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Ormondville

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039527-G

Description: View of Ormondville. The railway station is visible in the centre. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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[Creator unknown] :[Unsold sections between Kimbolton, Fergusson and Stafford streets, ...

Date: 1904

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4393bje/1904/Acc.8157

Description: Cadastral map of part of the central business district of Feilding, highlighting (in pink) unsold sections. Blocks and sections are numbered. Several pencilled names on sections, including Harper, most illegible. Block named government shows court house. Part if the unsold area is 'offices'. 'Unsold sections edged red [signed] ? 31/3/04'. Pencil annotations include: 'offered to Sandiland, see ?Mgr's letter 31/3/04', and names on some sections (some difficult to decipher). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on rice paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 25 x 26 cm. Provenance: Donated by Levin & Co 1969

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Wylde, Henry James ca 1850-1933 :Plan of part of street to be closed under 'The Public ...

Date: 1904

By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944; Wylde, Henry James, 1850?-1933; Grover, Raymond Frank, 1931-2019

Reference: MapColl-832.4397gbbd/1904/Acc.36351

Description: Cadastral map of part of George Street and Bryce Street, Shannon, showing the surveyed section of George Street that is to be closed under the Public Works Act, highlighted green. Shows immediately surrounding blocks with numbered sections, those visible are all owned by James Wallace (465-469 and 439, 440, 444, 446, 448 and 450). Map signed by HJ Wylde, Authorised surveyor, 2 Dec 1904. Ink annotation on map declaring Horowhenua Council Council chairman authority for road closure (unsigned). Other Titles - Mount Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 584], 47 x 51.2 cm. Provenance: Donated by Raymond Grover.

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Mellor, C W (Mr), fl 1901-1917 :Photographs relating to World War I and New Zealand sce...

Date: 1901-1916

By: Mellor, C W (Mr), active 1901-1917

Reference: PAColl-9559

Description: Collection comprises: Album pages of New Zealand scenes including views of Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington, Whanganui River, Rotorua, Rimutaka Incline, Christchurch, 1901. Some of the photographs are attributed to C W Mellor. Group portraits of officers during World War I, including C W Mellor Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

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Photographs of England and the Pori area, New Zealand

Date: ca 1900-ca 1910

From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.

Reference: PA1-o-1206

Description: Most of the New Zealand images relate to the Nelson family, their farms, farm houses, and farm buildings in the Pori area, north eastern Wairarapa, and scenic views of the area such as the Makuri River, a waterfall at Tiraumea, Annedale north of Tainui, the Pori Bridge, and native forest. The images of the farm houses include building a stable and buggy house, views of the yard with washing drying, a hen run, and a view of the dining room at "Ruatea". Four images are of Hugh Nelson's whare which was the first building constructed at "Taumata". There are three photographs of local Maori, one of bullock teams at Tiraumea, snow covered landscape at "Nga Mahanga", a picnic group with horses and buggys, and many views of the countryside from the Nelson farms showing cleared, partially cleared and forested land, much of it covered with the gaunt trunks of burnt off bush. There are group photographs of the families and friends. As well as the men these include women (wives?) Lucy, Katie, and Winifred, and children, Robert, Frances, and Dorothea. Other new Zealand houses include two probably located at Annedale with the names "Te Hoe" and "Manawa", and another in Featherston called "Newstead". The English images are of family and friends and various places, houses and churches which include Dover, Tunbridge Wells, Broadstairs, Minehead, Ostend, Clovelly, Lynton, Lymouth, Doon Valley, Meywingen, St Saviours Leeds, and Chester Cathedral Arrangement: Loose prints originally in this album can be found at PAColl-7868-1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Mangaweka

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039529-G

Description: View of Mangaweka. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Surveyors in the New Zealand backblocks

Date: 1907-1909

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-915

Description: Most of the images relate to a survey team (or teams) operating in the hill country west of the main road between Raetihi and National Park, centred in the area around Ruatiti. The two names in the album for the area are the Ruatiti Block which includes the Ruatiti Stream and the Manganuioteao River, and the Riariaki Block and trig immediatly to the north. There are images of team members, camp life (ie storing food, cutting hair, living quarters, rod fishing, and swimming), groups out on the job (ie cutting trees, making survey pegs, moving through the bush with packs and equipment, on horse back, returning from the hunt, packing in supplies, making observations, and constructing the Maungaroa trig station), and views of the native forest, and rivers. Interspersed among these photographs are others which include social occasions such as farewelling a survey team member, a motoring trip associated with a large house called "Pihautea," an amateur instrumental group, a cricket game in Nelson, and a group in Albert park Auckland. There is a farmyard with woman, hens and horses, a buggie fording the Mangaturuturu Stream, views of Island Bay, Mount and Lake Tarawera, the Makatote bridge, and the Ohakune Railway Station Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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[Creator unknown] :Town of Waitarere [ms map]. [19--?]

Date: 1900

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/[19--?]/Acc.36338

Description: Cadastral map of Waitarere of sections between Newman Esplanade, Rua Avenue and Waitarere Beach Road. Eight sections are sold and the remaining seven are numbered with acreages and varying prices. One area is marked as 'Reserved for road'. Section 4 includes a note which states 'Subject to this subdivision being approved by the Minister of Lands'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:584], 30.9 x 39 cm.

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Norsewood

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039516-G

Description: View of Norsewood. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912 :Panoramic photograph of Wanganui

Date: March 1902

By: Vaniman, Melvin, 1866-1912

Reference: PA6-651

Description: Panoramic photograph of Wanganui taken from Durie Hill ca March 1902 by Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) of San Francisco. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Carbon print 24.2 x 76.6 cm, on mount

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Pahiatua

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039522-G

Description: Main street of Pahiatua. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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[Creator unknown] :Jones Estate, Eketahuna [ms map]. [ca 1908].

