Places

Date: 1958-ca1964

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PAColl-7359-7

Description: Photographs of the Hermitage under construction in 1961, of tour groups, groups learning to ski, of staff parties, and one of the Prime minister of Japan and his wife during a visit to the Hermitage. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: [187-?],[ca 1895], [ca 1914-1940s], 1953

From: Harper, James Edward, fl 2004 :Photographs

By: Busch, Louis W, active 1872

Reference: PAColl-9885

Description: Photographs collected by Jim Harper. 23 relate to the New Zealand airforce. 12 are of other subjects. Comprises: Photographs relating to James Frederick Henessy Harper's (donor's father) service with the New Zealand airforce between 1935-1940s, and 1953. Includes a set of images of Hobsonville Airbase, Auckland; a set of images showing the HMS Dunedin in 'Gulf'; airforce aeroplanes -Gipsy Moths, Fairey IIIF floatplane, Hawker Hind; military personnel including the 'Houhora Boys'; J F H Harper at Hobsonville with the aeroplane 'Faith in Australia' circa 1936; RAF pilot Ian Reid during training at Bell Block, New Plymouth; fully identified group portrait of RNZAF Signals conference, April 1953. A range of other images including a carte-de-visite of a scene with horses at (Belfast, Canterbury?) taken by L W Busch circa 1872-3; photographs given to the donor by the famiy of Frances Hodgkins showing Cobb & Co coaches and a homestead of Oamaru stone taken circa 1890s; WWI soldiers; views of the Bay of Islands beaches - Long Beach and Paihia, circa 1920s; the Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook in 1938; group in a canoe at Halcombe, Manawatu, circa 1920s-1930s; buildings on the road by the Chateau Tongariro (State Highway 48) circa 1938; group portrait of the Spinsters' Club, circa 1942 Accompanying information - Copy of a newspaper article about the Spinsters' Club is at PAColl-9885-34 Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s) comprising 36 images. Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: August-September 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7368

Description: Transparencies of views of Mount Cook and Mount Sefton from The Hermitage, taken August-September 1956 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: [Between 1933 and 1958]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

Reference: PA1-q-203

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1933 and 1958. There are various sequences as follows: Museum trip to Lake Waikaremoana, December 1946; Holiday trip in 1937 which included Mohaka, Lake Waikaremoana and Urewera Country; Cass-Torlesse biological trip, February 1936; South Island trip, March 1939; and a Southern Lakes and Hollyford Valley trip in January 1940. The holiday trip in 1937 includes photographs of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction. At the beginning of the album a photograph shows Lake Waikaremoana after 21 years of deterioration due to state Electricity Department actions. This image was taken in January 1958, from approximately the same spot as one taken in February 1937. The Cass-Torlesse biological trip includes an image of "vegetable sheep" (page 48). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: 1940s to 1950s

From: Luke, David M fl 1950- :Photographic albums, negatives, colour slides and prints

Reference: PA1-o-273

Description: Album of photographs relating to historian David M Luke, including family and friends, and various trips around New Zealand. Names listed above are of people identified in the album. A number of sequences show a Yorkshire (?) terrier named Buff. David Luke lived at 84 Bolton Street for many years, and a number of photographs are taken inside the house and in the garden. Another house which is photographed inside and out is at 62 Golders Road, Upper Hutt. Several images show Dean Gibson, at 84 Bolton Street, and at the Deanery. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled `Photographs'; 27.5 x 35.0 cm

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Hall & McKenzie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0811-02-10

Description: Plan and site location for the New Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook (architect: Hall & McKenzie). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) and journal cutting. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-8812

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. The last slide showing the Lindis Pass was taken by Neville Hatwell. This sheet shows parts of Christchurch including the Cathedral, Cathedral Square, the Avon River and the statue of Robert Falcon Scott; the Rakaia River; a signpost on the road to Mount Cook; Lake Pukaki; Mount Sefton from the road; the Hermitage hotel; views of Mount Cook from the Hermitage; a group of people looking up the glaciers in the Tasman valley; a mountain daisy and a Mount Cook lily; and the Lindis Pass. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: May 1955, August 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7364

