Places

Date: ca 1880

From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops

Reference: PAColl-3332-17-2

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000518

Description: Photographs relating to street art (including graffitti, sticker art, stencilling, and knitted art) in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "New Zealand Street Art 2009" Quantity: 39 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1974

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-021593-F

Description: Preparation for the installation of the first traffic lights to be installed by the Petone Borough Council, 1974. An Austin A 35 van is turning into Cuba Street. Group, and photographer, unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1940

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[ca 1940]/Acc.15123

Description: Cadastral map of sections 10-16, Emerson Street, at the corner of Cuba Street, Petone. Shows survey markings and section price. Written in pencil under map: 'Mr Cox, 17 Scarborough Terrace'. Title from reverse of map. Scarborough Terrace is in Mount Victoria, Wellington. Written on reverse: Petone, Cuba St, Emerson St. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 21.6 x 34.2 cm.

Date: ca1900

From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops

By: James Smith's (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-3332-17-1

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1901-1904

By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933

Reference: PA1-o-516

Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Chapman, Frederick Revans (Sir), 1849-1936

Reference: C-007-007

Description: The preliminary watercolour for Barraud's more finished version ("Wellington from Brooklyn" C-007-011) showing Te Aro flat with Waitangi Creek meandering through it on the right, a low hill in the foreground (the lower slopes between Mount Cook and Brooklyn) with Te Aro Pa visible on the shore to the right and houses, businesses and churches, more densely settled closer to Clay Point, the cliff face by the sea on the left, with Plimmer's Ark visible at its foot at the water's edge. The larger building near the waterfront may be the Maori Chapel. The road passing diagonally across Te Aro flat slightly right of centre is most likely to be Cuba Street. Thorndon is visible in the distance on the left. The large church on the left is St Peter's in Willis Street. Reproduced in Louis E. Ward's 'Early Wellington' (Wellington, 1928), opp. p. 302 ('in the possession of Sir F. R. Chapman'), labelled 'Te Aro 1850' (it is actually dated 1852), with the caption 'From Mount Cook. St Peter's Church, Boulcott St, and Clay Point are on the left of the Maori Chapel, Te Aro Pa, Swamp and Waitangi Creek are to the right' Other Titles - Wellington from Mount Cook Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil on grey paper, 355 x 601 mm Provenance: Formerly the property of Sir Frederick Revans Chapman.

Date: 1842

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-3

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 20 September 2002-21 September 2002

From: Wellington Photographic Society Inc :Photographs

By: O'Connor, Jenny, active 2002

Reference: PADL-000055

Description: Photographs of buskers in Cuba Street, scenes at Cafe Istanbul and Cafe Baba, scenes at Wellington Airport, and actors warming up at Downstage Theatre, taken 20-21 September 2002 by Jenny O'Connor for the Wellington Photographic Society event '24 Hours in Wellington'. Other Titles - 48 OConnor Jenny Quantity: 10 digital photograph(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Finding Aids: List of photographs available.

Date: 2007-2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000358

Description: Photographs of North Island street scenes, 2007-2009 Quantity: 46 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1951

From: Crosado, Douglas 1921-1994 :Photographs and Negatives

Reference: PAColl-D-0875

Description: Police intercepting strikers at the junction of Cuba and Vivian Streets, Wellington. Photograph taken in 1951, probably by Douglas Crosado. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000526

Description: Photographs of Wellington buildings taken in 2009 Quantity: 33 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-007-011

Description: View from the lower slopes between Brooklyn and Mount Cook, with cows, a herdsman and his dog on the road in the foreground. On the right lie the swamps of Te Aro, with Te Aro Pa visible along the foreshore, along with scattered houses. To the left of the pa area, the road passing diagonally across the plain is probably Cuba Street. The most prominent building on the foreshore is either the Maori or the Wesleyan Chapel in Manners St. The cliff at the water's edge to the left is Clay Point with Plimmer's Ark visible moored in the water at its base. On the far left in the plain area, the large church building is St Peter's, Willis St. Thorndon is in the background to the left, with Pipitea Point (now Thorndon Quay) and Kumutoto Spit (now Midland Park) both visible. The preliminary watercolour for this work is located at C-007-007 with title 'Te Aro and Thorndon, 1852'. It is dated 1852 and lacks the cows, herdsman and dog of C-007-0011, but shows more of the swamps of Te Aro, with Waitangi Creek meandering through them. The building details are less clear in the preliminary work. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1975 as part of the Colonial Wellington Series. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 349 x 508 mm