Date: 1908

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca 1908]/Acc.36403

Description: Cadastral map showing Jones' Estate situated beside the township of Eketahuna at lot 14. Lot 13 (between Haswell and Alfredton Road) and lot 15 are also indicated. The township itself is laid out, naming streets including Haswell, Alfredton, Anderson, Jones, Bright, Bengston, Queen and Main Street. Unsold sections are coloured pink and state the section number, acreage and selling price while sold sections are marked 'sold' in black. Site use is stated where known: five hotels, a farmer's club, an Anglican, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church, Masonic lodge, A.O.F Lodge room, public hall, police, court, school, general post office and library are identified. Businesses including a sash and door factory, Mitchell & Co, Herbert & Co, McKibben and Co, Dalgety & Co, Jones & Co, Dowsett Tonkin, Wisey Knight, Harrison, Meads, WFCA, Bank of New Zealand, the Anglican vicarage, railway station and the County Council are also identified. Houses on sections are indicated. Written on map: 'Jones Estate Eketahuna' (top right corner). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:1 584], 39.5 x 62.4 cm.

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Rabey, Christopher :Photographs of Wellington, Palmerston North, Invercargill and Strat...

Date: 1850-1906

By: Rabey, Christopher, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-6080

Description: Towns and cities. The Makatote Viaduct and Wairoa Bridge. Arrowtown street and Hotel, and the Royal Hotel Riverton, both dating from 1850. Many are early photographs with business signs on shops and views of streets. The Wellington photographs dating from the 1880s show houses on Mount Vectoria and Te Ato Flat. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Radcliffe, F G :Wanganui taken from Durie Hill

Date: ca 1905

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA4-0709

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Wanganui from Durie Hill, showing the bridge across the river. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe of Auckland. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui from Durie Hill; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - F G Radcliffe - Auckland, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Photograph of Dannevirke

Date: 1903

Reference: PAColl-4326

Description: View of Dannevirke taken from an elevated position looking over the buildings of the town. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1903 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Transfers: From Cartographic Collection -.

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Kibblewhite, Maree Christine,1960- : Collection

Date: 1908-1950 - 1971, 1977 - 2022

By: Kibblewhite, Maree Christine, 1960-

Reference: ATL-Group-00829

Description: Collection comprising material accumulated by Maree Kibblewhite relating to her life and interests; particuarly in theatre and music, Palmerston North, and ephemera. Some material relates to school and amateur productions of works by New Zealand composers. Namely: a vocal score of Ross Harris' The Clockmaker; programmes and 6 photographs of St Matthews Collegiate and Rathkeale College, Masterton, production of Philip Norman's `A Stab in the Dark', 1977; and the libretto for this production. Also includes a scrapbook album containing correspondence, handouts, programmes, clippings and photographs relating to the 1971 production of Jenny McLeod's `Under the Sun', of which Moxon was a member of the cast. Photographs taken by unidentified photographers show: - Palmerston North sports teams (taken between 1908 and 1911). - Master Builders' Federation conferences (taken between 1938 and 1950). - School opera production from 1977 featuring composer Philip Norman. Includes ephemera relating to Wellington businesses, local body elections, theatre, and lobby groups. Manuscript material is part of the Archive of New Zealand Music. Title supplied by Library. Information professional Maree Kibblewhite was previously known as Maree Moxon. She has lived in Palmerston North and Wellington; and has been active in school and amateur theatre and musical productions. Her father Richard Moxon was a master builder based in Palmerston North. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). 1 volume(s). 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres of manuscript materials. Physical Description: Black and white and colour photographic prints, scrapbook, musical scores and libretto, and assorted printed leaflets and cards Transfers: Kibblewhite has also donated printed ephemera material to Alexander Turnbull Library.These have been processed in the Eph-A, Eph-B-, and Eph-C reference number sequences. The descriptive records have been linked to her name record within the Library catalogue.. Processing information: Previous donations by Kibblewhite of manuscript formats (known as MS-Group-0316) and photographic formats (PA-Group-00992) were reunited in this collection record in February 2023.

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General view of central Wanganui from the foot of St John's Hill

Date: [Between 1905 and 1915]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000660-G

Description: View of Wanganui Central, from the foot of St John's Hill. The Wanganui Branch Railway line crosses from left to right in the centre foreground, with London Street behind the line and rows of houses beyond. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Other - For an almost identical view see image at 1/2-000603 (Price-00459) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wanganui. [No.] 460 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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View from Durie Hill, looking west across Wanganui

Date: ca 1900s

From: Wanganui Public Museum:Negatives and prints of Wanganui and district

Reference: 1/2-012338-G

Description: View from Durie Hill, looking west across Wanganui, showing commercial buildings, ships and trains along the bank of the Whanganui River. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

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Raurimu

Date: [between 1905 and 1912]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000198-G

Description: View of Raurimu, showing buildings under construction, and a number of small huts, with a large stand of native bush behind. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1905 and 1912. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Raurimu. Main Trunk. [No.] 751.B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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Township of Manunui

Date: [ca 1908-1915]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000820-G

Description: Overlooking the township of Manunui, circa 1908-15. The Whanganui River is visible behind the town, with Ellis & Burnand's Manunui Sawmill and timber yards in the centre. Photograph taken by William A Price. Other - Note on back of file print reads "In series with 1/2-029014 (Price 813B)" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Manunui [No.] 812B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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