Places

Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-061

Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: 1949

By: Carter, William Ernest, 1932-

Reference: Eph-A-ROWING-1949-01

Description: Shows a map of the rowing course, lists of office-bearers, lists of previous winners and winning teams, photographs of rowers D C Hadfield, R B (Bob) Smith, J Schneider, M Browne-Sharpe, D N Crabbe, A H Gould, D C Gould, and the champion fours and eights teams. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 38 pages, each 240 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Bill Carter, Paraparaumu, in 2008.

Date: 1949-ca1970

By: Larsen, Malcolm Richmond, 1923-1985

Reference: PA-Group-00072

Description: Mostly about commercial bus tours run by Larsen from 1949 to some time in the 1960s or early 1970s. Tours relate to New Zealand and Australia. Included are photographs of a ceremony relating to building of Wellington City Mission's Russell Kemp Home at Titahi Bay. Other photographs relate to the Larsen family. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at F 69904 1/4 - F 70111 1/4. Album at PA1-q-112 (Donald Hansen Album) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 454 b&w original photographic print(s). 21 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [1860s-1940s]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; New Zealand Academy of Photographic Art; Elmar Studios; Goldsmith, Lynley, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-2971

Description: Portraits and snapshots of the Dixon family and genealogical notes about their English background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - [Various, relating to Dixon family] Quantity: 10 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 photocopy/ies Genealogical charts. Provenance: Donated by Lynley Goldsmith, Christchurch, 1993

Date: [ca 1865-1940]

By: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957; Guest, Joseph John, 1864-1943

Reference: ATL-Group-00805

Description: Photographs of the Chatham Islands taken circa 1900-1920 by Mr Ernest Matthias Capewell Guest. Some images may be copies of photographs taken by his cousin J J Guest. Includes photographs of Mitai Tini. Title supplied by Library. Some photographic prints also reproduced in an album at Library reference PA1-o-045. Arrangement: Negatives also at; 1/2-034873 to 034879, 034889 to 034892, 037597 to 037700 (half plate); 1/4-21396 to 21464 (quarter plate). Quantity: 201 b&w original negative(s). 74 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Negatives and photographic prints Transfers: Photographic prints held in Original prints from file print collection: - PAColl-10563-074; 21, 23-28, 30-32, 37, 43-46, 48, 49, 51-54, 58-60, 66, 72-77, 79. - PAColl-10563-075; 02, 04, 13-16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 39, 54-56, 58, 61, 62, 65, 66, 69, 71,75-77, 79-83, 86, 87. - PAColl-10563-076; 02-06, 09, 12-14, 16, 18-28, 31.. Processing information: Collection description enhanced December 2022. Previous reference: PAColl-4872.

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940s?: Sheet of pins. New Zealand has a "charm" of its own [describing tiki] Memorial service for members of the Maori Battalion and thanksgiving for the first Maori Victoria Cross 1940: An Arawa souvenir. Wahiao Meeting House Whakarewarewa. Official opening by the grace of His Excellency the Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, 16 November 1940. Pamphlet with salutations to Hoani te Heuheu, and genealogical tree from Tamatekapua down to Wahiao. Otakou Maori Centennial 1840-1940. Foundation stone laying ceremony. 24 February 1940 [Order of ceremony] 1941: "Maori carving", by W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum. Publication flyer 1943. Election campaign booklet in Maori for Right Hon Peter Fraser New Zealand Centennial 1840-1940. Tihee! Mauri Ora! Official opening ceremonies of the third and fourth Te Arawa Centennial Memorials, Tawakeheimoa (Whare Wananga at Te Awahou) and Tamatekapua (national whare runanga at Ohinemutu), by His Excellency the Governor-General ... Sir Cyril Newall. 24 March 1943 [Order of ceremonies; includes 2 sheets containing translations of some passages] 1946: Maori national welcome to the 28th Battalion of the 2nd NZEF. Imperial Government Shed at Aotea Quay, 22 January 1946 [Invitation card to Hon HGR Mason] 1948: Rangiatea restoration 1848-1948. Diocesan Maori Mission. Pamphlet. 1949?: New Zealand National Party. Te Maori a ona ra e tuku iho nei: The Maori and the future. He who stands at the prow of the canoe shall be renowned (critical of the Labour Party's policy for Maori) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Processing information: Ngarimu Investiture souvenir programme; [and] Supplement to souvenir programme. Ruatoria, 6 October 1943: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, October 2022.

Date: ca 1900-ca 1930

By: Hemi, Rex Murray Allan, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7807

Description: Photographs of Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi and his family, taken ca 1900-1933. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies laser prints.

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-020

Description: Shows rolling hills, with Panekiri Bluff in the central distance. Date estimated from the date of other Gisborne area paintings by John L Moore. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 257 x 358 mm.