Description: Transparencies of people laying wreaths in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; Christchurch Botanic Gardens; autumn trees in Christchurch; and view of The Hermitage, taken May 1955 and August 1956 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1957-1968

From: Dennis, Jonathan Spencer, 1953-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-575

Description: Several views of the second Hermitage on fire in 1957. The rest of the album shows the rebuilding from 1958 to 1961. There are records of the opening, staff parties, the surrounding landscape and the aftermath of floods on the access road Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1961

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PAColl-7359-5

Description: Most of the photographs record the new Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook in the later stages of construction in 1961. There are also three photographs of the old Hermitage Hotel taken before, during and after the fire of 16 September 1957 which destroyed it. Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1935-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-147

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1935 and 1951. Includes: The Hermitage (Mount Cook); huts and scenery in Tararua Ranges; life-saving competitions held at Taylor's Mistake; military recruits and personnel, ca 1950; Rimutaka tunnel under construction,1951; Mechanic's Institute, Wellington (1860); Rakaia traffic bridge (1939); Maori Canoe Hurdle Race held on Wanganui River; Dobson Memorial (Arthur's Pass); aerial view of Hokianga [?], 1951; Dart Hut. Overseas photos: G K Chesterton (portraits); Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attending Royal Film Performance, 1951; Captain Vyvyan Holt arriving in England from Korea, 1953; Sir Winston Churchill & General Eisenhower, 1951; Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin, Mar 1945; Tibetan Trade Delegation, 1948; Australian parliament and John Curtin; Australian naval divers; Australian ballroom dancer, Joan Allen; funeral of King George VI; Henry Ford's first car; etc. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1958-1994

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PAColl-7359-6

Description: Photographs relating to Lawrence Dennis's career in the Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965

From: Morris, Raymond, fl 1955-2011 :Colour slides of New Zealand and overseas

Reference: PA12-8453

Description: Photographs of Mount Cook, Benmore, Oamaru, and Auckland, taken between 1958 and 1965 by Raymond Morris. Includes photographs of a snowman outside the Hermitage, Benmore dam site, housing and shops at Otematata, and government offices in Auckland. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7013

Description: Photographs taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Lake Pukaki Inn; a storm breaking over peaks; near Lindis Pass; Tasman Glacier and moraine; snow on a daisy tree (probably either olearia or senecio variety); Lake Tekapo; Godley Peaks and Lake Ohau; Sefton Lodge with the Tasman Glacier behind; a car covered wth snow with Mount Wakefield in the background; the Hermitage; storm over Mt Cook from Pukaki; church window at the Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Tekapo); ice pattern on a window at Sefton Lodge; glacier fall on Mount Sefton; Golden Bay and Farewell Spit. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7022

Description: Photographs of Central Otago and South Canterbury taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Mount Sefton Glacier; Mount Wakefield; Southern Alps, and the Bealey Range from the Waimakariri Valley, and the Waimakariri Bridge at Bealey; Lindis Pass under snow, including snow covered tussock, and limestone country near the Pass; Mount Cook [i.e. Aoraki] and the Hermitage; Mount Sebastopol; the Dobson memorial in Arthur's pass; Porter's Pass; Queenstown Gardens; and Mount Nicolas from the ben Lomond Track. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1948, 1955, 1957

From: Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd : Records

Reference: 77-048-03/10

Description: Includes map of Mt Cook Alpine Regions [2nd edition, 1 Jul 1954] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs of the Blue Stream area and Mt Cook

Date: ca 1920s-1950s

Reference: 1/4-018176

Description: View of Aoraki from the Hermitage with Hooker valley in the centre and Mueller valley to the left. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative