Rotorua, circa 1920s. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s) (Postcards). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (Postcards). Physical Description: Photographic postcards

Date: 1910 - 1925

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1890-1929]

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1920s-01

Description: Perforated postcard shows twelve scenes (untitled) including children in a hot pool, steaming pools, cooking in hot water, steaming cliffs, the Bath House, town buildings and street. In rows across, from top left: 1. Whakarewarewa village, roughly east of the main thermal reserve 2. View approximately west from the main Bath House, across the Government Gardens 3. Kuirau Park or Whakarewarewa 4. Whakarewarewa 5. Brent's Hotel, looking east along Hinemoa Street 6. Main Bath House (now the museum) in Government Gardens, no earlier than 1911 when the gabled wing at the right was added 7. "Penny haka" at Whakarewarewa or Ohinemutu 8. Probably at Whakarewarewa 9. View from the Bath House platform looking roughly west to north-west: the band rotunda (completed in 1900 and since relocated) at left and Te Runanga Tearooms (built 1903) at right. 10. View east along Arawa Street towards Prince's Gate archway into the Government Gardens. The old post office (built 1914) on far right. 11. Sightseeing launch on Lake Rotomahana, by the steaming cliffs estimated to be near the site of the Pink Terraces, destroyed in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera and the adjacent area. 12. Waikite geyser sinter deposits at Whakarewarewa thermal reserve. The photographs were likely taken in different years, the latest dating from the 1920s. The photographer of some of the images was Sydney Charles Smith, 1888-1972. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: 12 photographic prints, separated by perforations on card 90 x 138 mm.