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1947 - 1994 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Br-1900s

Description: Includes: John Bright's Nursery (Palmerston North). "The garden glorious". [Catalogues] 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1960-1961 A M Brljevich & Sons, nurserymen, 9 Waipa Street, Birkenhead, N.5. Alpe Bros & Co., printers, Auckland [May 1947] M E Brogden, daffodil specialist, Normanby, Taranaki. Daffodils for delivery February-March 1969. A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, climbers, fruit trees and bushes, hedge & shelter trees. 1952 A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Supplementary rose catalogue 1956 D & P.J. Brown, growers of fine plants, 79 Vernon Road RD 1 Tauranga (David and Pauline Brown). Catalogue 1, Autumn 1994 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2015.

Date: 1946

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1956/1959

Description: Shows floor and electrical plan, roof plan, sections and elevations. Also shows fireplace details, sections through cupboards and mouldings, underground water tank. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, and diazo prints, 530 x 775 mm.

Date: 1946

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1946

Description: Includes programmes for: Lily Stevens' 1946 presentation, "Dancing feet". His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, [1946]. Programme Patricia Turner presents a recital of children's ballets and divertissements by students of the Patricia Turner School of Dancing. Regent Theatre Masterton, 3 December 1946. Programme (2 copies) Shirley Lock School of Dancing. Dance recital. Theatre Royal [Nelson], 8 April 1946. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: ca 1940

Reference: PAColl-4367

Description: Photograph of the Hutt Valley from Trentham with the military camp in the foreground ca 1940. Photograph taken by S C Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1940-1950]

Reference: PAColl-6906

Description: 8 images of hotels including one of Porirua Hotel in the distance beyond a scattering of houses, a small church and a Shell station. Three are of a bad tram accident at the corner of Webb Street and Taranaki Street where a Thorndon tram went right through the premises adjacent to the Napier-Wellington Transport Co Ltd. Police and passers-by are looking on and workmen are trying to clear the debris. The last image is of what may be a nurses' hostel at Wellington Hospital. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045211 to 045222 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1948

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-030

Description: Shows five whiteheads perched on the branches of a tree. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 154 x 205 mm.

Date: 1948

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-746

Description: Includes pencil sketches of birds, lobelia anceps Little Barrier Jan 26th 194-?; Karioi 27/4/48; Tangiwai 27/4/48 from train; from Karioi 27/4/48; Ruapehu from Nat Park station 27/4/48 first snow of year; [Central Plateau mountains] from Nat Park 26/4/48; Nat Park 26/4/48 near station looking down spiral; small celmisia Waiouru 16/3/48; rhabdothamnus Little Barrier Jan 1948; Shag Cliff Little Barrier; Waiuremo[?] Station 14/1/48. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Softbound booklet of 38 leaves, each 130 x 205 mm.

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-029

Description: Shows a view of the city and harbour of Auckland from Mt Eden, with Josiah Clifton Firth's house in the lower left, and Mt Eden Prison in the middle distance. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance. The top of the Coromandel Peninsula can be seen in the right distance. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 228 x 354 mm.

Date: [ca 1904-ca 1940]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1018

Description: Postcards of hotels at - Roxburgh. Timaru. Wanganui. Onekeneke. Henley. Taupo. Kaikoura. Pembroke. Waitomo. Rotorua. Rakaia. Skippers. Winchester. Kamo. Queenstown. Napier. Hastings. Mount Cook. Riverton. Opunake. Tapanui. Paeroa. Wellington. Invercargill. Masterton. Te Aroha. Auckland. Whakarewarewa. Hanmer Springs. Hunterville. Dannevirke. Bluff. Orepuke. Portobello. Southbrook. Waiau. Nelson. Oamaru. Blenheim. Mount Egmont. General views and street views of cities and towns. Many of these include hotels, public gardens, and beaches. Places included are - Middlemarch. Nelson. Oamaru. Invercargill. Blenheim. Napier. Hastings. Gisborne. Taihape. Waimate. Waipukurau. Lower Hutt. Rangiora. Opotiki. Wellington. Pahiatua. Akaroa. Timaru. Wanganui. Kaikoura. Ashburton. Dunedin. Feilding. Leeston. Te Aroha. Geraldine. Gore. Dannevirke. Oponake. Hamilton. Havelock. Port Chalmers. Bluff. Hunterville. Rotorua. Opononi. Clinton. Havelock. Picton. Roxburgh. Tapanui. Auckland. Cromwell. Masterton. Hanmer. Waitara. Wairoa. New Plymouth. Westport. Havelock North. Some snow scenes. These include - The Tasman Glacier and Maltebrun Hutt. Muller Hut and glacier, Mount Cook. Skiers at Fairlie. Horses in snow at Naseby. Snow scene, Wanganui district. Snow scene, Upongaro. Other postcards include - A man on a horse-drawn cab beside a gas lamp. A Woman with a decorated bicycle. Pelorus Jack. Two women in a carriage. Charabanc full of women. Mansion House Kawau Island. There are five coloured novelty cards in the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1948

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0475

Description: Shows a floor plan of a single-storey three-bedroom house. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 365 x 464 mm.