Places

Date: [between 1894-1897]

By: New Plymouth Photographic & Copying Company

Reference: PA7-58-07

Description: View of the interior of St Mary's Church, New Plymouth looking east towards the altar and chancel from the gallery. Photograph taken by N.P.Photo Co. The stained glass windows in the apse commemorate Sir Harry Atkinson (left) who died in 1892, and the Revd H H Brown who died Sep 1893. The `stars' suggest the decorations were for Christmas. In 1893 the east wall was extended to form an apse and in 1898 the marble reredos was introduced behind the altar. [Information supplied by M Alington, 2008] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 29.3 x 25 cm on card

Date: 189-

Reference: PAColl-2084

Description: Maori woman with pipe; Maori family outside their house; Maori canoe. Buildings, streets, parks, gardens, river and coastal scenes - locations include Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Rimutaka Hill Road and Masterton Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-024-1

Description: New Plymouth breakwater (constructed in 1881) seen from the north, looking along the coast, framed on the left with native and exotic flowers, including kowhai, clematis and manuka. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph 104 x 72 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1897

Reference: Eph-A-BALL-1897-01

Description: Ball programme with an ornate cover showing the flags of the Taranaki Volunteers and the Taranaki Militia (both featuring an image of Mt Taranaki). Between them is a portrait of Queen Victoria, and below are two rifles, crossed. The back cover shows an decorative border of poppies. In side is a list of 22 dances with a space beside each for the names of partners. A cord is looped through holes at the bottom but the original pencil was missing on arrival at the Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph on folded card (100 x 123 mm, folded to 100 x 61 mm) Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Books Online auction, 23 May 2006.

Date: [ca 1890]

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0979

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of women and children sitting in front of a little house in Tole's gardens, New Plymouth. Photograph taken by Arthur W Schaef, ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - In Tole's Gardens. NP; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: ca 1878-1902

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PAColl-3722-3

Description: Arrangement: In order by copy negative number - 1/2-11800-F to 1/2-11861-F (some missing) Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box. Provenance: Contact prints made ca 1970s from plates no longer in existence

Date: 1895 - 1897

By: Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1895/1897

Description: Includes: 1895?: Wednesday popular concert, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr E J Hill, Miss Parsons, Mr J M Clark, Mrs H J Miller, Mr W J Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme Wednesday popular concerts, Wellington (with Mabel Jones, Mr F W Jones, Mr Geo Parsons, Mrs H J Miller, Mr J M Clark, Miss Clarice Brabazon, Mr E J Hill, Mr Walter Haybittle). 5 June [1895?]. Flier / programme 1895: Auckland College and Grammar School Old Boys Association. Celebration of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Programme of smoke concert. Sydenham Presbyterian Church. Soiree and concert; welcome to Rev R S Allan. Thursday October 10, 1895. Programme /flier. Weeks, Printer, High Street, Christchurch - 13016. (With performers Mr Lovell, Miss Neave, Mr John McLean, Miss Watson, Mr Russell Halley, Misses Kissel and Bella Forrester, Miss Aggie Currie, Mr H Johnston, Miss Picken, Mr A J Sparkes) 1896: Caledonian Society of Wellington. Eleventh annual concert under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, the Countess of Glasgow & suite. opera House, 24 September 1896. Conductor Mr John McGlashan, accompanist Miss Upham, director of music Mr John Jack. Programme (With performers Mr Hugh Wright, Miss Orr, The McGregors, Mr D Campbell, Miss Jeanie Ramsay, Mr A S Paterson, Mr A Nicol) Wellington Industrial Exhibition 1896-7. Evening opening performance in Entertainment Hall, 18 November 1896. Programme (With Maugham Barnett's Musical Society performing "Hinemoa" by Arthur H Adams and Alfred F Hill; and the Festival Choral Society singing psalms and anthems, including anthem "The earth is the Lord's" composed by T Tallis Trimnell) (2 copies) Wellington Industrial Exhibition. First national night (England), under the direction of Mr Robert Parker. Programme (With performers Miss Dugdale, Mrs Burfoot, Madame Eveleen Carlton, Mr R B Williams, Mr J Murrell, Mr J Whittall) 1897: Whiteley Hall. Orpheus Musical Club's concert. 15 July 1897. Cowen's cantata "The rose maiden". Taranaki Herald Print. Programme / flier. Quantity: 7 programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1892

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1892

Description: Includes: Australian Theatrical Management Co Ltd (Melbourne). Walter Bentley and his dramatic company in "Fool's revenge". Theatre Royal Christchurch. 30 January 1892 (The Bulletin). programme / flier. Australian Theatrical Management Co Ltd (Melbourne). Walter Bentley and his dramatic company in "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare. Opera House Wellington. 22 February 1892. Programme ("The lorgnette"). Australian Theatrical Management Co Ltd (Melbourne). Walter Bentley and his dramatic company in "Money", by Lord Lytton. Opera House Wellington. 22 February 1892. Programme ("The lorgnette"). Grattan Riggs, supported by Robert E Inman, Miss Maud Appleton, etc. in "The shadows of a great city". OPera House Wellington. 25 July [1892]. Programme. Taranaki News Extra. Cutting about the Dampier Company in "Robbery under arms". Alexandra Hall, New Plymouth. 1 November 1892. Flier. Quantity: 5 programmes / fliers. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto. Provenance: One programme donated from Holmes estate in 2002.

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-41

Description: Coloured view of the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) looking towards the band rotunda. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

Date: 7 Feb-30 Dec 1897, nd

From: Hirst family : Letters

Reference: MS-Papers-5507-01

Description: Letters written from Lake Te Anau, York Terrace (New Plymouth) and Wairakei; and one to Grace, (from ?), 30 Dec (no year) from Jaffa, continued 15 Jan (no year) (place unidentified) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-021

Description: The snowy peak of Mount Egmont seen from the sea close to shore, with houses, fences and church spires visible, probably part of New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 130 x 240 mm

Date: 1890 - 1899

From: Halcombe, Edith Stanway (Swainson) 1844-1903 :Sketchbook [1890s?]

Reference: E-335-q-046

Description: St Mary's New Plymouth with its surrounding graveyard and trees Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 164 x 228 mm

Date: 1851-1892

By: Blackett, John, 1818-1893

Reference: MS-Group-0186

Description: Personal journals, 1851-1892, kept during voyage to New Zealand on the `Simlah' and during his time as Provincial Engineer, Nelson, 1859-1870. Lists of goods and chattels and time books kept while farming in New Plymouth. Also some official papers relating to his political career. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 13 volume(s). 3 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 27 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Provenance: Donated to the General Assembly Library by Mrs I M Houston and Miss A K Blackett, Wellington, 1952. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two photographs - PAColl-8810.

Date: [1890s?]

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA7-49-40

Description: Coloured view of the boating lake in Pukekura Park (also known as the Recreation Grounds) looking towards the band rotunda. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Title Physical Description: 172 x 280 mm

Date: [ca 1883-1892]

By: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918; Smith, F S, active 1880s

Reference: PA1-q-075

Description: Charles Yates Fell photograph album. Many of the photographs taken by C Y Fell. Album created as a memory for relative, Alice Blake (nee Richmond), including portraits and group portraits of family and friends; scenes of holidays around the Totaranui, Abel Tasman National Park area; and the homes of the Richmond family (Fairfield) and the Fell family (St John's) in Nelson. One image shows all the members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 3rd Parliament in 1851 (Most are named). Many of the images are of festive occasions with large family gatherings, including Xmas parties and costumes for a fancy-dress ball at Totaranui (January 1890). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Fell album 2 Inscriptions: Album page - "Alice Blake, from Charles Y. & Edith E. Fell, January 1892. In loving remembrance of old times, St. John's, Nelson, N.Z." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown paper covers entitled "N.Z." in dark-brown water-coloured letters, 28.0 x 37.5 cm

Date: [1890s?]

By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-o-172

Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-7053

Description: Views mostly in and around New Plymouth but including clergymen gathered for Archdeacon Govett's jubilee in 1898, crowds in Pukekura Park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubliee in 1897 and a Floral Fete in 1896, a homestead called Tokotahi near the Tiraumea River in Pahiatua County, the old mountain house on Mount Taranaki, and an area called Grant's Braes (now Waverley) in Dunedin. All the views are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002136 to 002173 Quantity: 38 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film 1/2 plate copy negatives

Date: [Circa 1890s?]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-199

Description: Album of photographs in the Godber collection, taken by unidentified photographers. None of the people in photographs are identified. Photographs include scenes in the Nelson area, and particularly New Plymouth, with a number of the Domain at New Plymouth. Two photographs are linked with the Star Boating Club in Wellington, one with a rowing group in a whaler, and one showing a number of rowing prizes won by Jack Hume. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 112 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 27.5 x 22.5 cm