Date: 1959-1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0003-F

Description: First frame shows group at Waiwhetu Marae. Rest of frames show Maori school children in upper Cuba Street, Wellington, photographed in 1959-1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Date: [ca 1870]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: 1/2-031232-F

Description: Looking over paddocks in Brooklyn, Wellington, towards Cuba Street, the city and harbour, circa 1870. Photograph taken by Daniel Louis Mundy. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Mundy Note on back of file print reads "Looking down Cuba Street...The roof top of Enoch Tonks' brick factory can be seen at the top left. William and Jane Tonks cottage is hidden amongst other buildings at top left. [The arrow on the file print points to] William Tonks' cottage 270 Cuba Street. Thompson Street at top left hand corner of the photograph was formed by Enoch Tonks' removing the clay for his bricks, Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: Jan - Jul 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000355

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast buildings, January-July 2009 Quantity: 42 digital photograph(s).

Date: January - May 2011

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000652

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Petone and Upper Hutt street views taken January to May 2011 by Dylan Owen Arrangement: Images were originally in a folder labelled 'AAA Street Views 2011' Quantity: 25 digital photograph(s).

Date: Mar-Jul 2013

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000870

Description: Comprises exterior views of buildings and streets in North Island towns and cities taken between 1 March to 22 July 2013 by Dylan Owen. Includes views taken in Wellington of Pablos Art Studios and ROAR! Gallery, 33 Vivian Street, Heaven Pizza, Upper Cuba Street, Moore Wilsons, Tory Street, Piermont Apartments, Cable Street, Toomath's Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Pan Hellenic Association building and New World supermarket at night, Wakefield Street, Meridian building and people on waterfront, Kumototo wharf, Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge Terrace, old Wellington Town Hall, pedestrians at shops, The Parade, Island Bay. Includes cafes and Auto Services in the Holtom's Buildings, Paekakariki, Petone Fruit Centre, Valentines restaurant, Handles, Knockers and Knobs next to Sprig and Fern Tavern, Jackson Street. Plus Martinborough Laundry, Hart Contractors and Martinborough Storage in an old shed, Wairarapa. Includes views in Ngaruawahia of the Kiwi Craze shop, Radio Tainui (Te Reo Irirangi O Tainui), Butcher Shop and The Barber, Jesmond Street, and views taken in Te Awamutu of the Kiwi Pies shop and graffitti on the laundromat, Rickit Road, and a view of the Kihikihi War Memorial hall on Lyon Street, Kihikihi. Includes views taken in Taranaki showing Everbody's Theatre, Napier Street public toilets, Opunake Christian Fellowship (in former Methodist Church) Domett Street, a motorbike outside Opunake Hotel, Club Hotel on state highway 45, West Side Martial Arts; plus Double Happy Takeaways and a back view of dilapidated shops on Napier Street, Hawera. Includes views taken in Auckland showing Dominion Road buildings, Chinese language signs on shops, R.J Cates buildings, Hollywood Dairy; Teed Street, Newmarket. Incldues street views of Crystal Ball Tearooms and Tip-Top icecream sign, Taihape, and outdoor cafes tables on pavement, state highway one, Taupo. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Jan to June Images 2013/Buildings#FC5C" Quantity: 35 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1924

From: [Ephemera including tickets and timetables for the Wellington tram service. 1900-1929]

By: Wellington City Tramways Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TRAM-Wellington-1924-01

Description: Three shilling ticket with numerous clips, and an ink signature. Wording states: "This ticket will not be accepted if torn or defaced, and must be shown on demand. Issued subject to Tramway By-laws and Regulations". A trackless tram was introduced from Kaiwarra to Thorndon in September 1924. The fact that this is called a "transfer ride" may mean that one transferred from the trackless car to a tram on a track to complete the journey from Thorndon to Cuba Street. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Other Titles - Three shilling Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, brown on cream clipped ticket, 52 x 120 mm.

Date: 21 Mar 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-40796-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches